As reported by Samsung Electronics and Vodafone UK on 19 January 2022, the companies have switched on the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) first 5G Open RAN site carrying live customer traffic.

In the coming months, Vodafone and Samsung will test Samsung vRAN’s telco-grade performance metrics and features, such as security, inter-Radio Access Technology mobility and interfrequency handover, and they will ensure compliance with Open RAN specifications.

Samsung’s fully virtualized, software-based RAN runs on commercial off-the-shelf servers, offering features and performance that are equivalent to traditional hardware-based equipment.

Using a cloud-native and container-based architecture, the company’s vRAN enables more flexible deployments and network management efficiencies for mobile operators while helping them meet the demands of deploying new and existing services.

Full Article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 17, Number 2, June 2022

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