ODIN Roundup Week 31 – Open RAN Gets Increasingly Political
In what has felt like quite a political week for Open RAN this edition features a mix of announcements covered by ODIN, as well as stories from Light Reading, RCR Wireless, Communications Today out of India, and the US National Defense Magazine(once again highlighting Open RAN’s strategic importance for military applications).
We also have an interesting report on Digital Twin RAN (DT-RAN) use cases from the O-RAN next Generation Research Group (nGRG), a security report from the 10th EAI International Conference, INISCOM 2024 which took place earlier this year in Vietnam, a UKTIN FRANC case study, and more.
ATIS, O-RAN ALLIANCE Agree on Transposition of O-RAN Specifications to ATIS Standards
The agreement builds on an earlier MoU addressing cooperation on Open Radio Access Network (RAN) issues, including Open RAN security and stakeholder requirements for Open RAN.
India Open for RAN business
- BSNL will commence Open RAN trials in the coming month.
- C-DOT is rolling out a raft of measures it hopes will not only address BSNL’s immediate challenges but also help India claim a leading position across the expanding Open RAN value chain in the longer term.
Will Open RAN Politics Solve Open RAN Economics?
- The Quad has reaffirmed commitments to promoting Open RAN in the APAC region.
- US Foreign Secretary Blinken also visited NEC’s Future Creation Hub during his visit to Tokyo where he praised the company’s and the Japanese government’s support for Open RAN.
MasOrange to scrap Huawei and ZTE in Ericsson ‘open RAN’ shift – report from Light Reading
The Spanish operator is ditching ZTE, introduced by Orange in 2019, and cutting its use of Huawei, according to a local press report.
Read the full story on Light Reading.
What do brownfield operators want from Open RAN? from RCR Wireless
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone detail Open RAN interests—SMO, RIC, RAN hardware acceleration are focus areas.
Read the full story on RCR Wireless.
Airtel & Jio not in the mood for O-RAN yet, Vi seems inclined from Communications Today
“The technology seems to have missed the 5G market in India (and 4G before that) as the 5G network deployment for the country’s top two telcos, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, has almost been completed.”
Read the full article from Communications Today.
Military Struggles to Make Inroads With 5G Commercial Wireless Tech from National Defense Magazine
“As modern warfare pushes further and further into the digital realm, the Pentagon needs the latest and greatest in wireless technology to support its increasingly complex network needs.”
Read the full story on National Defense Magazine.
Understanding the Security Implications in O-RAN with Abusive Adversaries from 10th EAI International Conference, INISCOM 2024
“Open-Radio Access Network (O-RAN) is considered the next scalable solution, which aims to devolve the network into Near-real-time RIC and Non-real-time RIC to have far more flexibility in services with adaptable components. This disaggregation, however, will have broader security implications, primarily arising because of the use of legacy systems in the new architecture.”
Read the full conference paper here (subscription required).
LitePoint, Metanoia, and Pegatron 5G Showcase Advanced Open RAN Solutions Press Release
“LitePoint demonstrated its IQFR1-RU testing platform, showcasing its integration with Metanoia’s Open-Radio-Unit (O-RU) chipsets embedded in Pegatron 5G’s PR1450 series O-RU. Additionally, LitePoint showed its IQfact5G automation tool for comprehensive 3GPP TS 38.141 transmitter and receiver testing on IQFR1-RU.”
Brazil’s CPQD Open RAN Center launches training program from IPNews
The Brazilian Telecommunications Research and Development Center’s (CPQD) Competence Center for Open RAN is launching a program to train and qualify professionals in the connectivity area. It has partnered with TIP Academy, an online learning environment managed by the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to provide Open RAN training.
The full story on IPNews (in Portuguese).
Research Report on Digital Twin RAN Use Cases from O-RAN next Generation Research Group (nGRG)
The next Generation Research Group (nGRG) is a task force within O-RAN ALLIANCE, which focuses on research of open and intelligent RAN principles in 6G and future network standards.
Research stream (RS)-01 explores the area of Digital Twin RAN (DT-RAN) use cases and performs an analysis of the potential gaps in the O-RAN standards which are then provided as inputs to next DT-RAN research phases and other research streams.
O-RANOS: FRANC Case Study from UKTIN
The O-RANOS project aimed to solve key challenges in creating seamless OpenRAN networks that work across both private and public domains. By addressing these challenges, the project sought to open up new business opportunities for both enterprise and public sector customers and to develop innovative use cases.
- DSIT funding: £1.8m
- Partner funding: £1.7m
- Project dates: 01/01/2022 – 30/09/2023
- Locations: Bristol
- Project Partners: Attocore, WeaverLabs. University of Bristol, Satellite Applications Catapult, Parallel Wireless, Cellnex telecom.
