5G Networks Present new Security Issues, Ericsson Tells FCC
Ericsson officials discussed a company white paper on 5G security during a call with FCC staff, Ericsson said in an FCC filing. "5G Security: Scenarios and Solutions" argues that 5G will present new challenges. “It is easy to think of…
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5G networks as mainly a quantitative evolution similar to previous transitions, such as higher bitrate, lower latency and more devices,” the paper said. “But this is not the case: 5G security will just as much be a qualitative leap forward to meet the demands of a Networked Society.” Such networks will connect industries as well as people, creating new challenges, the paper said. In the call, Ericsson encouraged the FCC to let industry work through issues as they develop. “We encouraged the FCC to use a light regulatory touch and to focus on ways of facilitating a collaborative, public-private partnership approach to engaging 5G security rather than to impose mandates by regulation,” the filing said. It was posted Tuesday in docket 14-177.