This creates challenges for enterprises that want to test new products and services that integrate with 5G. New networks are constantly in flux making it difficult if not impossible to achieve consistent test results. And the cost and complexity of deploying actual 5G infrastructure can be prohibitively expensive. What’s more, creating repeatable real-world traffic levels – for the most realistic testing – requires additional capabilities.

Enter Spirent’s 5G Network Digital Twin. This brief video introduces the concept behind this emulated software replica of the 5G physical network that allows for continuous prototyping, testing and optimization across a variety of applications.