Verizon was able to cut its network latency in half in a test that combined its 5G Radio Access Network, multi-access edge computing and its virtualized network platform.
Low latency, the carrier said, “will be increasingly vital as next generation wireless experiences emerge.”
In Houston, where Verizon has launched its 5G Home service, the carrier has put together a test bed in a centralized RAN facility that can access the 5G network. That local location, Verizon noted, “[decreases] the distance that information needs to travel between a wireless device and the compute infrastructure with which that device’s apps are interacting.”
