O-RAN Alliance

The platform will use two main components: a near real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and multi-access edge compute (MEC). This O-RAN compliant RIC that is also cloud-native will run edge and share infrastructure with Cloud RAN and other virtualized network functions by using Nokia’s AirFrame servers.

The new space will bring components from a range of vendors, however, the responsibility of conformance, interoperability, and performance falls on vendors.

Rakuten joins an esteemed group of innovative companies working to advance 5G and wireless as a whole.

Intel will be bringing its Intel Ethernet 800 Series network adapter, Intel’s FlexRAN software reference architecture, the Intel vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100, and Intel Xeon Scalable Processor to bolster the future 5G network of DISH Wireless and the capabilities or its vendors.

Open RAN will help 5G networks perform better and quicker. Speed is one thing and Open RAN technology will surely help 5G reach the download speeds that it is meant to reach, but Open RAN will also help 5G reach these astounding speeds in a shorter time frame than without it.

The Software Defined Radio Access Network (SD-RAN) project is underway thanks to its creation by the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).