NTT DOCOMO: Industry Leaders Launch ORAN Alliance
2018年2月27日 - 05:19PM
JCN Newswire (英)
Today, AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO, and
Orange jointly announced the creation of the ORAN Alliance. The
ORAN Alliance is a world-wide, carrier-led effort to drive new
levels of openness in the radio access network of next generation
wireless systems. ORAN will combine and extend the efforts of the
C-RAN Alliance and the xRAN Forum into a single operator led
effort.
As mobile traffic increases, mobile networks and the equipment that
runs them must become more energy efficient (green),
software-driven (soft), virtualized, flexible, and intelligent. The
ORAN (Open Radio Access Network) Alliance is committed to evolving
radio access networks -- making them more open and smarter than
previous generations. Real-time analytics that drive embedded
machine learning systems and artificial intelligence back end
modules will empower network intelligence. Additional virtualized
network elements with open, standardized interfaces will be key
aspects of the reference designs developed by the ORAN Alliance.
Technologies from open source and open whitebox network elements
will be important software and hardware components of these
reference designs.
By combining and extending the objectives of the C-RAN Alliance and
the xRAN Forum, the key principles of the ORAN Alliance
include:
Leading the industry towards open, interoperable interfaces, RAN
virtualization, and big data enabled RAN intelligence.
Maximizing the use of common-off-the-shelf hardware and merchant
silicon and minimizing proprietary hardware.
Specifying APIs and interfaces, driving standards to adopt them as
appropriate, and exploring open source where appropriate.
"ORAN represents a comprehensive embodiment of Communication 4.0
and is empowered by the true Information, Communications and Data
Technology (ICDT) convergence," said Zhengmao Li, CTO of China
Mobile. "It will drive the radio access network from Green and Soft
to Open and Smart. And ultimately operators will expect future
networks to be built with deeply embedded intelligence, much higher
efficiency, lower cost, great agility and flexibility, and all at
manageable complexity."
"To take full advantage of the flexibility of 5G, we have to go
beyond the new radios and change the overall architecture of the
end-to-end system," said Andre Fuetsch, President AT&T Labs and
Chief Technology Officer. "Open modularity, intelligent software
defined networks, and virtualization will be essential to deliver
agile services to our customers. ORAN will accelerate industry
progress in these areas."
"For 5G to unlock new business opportunities and markets, it is
essential that we evolve a RAN infrastructure platform that allows
us to innovate quickly to meet customer expectations. The ORAN
approach, to drive more openness, modularity and programmability in
our future networks, can enable a more agile delivery of services
to our customers," said Alex Jinsung Choi, SVP Research &
Technology Innovation, Deutsche Telekom. "We are excited that the
ORAN Alliance will build on and continue the journey we started in
XRAN to extend the capabilities of RAN technologies and enable next
generation open implementations."
"5G is expected to facilitate the creation of new vertical markets,
the speed of which will be accelerated by the high flexibility and
high intelligence derived from open APIs and interfaces," said Dr.
Hiroshi Nakamura, EVP and CTO of NTT DOCOMO. "We have experienced
that openness can provide opportunities for expanding markets. We
believe that ORAN will evolve open and cost effective radio access
networks and that it will further advance them into the next
stage."
"In order to respond to the growth of demanding business
capabilities and affordable systems, 5G radio sub-networks need to
evolve towards more flexible, open and smarter solutions," said
Emmanuel Lugagne, SVP Orange Labs Networks. "The work of the ORAN
alliance will be a perfect driver for the industry to help achieve
these promises."
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions around the globe connect with
leading entertainment, business, mobile and high speed internet
services. We have the nation's largest and most reliable network
and the best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider. We're
one of the world's largest providers of pay TV. We have TV
customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. More than 3
million companies, from small to large businesses around the globe,
turn to AT&T for our highly secure smart solutions.
About China Mobile
China Mobile Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong on 3 September
1997. The Company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) on 22 October
1997 and 23 October 1997, respectively. The Company was admitted as
a constituent stock of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on 27
January 1998.
As the leading telecommunications services provider in Mainland
China, the Group provides full communications services in all 31
provinces, autonomous regions and directly-administered
municipalities throughout Mainland China and in Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, and boasts the world's largest mobile
network and the world's largest mobile customer base. Its
businesses primarily consist of mobile voice and data business,
wireline broadband and other information and communications
services. As of 31 December 2016, the Group had a total of 460,647
employees, 849 million mobile customers and 77.62 million wireline
broadband customers with its annual revenue exceeding RMB700
billion.
About Orange
Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators
with sales of 41 billion euros in 2017 and 152,000 employees
worldwide at 31 December 2017, including 93,000 employees in
France. Present in 29 countries, the Group has a total customer
base of 273 million customers worldwide at 31 December 2017,
including 211 million mobile customers and 20 million fixed
broadband customers. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT
and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under
the brand Orange Business Services. In March 2015, the Group
presented its new strategic plan "Essentials2020" which places
customer experience at the heart of its strategy with the aim of
allowing them to benefit fully from the digital universe and the
power of its new generation networks.
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient and secure mobile
services that enable smarter living for each customer. The company
serves over 65 million mobile customers in Japan via advanced
wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the
world's first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique
capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of
cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS,
mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring,
smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical
and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other
partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437) and New
York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit
https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/ for more information.
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