O. R. (OPEN Radio Access Network ) Open RAN (two words) or ORAN refers to creating standard open interfaces between cellular network hardware and software. OpenRAN (one word) may refer to either of two Telecom Infra Project groups: OpenRAN project group (2G/3G/4G) or OpenRAN 5G NR.
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A vRAN replaces BBUs with Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) hardware, but the RAN is still dependent on proprietary interfaces and purpose-built hardware for radio transmissions . Open RAN is an effort to open the RAN altogether. “Current RAN technology is provided as a hardware and software integrated platform.
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