Current and near-term standards-based 5G deployments are focused on the non-standalone 5G New Radio specification, but that’s just a first step. That will be followed by an upgrade cycle to the standalone 5G NR spec, which contemplates a completely new radio access and core network, whereas NSA 5G NR uses the LTE core and RAN with the addition of a 5G component carrier. Here we discuss that next step with two executives from the Oracle Communications business group.
