Definition:

What is network slicing in 5g?

What is Network Slicing? Network slicing allows a network operator to
providededicated virtual networks with functionality specific to the service or customer
over a common network infrastructure. Thus it will be able to support the numerous and
varied services envisaged in 5G

Why can’t QoS and related techniques do the job?

The natural question that often arises during technical discussions about network slicing
is why can’t existing internet techniques handle the task? For example, the extensively
deployed Quality of Service (QoS) architecture called Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
is meant to classify and manage different types of IP traffic (e.g. voice, video, text)
flowing over a given network. There are also other well-known techniques like Virtual
Private Network (VPN) which separate and isolate traffic across the Internet using
techniques like IP tunneling. Also, more recent approaches like Network Function
Virtualization (NFV) are meant to virtualize parts of mobile networks. Each of these
features obviously has some overlap with the functionality of 5G network slicing. So why
do we need to introduce network slicing as another approach? The answer is two-fold.
One reason is based on technical issues, and the other, more important, reason is
business driven.

Business drivers for network slicing

Network slicing in 5G is expected to open lucrative new business opportunities for
mobile operators and other newer entrants. For example, a mobile operator will be able
to split its physical network resources into multiple logical slices and lease these slices
out to interested parties. An electrical utility may want to take a long-term lease of a
network slice for connectivity of its smart grid composed of sensors, meters, and
controllers and optimize that slice for IoT devices. Alternatively, a concert promoter may
want to take a short-term lease of a network slice for a week-long musical festival and
optimize that slice for streaming HD music and VoIP connectivity.

Service-Based Architecture (SBA)

Chip (CDMA)
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In digital communications, a chip is a pulse of a direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) code,
such as a Pseudo-random Noise (PN) code sequence used in direct-sequence code division
multiple access (CDMA) channel access techniques.
In a binary direct-sequence system, each chip is typically a rectangular pulse of +1 or –1 amplitude,
which is multiplied by a data sequence (similarly +1 or –1 representing the message bits) and by a
carrier waveform to make the transmitted signal. The chips are therefore just the bit sequence out of
the code generator; they are called chips to avoid confusing them with message bits.[1]
The chip rate of a code is the number of pulses per second (chips per second) at which the code is
transmitted (or received). The chip rate is larger than the symbol rate, meaning that one symbol is
represented by multiple chips. The ratio is known as the spreading factor (SF) or processing gain:

sf=chip/symbol

Definition - What does Trunking mean?

Trunking is a technique used in data communications transmission systems to provide
many users with access to a network by sharing multiple lines or frequencies. As the
name implies, the system is like a tree with one trunk and many branches. Trunking is
commonly used in very-high-frequency (VHF) radio and telecommunication systems.

Trunking can also be defined as a network that handles multiple signals simultaneously.
The data transmitted through trunking can be audio, video, controlling signals or
images.

Telecommunication networks all across the globe are based on trunking. Trunking
reduces the size of a telecom network and increases bandwidth. VHF radio used by
police and control centers is also based on trunking