Getting Open RAN Up and Running

Webinars

To extract all the benefits Open RAN promises, we need a new approach to test, monitor and optimize wireless networks.

Kalyan Sundhar of Keysight talks with analyst Monica Paolini of Senza Fili about how operators can get Open RAN in commercial networks and how Keysight can help them do so.

 

Topics covered:

  •  Testing for interoperability and performance in disaggregated networks
  • A new role for testing, monitoring and optimizing in an open network
  • Adding RIC and SMO to the open RAN
  • Managing virtualization and cloudification
  • Making open RAN energy efficient

This webinar was recorded on December 13th, 2023.

 

01:09 Introduction

04:05 Kaylan introduces himself

04:49 Open RAN more than disaggregation, what is open RAN, mMIMO

11:21 Open RAN for brownfield operators, AT&T announcement, Ericsson

14:45 Nokia, changes in the vendor ecosystem driven by open RAN

16:02 Greenfield operators, Dish, Samsung

17:44 Nokia, Ericsson, differentiation among vendors, role of government, energy efficiency

23:03 Keysight interview on energy efficiency, balancing energy efficiency and performance

26:47 How many vendors operators need or want to have in their RAN, Ericsson, Fujitsu, AT&T, Verizon, Mavenir, Rakuten, 1&1, Deutsche Telekom

33:30 Keysight role in the open RAN ecosystem, what’s special about Keysight

40:38 Managing complexity and optimizing open RAN

42:20 Automation, CI/CD, REST, analytics

46:24 Government, regulation, standardization, NTIA

50:37 Attracting talent to telecoms, open RAN adoption in different geographical markets

56:48 The future of open RAN and Keysight’s role in the open RAN ecosystem