Open RAN allows for the disaggregation of the key pieces of the RAN . These pieces include the radio unit, the distributed unit and the centralized unit. Open RAN helps to “open” the protocols and interfaces between the radios, the compute platform, the software infrastructure and the applications.
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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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Open RAN is about disaggregated RAN functionality built using open interface specifications between elements . It can be implemented in vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology based on open interfaces and community-developed standards.
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