Open, modular and intelligent Radio Access Networks for the 5G era
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While 5G is eventually an end-to-end transformation of the entire network, operators are currently focusing on upgrading the radio access network - 5G non-stand alone.
The 5G RAN introduces new important concepts to meet the significant requirements it must deal with, like higher frequency spectrum, virtualization and cloudification of radio appliances, multi-vendor environments, open source radio related initiatives and more. Heavy Reading analyst Gabriel Brown and Jens Voigt, Amdocs discuss the concepts, initiatives and challenges.
About this audio series: Heavy Reading and Amdocs discuss the challenges and opportunities of 5G and how to make the network smarter.