CNFs in RAN present the ultimate frontier in network function engineering. The publisher forecasts a jump of about 9 percent in the share of RAN CNFs. The jump is indicative of the enormous potential that CNFs have for RAN, especially in the DU segment. At the same time, the path towards cloud nativity is paved with real challenges surrounding concerns related to latency and performance management. RAN VNFs or vRANs, on the other hand seem to be headed towards stability as shoots of consensus begin to emerge among the multiple RAN virtualization and cloudification initiatives.
In the long run, it is clear that telcos and RAN product engineers need to crack the challenge surrounding expensive but reliable existing fronthaul technologies such as CPRI. This challenge has to be met head on either at the physical level or at the protocol design level or in a combination of the two.
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Companies Mentioned
- Airtel
- AT&T
- BT
- China Mobile
- China Telecom
- China Unicom
- Deutsche Telekom
- Etisalat
- Jio
- KDDI
- KT
- LG Uplus
- M1 Singapore
- NTT DoCoMo
- Ooredoo
- Optus (Singtel Optus)
- Orange
- Rakuten
- Saudi Telecom (STC)
- Singtel
- SK Telecom
- Softbank
- Sprint Corporation
- Swisscom
- T-Mobile
- TIM/Telecom Italia
- Telenor
- Telefonica
- Telia
- Telkom Indonesia
- Telstra
- Turk Telecom
- Turkcell
- Veon VimpelCom
- Verizon
- Vodafone
- 6WIND
- Affirmed Networks
- Airspan
- Altiostar
- ASOCS
- Cisco Systems
- Cobham Wireless
- Commscope
- Dali Wireless
- Dell EMC
- Ericsson
- Huawei
- Intel
- JMA Wireless
- Mavenir
- NEC/Netcracker
- Nokia
- Parallel Wireless
- Phluido
- Radisys
- Red Hat
- Samsung
- VMware
- Wind River
- ZTE
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