Nine O-RUs Boost Recently Launched Software Radio Systems’ Private Networks Offering
Following in the footsteps of its recently launched private network offering, full-stack 5G RAN software specialist SRS announces the successful integration of no less than nine Open RAN Radio Units (O-RUs). More impressively still, radio units from four different vendors are already operating in live networks. These are Benetel’s RAN 650 (Outdoor) & RAN 550 (Indoor) O-RUs, Foxconn’s RPQN-4800E & RPQN-7801 Indoor O-RU, the Liteon FlexFI Indoor O-RU, and Picocom’s PC802 SCB & PC805 RDB – PC802 SCB O-RUs. Other O-RUs successfully integrated include VVDN’s LPRU Indoor and AMD’s ZCU670.
Demand for Private Networks is growing, driven by the slow yet inevitable transition to Industry 4.0. Leading the charge are a wide range of industry sectors like manufacturing, mining, utilities, education, healthcare, transport, and entertainment venues, increasingly adopting more sophisticated digital tools and solutions that rely on high quality connectivity. And with a market predicted to grow at a 21% Compound Annual Growth Rate over the next five years according to analyst firm Dell’Oro Group, there’s a clear opportunity for new market entrants to grab a share of a market dominated by the incumbent leaders Nokia, Huawei, and Ericsson. Indeed, by leveraging the full potential of Open RAN, private network specialists like SRS can provide more targeted and innovative connectivity solutions to enterprises in a more cost effective way.
“Quick and efficient activation of high-performance private 5G networks delivers on the promise of an Open RAN ecosystem which will be built on best-in-class equipment and solutions,” said Paul Sutton, CEO of SRS. “Each vendor brings unique capabilities, enabling customers to deploy 5G solutions tailored to their needs, from indoor private networks to large-scale outdoor deployments. We are delighted to have demonstrated srsRAN’s flexibility by integrating with some of the industry’s leading O-RUs to deliver a range of deployment-ready solutions for 5G Open RAN.”
SRS claims it achieves this high level of flexibility thanks to its unique Open Fronthaul (OFH) library and API. Combined with its software stack optimised for Open RAN Split 7.2, srsRAN Enterprise 5G promises to accelerate the integration of new O-RU models and streamline deployments. In turn this allows enterprises to select the most suitable radios for their needs and simply combine them with general purpose RAN compute hardware.
