The November 6, 2024 workshop in Berlin convened 25 international experts to address the evolving system architectures of future mobile core networks, focusing on cloud integration, security, trust management, and sustainability. Participants emphasized the need to define essential features and standardization paths beyond 3GPP to align stakeholder views before these topics become mainstream. The discussions highlighted the critical intersection of virtualization trends with architectural evolution, aiming to identify promising innovation paths for next-generation core networks.
Keywords: core network evolution, cloud integration, standardization path, trust management, virtualization trends