The 5G Slicing Association (5GSA) is an industry initiative that aims at leveraging the benefits of network slicing to support efficiently the requirements imposed by the transformation and digitalization of business and society. Its mission is to identify networking requirements from a multitude of vertical business domains and to derive appropriate network slices that can provide value to various industries and the society as a whole.
As a bridge, 5GSA will continuously collect the valuable outputs from organizations and projects, and promote the successful slicing practices to vertical industries. 5GSA will continuously explore the business model of 5G slicing, technical solutions, to support the efficient operation and innovation of industries.。
Ecosystem Opportunities
To explore new business relationships between telecom operators, vendors, integrators, slicing service providers and vertical industry players.
5G Slicing Association
Mission
Create Awareness
To promote awareness of the emerging slicing ecosystem and value-chain via marketing and promotional activities.
Common Understanding
To contribute to industry-wide common understanding of 5G network slicing.
Vision
Industry Requirements
To study use cases for diverse industries, derive requirement pertinent to network slicing and define appropriate network slices that meet industry requirements
Influence Standards
To bridge the gap in end-to-end slicing technology and standardization through cooperation with other SDOs in order to enable the fast and efficient development of network slicing solutions.
Testbed & Trials
To foster the execution of business-driven slicing proof of concepts (PoCs) and trials based on key use case requirements by means of a set of 5GSA testbeds.
Knowledge Sharing
To serve as an open communication and information sharing platform on 5G network slicing among leading telecom operators, vendors, integrators and industry players in energy, automotive, manufacturing, media and entertainment, etc.
Use 5G network slicing technology to enable business transformation and promote social transformation.