OPEN RAN FUNDAMENTALS
The power performance of legacy RAN vs. Open RAN
Open RAN enables intelligent, data-driven RAN optimization and control, according to an ABI Research analyst
Whether improving the power efficiency of mobile networks is...
How is Open RAN enabling non-terrestrial 5G networks?
Panelists at the Open RAN Forum discuss how Open RAN is helping solve some of the biggest non-terrestrial 5G hurdles
At this year’s Open RAN...
How can AI and automation make the RAN more energy efficient?
Panelists at Open RAN Forum discussed how AI and automation will 'uncover' a great deal of power savings for telco operators
Energy efficiency has become...
What are the three main Open RAN architectures?
Mavenir exec: 'Open RAN is about the interfaces between the elements; not the interfaces within the products'
According to Mavenir Senior Vice President of Business...
How close are we to fully-automated Open RAN networks?
Open RAN has been the subject of earnest development for a number of years and has seen large-scale commercial deployment by three major global...
Top 5 Open RAN operator considerations—and the survey says…
TCO reduction and vendor diversification are Open RAN deployment drivers
For part of the recent Open RAN European Forum, RCR Wireless News surveyed 100...
How are operators thinking about Open RAN integration?
One of the animating conceits of Open RAN as a technology set and what’s often characterized as a “movement,” is enabling operators to mix-and-match...
Greenfield vs. brownfield: Where’s the Open RAN sweet spot?
Nokia: The Open RAN business case isn’t yet established for new or existing networks
If you look at scaled Open RAN deployments today, it will...
What is the state of the Open RAN ecosystem? An operator, vendor and analyst weigh in
Vodafone: 30 percent of European network will be Open RAN by 2030
Open RAN, while certainly a set of technologies, is often described as a...
How is Open RAN evolving? A Q&A with NEC
NEC's Patrick Lopez, global vice president of product management, lays out the four elements of Open RAN
Editor’s note: This Q&A is adapted from an...
Who is buying Open RAN? Market sizing, outlook
Open RAN investment grows from less than 1 percent of total RAN spend in 2019 to 3-5 percent in 2022
While there are distinctions between...
Open RAN automation 101. Part 2: Network components enabling automation (Reader Forum)
Operators are looking for cost reduction in both CAPEX and OPEX — and RAN is one of the biggest cost factors for operators. It...
Is 5G Open RAN’s big chance?
LitePoint exec: 'Open RAN is good for consumers and for operators' operational costs'
According to a 2022 Wind River report, Open RAN (O-RAN) has the...
Open RAN automation 101 Part 1: Automation enablers (Reader Forum)
Open RAN is much more than just an opportunity to diversify vendor supply chains and introduce open standards into networks. It is an opportunity...
xApps vs. rApps: Network automation fundamentals
xApps and rApps are network automation tools to maximize radio network efficiency, and they're part of an Open RAN architecture.
What is a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)?
A RAN Intelligent Controller is cloud software responsible for controlling and optimizing baseband communication functions on the RAN.
vRAN vs. Open RAN: What’s the same and what’s different?
vRAN and Open RAN help operators improve flexibility, reduce costs and meet growing demand by disaggregating Radio Access Network functions.
Will Open RAN be foundational to 6G?
While 6G is still many years off, industry experts see more resilient, critical, unified, distributed, and automated networks
What exactly will 6G be? Given that...
Solving test and integration challenges for Open RAN
An Open RAN conversation with Eng Wei Koo, Director of Technology, 5G Solutions, Keysight Technologies
With greenfield builds in Japan and the U.S., and a...
What are the perceived downsides of Open RAN?
While the benefits of Open RAN (advantageous network economics and deployment flexibility
chief among them) are widely touted, there are also well-articulated issues associated with...
Breaking down the pros of Open RAN
Let’s frame the Open RAN value proposition to better understand the benefits of disaggregating radio hardware and software, trading single-purpose equipment for general-purpose hardware...
Open RAN 101–Role of CI/CD approach for RAN automation: Why, what, how, when? (Reader Forum)
History
The DevOps movement inspired large, enterprise organizations with agile practices to allow developers to make quick changes, but it was very difficult to get...
Open RAN 101–Open RAN adoption in in different regions: Why, what, when, how? (Reader Forum)
History
Most of the CAPEX required to build a wireless network is related to the RAN segment, reaching as high as 80% of the total...
Open RAN 101–Role of RAN Intelligent Controller: Why, what, when, how? (Reader Forum)
History
In 2G and 3G, the mobile architectures had controllers that were responsible for RAN orchestration and management. With 4G, overall network architecture became flatter...
Open RAN 101–Integration and beyond: Why, what, when, how? (Reader Forum)
History
Software has been “eating the world” for a while now: from consumer, then enterprise and now the telecom value chains. Open RAN is a...