Simplified, High-Level Illustrative View of Today's Converged Networks

Use the buttons below to play around; add wireless nodes or network nodes, simulate a signal burst or reset the image. You can add devices and drag wireless nodes, network nodes or devices. Have fun!

About this visualisation

This page presents an interactive, real-time 3D visualisation of a converged telecommunications network, rendered on an isometric grid in the browser. It shows how four classes of nodes interconnect to form a modern converged network:

Users can add wireless and network nodes with the on-screen buttons, drag any node to reposition it on the isometric grid, trigger a signal burst across the network, or reset the scene. Live packet flows between nodes are drawn continuously, making the topology and traffic patterns of a converged network tangible and explorable.

This visualisation is produced by Bosshard & Co, an independent wireless telecoms and technology advisory practice based in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The diagram illustrates how modern converged networks combine fixed infrastructure, wireless base stations, mobile user devices and satellite links into a single interconnected system — the architecture underpinning 5G, IoT and next-generation telecommunications.

What is a converged network?

A converged network integrates previously separate technologies — fixed broadband, mobile wireless, satellite and IoT — into a unified infrastructure. The green wireless nodes represent base stations or access points. The teal network nodes represent ground-level switching and routing infrastructure. The light-blue wireless devices represent mobile endpoints such as smartphones, CPE and IoT sensors. The purple satellite illustrates non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity, increasingly relevant in 5G-Advanced and 6G roadmaps.

This visualisation was built by Bosshard & Co.