RAN Services

Radio Access Networks have been evolving at a rapid pace to meet the burgeoning service demands across the globe. Network operators have to inevitably evolve and augment their networks for these new use cases , Bandwidth intensive applications ( eMBB- enhanced mobile broadband), Real-time and time sensitive applications (URLLC - Ultra reliable low latency services), Internet of Things (IoT), massive to machine type communications ( MMTC), V2X (Vehicle to Anything) and low latency services . At present both legacy distributed RAN (DRAN) and Open & virtualised RAN (ORAN) have a role to play in modernizing the public telecom networks.

While the existing legacy architecture (DRAN) is enabling faster densification of 4G LTE networks, it requires less engineering efforts. The ORAN on the other hand enables agile and accelerated feature roll-outs using software defined architectures. Although the approach of disaggregation and softwarisation of RAN networks is a key enabler for next generation networks, it comes at the cost of higher integration touch-points and higher engineering efforts.Read More..