How to get to the zero-touch network

Accelerating the journey to autonomous networks

• What does the roadmap to autonomous networks look like?
• How to leverage AI, data, and the Cloud to enable fully automated, self-healing, and self-optimizing capabilities
• Who should operators work with to design and help build their autonomous network?
• How do you move legacy/hybrid networks toward autonomous networks?

Building intent-driven networks

• The intent in the context of telecoms networking and operations automation
• The key features and building blocks of intent-driven networks
• How CSPs can implement intent-driven network automation and what might help accelerate adoption
• How intent-based network operations improve network efficiency and performance
• Leveraging automation, analytics, and AI enable autonomous actions through a closed-loop system

PANEL: Moving to Open RAN – challenges, benefits, and lessons learned to date

• Can the diversity of vendors in an Open RAN deployment drive 5G innovation and use cases?
• How can CSPs address the increased security vulnerabilities from the use of multiple vendors and components in Open RAN?
• Quantifying the initial investment needed to deploy Open RAN and potential savings from Open RAN for a greenfield and brownfield setup
• Will the freedom to mix and match solutions from disaggregated vendors lead to greater network agility and efficiency or to increased operational complexity and higher costs?
• How to ensure the interoperability and orchestration of the multi-vendor RAN components
• What lessons can be learned from early adopters of Open RAN?