O-RAN

End-to-end performance verification of 5G network elements

Open RAN

As the telecom industry is changing rapidly, service providers are looking for ways to improve network performance and reduce costs. This is why they’re investing in open RAN architectures. Open RAN is an architecture that lets you use different vendors to supply equipment and software in your networks. It provides excellent control over the web and makes it easier to switch suppliers if necessary.
Once the diversified vendors and prevent the lock-in. It can achieve when the service providers are locked in by using a single vendor to supply the software and equipment. Switching between the suppliers is not straightforward in this place. Service providers also want to move from single vendor solutions toward open and multi-vendor networks with greater flexibility and control. Deployment of O-RAN gives an entirely programmable, innovative, and multi-vendor RAN for the providers. By using the RAN and intelligent controller RIC, providers can access and optimize the functionalities of RAN with integrated applications.
Artificial Intelligence AI and Machine Learning ML technology also help in deployment with Open RAN RIC architectures. These AI/ML functions enable faster, innovative services and lower TCO.

What is Open RAN?

The Radio Access Network (RAN) provides the important technology to attach users, together with mobile phones or enterprises, to the mobile network over radio waves. It additionally acts as a bridge to access all the key applications on the net. Current RAN technology is provided as a hardware and package integrated platform. The ambition for Open RAN is to make a multi-supplier RAN answer that permits for the separation – or disaggregation – between hardware and package with open interfaces and virtualization, hosting package that controls and updates networks within the cloud. The secure advantages embody provide chain diversity, answer flexibility, and new capabilities resulting in redoubled competition and any innovation.

MetaVnetwork commitment to openness

For the past forty years, Ericsson has supported the evolution of openness and skill in mobile telecoms. A technology leader with R&D in standards, patents and skill, Ericsson was one of the driving forces of 3GPP. The 3GPP specifications area unit the globe standards for eight billion mobile devices once it involves seamless line and property over networks anywhere among the globe. Ericsson in addition plays a jam-packed with life role in shaping specifications as an area of the O-RAN Alliance, learning the capabilities and limitations of recent network technologies and testing them beside communication service provider customers and partners. we tend to tend to believe that innovations like Cloud RAN are going to be a bridging technology to larger openness by conveyance variety of the benefits of cloud-scale economic in RAN and preparation flexibility.

Open and interoperable RIC platform for simplified integration

  • Personalized service experiences
  • End to end orchestration and service management
  • Reliable transport network
  • Low latency
  • Highly secured
  • Open and cost effective ecosystem

Key Elements Of Open RAN

Cloudification

  1. Hardware and software disaggregation

  2. RAN applications as cloud-native functions

Intelligence and Automation

  1. Open management and orchestration

  2. RAN automation interfaces

  3. Use external Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities

Open internal RAN interfaces

  1. Interfaces defined by 3GPP:
    • Higher layer split
    • Inter-node communication
  2. New internal interfaces:
    • O-RAN lower layer split
    • Near-Real Time RIC

Cloudification

  1. Hardware and software disaggregation
  2. RAN applications as cloud-native functions

Intelligence and Automation

  1. Open management and orchestration

  2. RAN automation interfaces

  3. Use external Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities

Open internal RAN interfaces

  1. Interfaces defined by 3GPP:
    • Higher layer split
    • Inter-node communication
  2. New internal interfaces:
    • O-RAN lower layer split
    • Near-Real Time RIC

Key offerings

MetaVnetwork Cloud RAN

A cloud-native figure answer adding skillfulness to a service provider’s purpose-made 5G netwo

MetaVnetwork Intelligent Automation Platform

An open flatform for multi-vendor, multi-technology RAN automation and orchestration.

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Security consideration of Open RAN

As the industry evolves towards RAN virtualization, with virtual RAN or Open-RAN, it is important that a risk-based approach is taken to adequately address security risk. Ericsson will continue its leadership role with the O-RAN Alliance to define security best practices.

Intelligent RAN Automation

Our Intelligent RAN Automation is a series of technologies, solutions and services that use intelligent, machine learning to automate repetitive tasks and reduce complexity in the radio access network. Intelligent RAN Automation improves network performance, enhances customer experience and reduces operational costs.

The innovation potential of Non-Realtime RAN Intelligent Controller

Ericsson believes that Non-RT RIC will bring the most value to the industry by enabling new services and improving user performance. It can influence the RAN behavior, enabling a wide variety of new use cases and new capabilities missing from current mobile networks.