Wireless carriers have developed a technology called 5G slicing that allows them to create and manage multiple, dedicated slices within a single 5G network. To make this easier to understand, imagine one 5G network as one highway. Next, imagine creating separate lanes within this highway. Each path represents a network slice that can be customized to meet specific needs.

The T-Priority gets a network chip from the carrier's 5G standalone (SA) network. Such a network was built with 5G technology in mind from the beginning and contains a 5G core. This compares to non-SA 5G networks which were designed for 4G and had 5G radio access added to them. 5G (SA) networks are faster, have lower latency, and are more efficient and reliable than 5G non-SA networks. Only two US carriers currently have a nationwide 5G (SA) network, T-Mobile And dish network.

Network segment T-MobileThe 5G SA network that first responders get through T-Priority gives them greater capacity, higher priority, and faster 5G speeds. This is just one of many things T-Mobile It is being done in Los Angeles where the carrier has its own engineering emergency response team to help keep first responders communicating with each other during the wildfire crisis.

T-Mobile It also has other tools in its bag of tricks such as artificial intelligence, software-defined networking, and network self-optimization. The former changes network configurations in response to rapidly changing demands. The latter uses automation and artificial intelligence to detect where there are bottlenecks in the network. Adjustments are then made to improve the network. During forest fires, T-Mobile It made 9,000 remote changes to its network, according to Stacey Tindell, senior director of network engineering and operations at T-Mobile.