Thursday, June 20, 2024 (5 min. read)
Over the last decade, I’ve had the opportunity to shepherd SWAN from a research idea to a foundational system for Microsoft Azure. I want to share a few thoughts to commemorate this incredible journey.
Blogs & Podcasts
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (6 min. read)
RAN slicing is one of the important new features of 5G networks and Microsoft has researched and produced results, making it easier for operators to use in Azure.
Monday, April 8, 2024 (8 min. read)
Within Azure for Operators, we are taking advantage of the significant investments Microsoft has made and its expertise in programming foundation models by developing technical solutions that will give our customers a competitive advantage.
Thursday, September 7, 2023 (5 min. read)
As we continue to explore the frontiers of in-network computing, we see a future rife with possibilities, exciting research directions, and new deployments in production environments. Our present efforts with TEA and ExoPlane have shown us what’s possible with on-rack resource augmentation and elastic in-network computing.
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 (7 min. read)
At Microsoft, we believe our Azure system and network management tools and expertise can be repurposed to manage and optimize telecommunication infrastructure as well. Here we describe some of the more interesting technologies that fit into the management of a cloud-based telecommunications infrastructure.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 (6 min. read)
It’s clear that attacks on the national communications infrastructure will occur with much greater sophistication than ever before. Because of this, we continue to develop our networks and systems with security as our first principle and we stay constantly vigilant. To these ends, Microsoft has adopted a zero-trust security architecture in all our platforms, services, and network functions.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
In November 2021, Microsoft and AT&T announced the launch of Microsoft Azure public MEC (multi-access edge compute) with AT&T’s site in Atlanta, Georgia. To light up new compelling applications with Azure public MEC that benefit from low latency 5G connectivity, we are making available a video analytics library under the umbrella of Edge Video Services.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
The UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) ministry allocated £30M to further R&D in Open RAN. Their aim is to help diversify the telecommunications supply chain while making it resilient to future trends and threats, and to encourage and support innovation in the UK. The Microsoft-led consortium with members from Intel, Capgemini, and University of Edinburgh were one of the winners.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Microsoft believes the telecom edge is the catalyst creating a new world where the telecom and cloud industries join forces to eliminate duplication while creating a new era of latency-sensitive applications and services. In this article, we focus on what’s next.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
For many, the intersection of 5G wireless and the Internet offers very little by way of new information, just from a quick, surface-level glance. However, things look very different when considered in light of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Creating a programmable software infrastructure for telecommunication operations promises to reduce both the capital expenditure (CAPEX) and the operational expenses (OPEX) of the 5G telecommunications operators. In this blog, we focus on video, the dominant traffic type on the internet since the introduction of 4G networks.
Monday, July 19, 2021
A great deal has been written about the technologies fueling 5G, especially how those technologies will improve the experience that users have regarding connectivity. Similarly, much has been said about how ongoing developments in technology will usher in a new generation of network-aware applications.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
For operators, many challenges can be involved in their journey to the cloud, some more complex than others. Here, it is important to note that when it comes to operators’ path to cloud migration, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution.
Tuesday October 1, 2020
Victor Bahl is one of the father of edge computing. His seminal 2009 paper spawned the vision for what we now call edge. In this interview Victor shares the story behind the genesis of that paper, and his experience of the evolution of edge computing in the years since.
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Rocket allows rapid construction of video pipelines for efficiently processing live video streams – with the goal of making it easy and affordable for anyone with a camera to benefit from video analytics.
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A container is an isolated execution environment on a Linux host. Until recently, container networking solutions had either poor performance or poor portability, which undermined some of the advantages of containerization.