In previous blogs in this “Who Disaggregated My RAN? series, we have looked at the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, including the growth of
History Functional splits are nothing new. They were initially outlined in 3GPP Release 14 and defined in 3GPP release 15 and where new terminology, interfaces and
Who disaggregated my RAN? Part 6: Open RAN: Achieving on-par field performance (Reader Forum)
In this series focused on the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, we have had a chance to see how an open RAN has helped
Counterfeit chips, including gray market and rogue chips, have created an ongoing, multi-front battle for the semiconductor market to the tune of $75 billion annually,
4 things COVID-19 has taught about the internet and networking infrastructure (Reader Forum)
This past October 29, the world marked a golden anniversary — the day a UCLA researcher sent a message to a Stanford Research Institute colleague
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Open RAN 101–Open RAN: Why, what, how, when? (Reader Forum)
History The entire telecom industry is going through a dramatic change that can be only compared to the change that data centers went through in the
Wi-Fi is arguably the most ground-breaking wireless technology of our time. From the first public Wi-Fi hotspots in the early 2000s which enabled radically increased
The arrival of RAN disaggregation and the corresponding standards for open interfaces, hardware, software decoupling, network intelligence and automation has led to the expansion of
In 5G standalone (SA), the control plane has been significantly enhanced as service-based architecture. Components for policy, authentication, session management and user management have been
Every global crisis brings this same conundrum: While times of upheaval cause severe economic pain, they also tend to be fertile breeding grounds for innovation. The
In my last article in this “Who Disaggregated My RAN?” blog series, we covered the advances made by the O-RAN Alliance to deliver an open
Rising COVID scams and malware protection for mobile operators. And a point on connectivity (Reader Forum)
In just a matter of months, the world has shifted itself indoors. In so doing, we have grown reliant on digital means for work and
There is not much to recommend this current coronavirus pandemic. But there were two silver linings. One was that the virus took telehealth mainstream. Two years
Nobody ever said the Ethernet Roadmap was a direct route. When the 25G Ethernet Consortium (Arista, Broadcom, Google, Mellanox Technologies and Microsoft) proposed single-lane 25-Gbps
As we saw in the last article in this blog series, the disaggregation of the RAN has opened up a number of new and exciting