Published on April 20th, 2021 | by Dr. Keith Bhatia & Syed Hussain
The introduction of 5G, high bandwidth services, and new applications mark a new, intensive era of cloud adoption by communication service providers (CSPs) for their 5G networks. This shift is needed for enhanced flexibility and cost-effectiveness to accommodate 5G’s increased…
Published on February 16th, 2021 | by Dr. Cemal Dikman & Syed Hussain
The evolution of wide-area networking continues to drive processing out to the network edge. That trend first gained traction with widespread cloud adoption, and it accelerated as the global build-out of IoT began. Now, 5G’s massive increases in traffic rates…
Published on November 24th, 2020 | by Kevin McTiernan
Many have used the terms uplink and downlink and they may become more colorful when our video calls drop off. But are "uplink" and "downlink" the terms used? No, for years there have also been "Sidelink" communications. That is, direct…
Published on November 10th, 2020 | by Michael Gebretsadik
Having location capabilities in a mobile network was originally an afterthought. The first Global System for Mobile (GSM) network was launched in Finland in 1991 and ushered in a new era of cellular communications. However, there was no built-in location…
Published on October 27th, 2020 | by David Anstiss
Overview There are two broad types of surveillance capabilities and they are classified as Targeted Intercept and Bulk (Mass) Intercept. Targeted interception, or targeted surveillance, is focused on individuals or a Subject of Interest (SoI) with government or judicial oversight…
Published on October 13th, 2020 | by Dr. Keith Bhatia
For the last 50 years, the telecom industry has been happily providing technology for people to make voice calls, and to assure proper accounting they have been creating a simple Call Detailed Record (CDR) for each. These records include data…
Published on September 22nd, 2020 | by Dr. Cemal Dikmen
5G is the most exciting new technology when it comes to wireless communications. Just like when 4G/LTE enabled many application developments that changed the way we live today, 5G will revolutionize the way we live moving forward. Low-latency and high-speed…
Published on September 2nd, 2020 | by Kevin McTiernan
In March of 2018 U.S. Congress passed the CLOUD Act, which addressed a growing issue for domestic and international law enforcement, Internet service operators (such as Microsoft) and national governments. The legislation acronym stands for Clarifying Overseas Use of Data…
Published on July 30th, 2020 | by SS8 Blog
The 5G world is upon us! Which means Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) have a headache: 10X to 100X normal data rates are on the horizon. LEAs often intercept and analyze communication data when investigating a suspect of interest. However, to put…
Published on June 30th, 2020 | by Dr. Keith Bhatia
“High-Risk” Providers Recently, we’ve heard a lot about “high-risk” network equipment providers and their potential security vulnerabilities. There is a fear they may be used by Nation-States surveillance tools against companies or other nations. In some western countries, the debate…
