Implementing Open Radio Access Networks, Virtualization and Automation

Considering industry initiatives to open up the Radio Access Network (RAN), SDN and disaggregation – Exploring implementation of open interfaces and analytics to deliver new service opportunities - How do carriers manage disaggregated network elements?

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When

June 19-21, 2019

Where

Hayes Mansion

San Jose, CA USA

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Introduction

As the industry evolves towards 5G, the question of virtualization and opening up the mobile radio access network (RAN) is becoming a central theme. Industry leaders appear to be embracing the challenge and are beginning to set out a route forward for Open RAN, but there are many technical and commercial challenges to be addressed as well as fundamental cultural issues forged over many years.

Workshop Goals

  • Can the RAN leverage the same principles applied in cloud, SDN and white box networking and apply that to radio access?
  • Will service providers accept 2G, 3G and 4G RAN solutions based on a general-purpose vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology?
  • How can next-generation RAN deliver on new cost models, scale and operating models?
  • Understand the impact and how Open RAN will disrupt the market?
  • Explore how RAN components, subsystems and software sourced from multiple suppliers will be integrated
  • Assess the willingness on key industry stakeholders to move to open interfaces
  • Can programmable RAN solutions based on general purpose processing platforms (GPPP) and disaggregated software meet efficiency targets and operational demands?

Agenda

DAY 1
June 19

Wednesday

7:00 PM

Evening Reception & Registration

At Hotel

DAY 2
June 20

Thursday

7:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

 

9:00 AM

Introduction and Keynote

 

Keynote Presentation

 

Director

 

10:00 AM

Networking Break

 

10:40 AM

Telecom Infrastructure Project (TIP)

  • Assessing open radio/white box solutions
  • Understanding industry initiatives including ORAN, TIP and others
  • How will open standards impact small cells?

Exploring Whitebox 5G Initiatives

 

Product Management and Strategy

 

 

11:20 AM

Carrier Perspectives

  • Views on ORAN and virtualization
  • Understanding use cases vs. XRAN profiles
  • What makes Open RAN successful?
  • What value do operators see in O-RAN?
  • Do carriers see the OEM landscape changing if and when O-RAN matures?
  • Understanding planned roll out of hybrid architecture - where does it make sense and where doesn't it make sense?

Innovative Network Initiatives

 

Principal Research Scientist

 

 

12:00 Noon

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 PM

OEM Perspectives

  • The meaning of 'open' in the context of RAN
  • Overview of O-RAN initiative
  • Proposed open interfaces and open source components of RAN
  • Control of BUs and CUs
  • 5G disaggregation and white box DU/RU
  • Exploring white box BBU readiness and maturity
  • How far along are major RAN vendors in terms of open radio access?
  • Validation of true openness of platforms
  • What is the current status of open RAN?
  • What is the road map towards completely open RAN?
  • What are the estimated cost savings?
  • How we can benefit for all the technologies, especially 5G?
  • Virtualized RAN in an open RAN environment
  • Exploring oRAN adoption and risks
  • Understanding the path to oRAN
  • Business models and commercial considerations
  • Assessing global vendor landscape
  • Understanding implementation challenges
  • Motivation behind RAN virtualization
  • High level deployment architecture of the 5G virtual RAN
  • How cloud platform latency plays a role in the technical feasibility and economics
  • The importance of having the right Day 1 and Day 2 cloud platform capabilities for succesful deployments

Building an Open RAN

 

Senior Manager, Product Line Management

 

 

Considering RRU Hardware and Interfaces

 

CTO and EVP

 

Radio Virtualization Enabling Densification

 

Solutions Architect

 

 

 

2:30 PM

Networking Break

 

3:00 PM

Carrier Perspectives, continued

  • Assessing the global O-RAN Alliance progress and direction
  • Understanding tier-1 operators position and route towards open networks

O-RAN: Virtualization, Automation and More

 

Chief Scientist

 

3:40 PM

System Perspectives

  • The meaning of 'open' in the context of RAN
  • Overview of O-RAN initiative
  • Proposed open interfaces and open source components of RAN

Opening up the RAN - Myth vs. Reality

 

End-to-End Solutions Architect

 

 

 

4:20 PM

End-of-Day Panel

       
      

6:00 PM

Adjourn

 

7:00 PM

Networking Dinner at Orchestra Palm Court

 

DAY 3

June 21

Friday

7:00 AM

Breakfast

 

8:00 AM

Enabling Technologies, The Future of Next-Generation Networks:

  • Considering open frameworks for network disaggregation
  • Leveraging open components to accelerate innovation and reduce costs
  • Will current open source, multi-vendor lab trials of open frameworks make it to commercial deployment?
  • Understanding challenges associated with deploying open source solutions the role of systems integrators
  • Assess challenges of overcoming the "one-throat-to-choke" mindset that is pervasive in the wireless industry
  • Can leveraging open source hardware and software allow service providers to avoid vendor lock-in and reduce costs?
  • Interoperability challenges in a multi-vendor ecosystem
  • Understanding the potential for Industry 4.0 in the mobile network context
  • Exploring the rising roles and responsibilities of systems integrators to bring all of the components together and deliver turnkey open telecom solutions
  • Can transport enable cost-effective RAN centralized/virtualization
  • Industry convergence om ORAN for packet fronthaul Edge compute
  • Will virtualization of RAN (e.g. vBBU/vDU) lend itself to hosting other MEC applications in same locations (e.g. CRAN hubs)?
  • Open RAN
  • Virtualization and Automation
  • Assessment of timing and Integration effort involved
  • IPR and related topics
  • Open RAN, open backhaul

How open APIs, Open RAN Solutions, and CBRS, Combine to Enable Disaggregation and Virtualization at the Network Edge

 

Business Development Director - Mobility Engine

 

 

5G NR: How Intel Enables Standards - Based End-to-End VRAN Solutions

 

Strategic Wireless Business Developer

 

 

5G From the Bottom Up - A Silicon Perspective of the Evolving Mobile Networking Ecosystem

 

Technical Director

 

 

 

10:00 AM

Networking Break

 

10:30 AM

Enabling Technologies, continued

  • ORAN and its implications
  • What's driving the 5G market? - New features, growing capacity demand, business case
  • Technical challenges
    • network perspective
    • silicon perspective
  • Why Ethernet?
  • What about programmability?
  • What to expect - features, timellines, etc.
  • How do composable architectures help realize the needs of 5G/Edge requirements?
  • Assessing framework and open source tools to build a composable architectures
  • Intersection of composable Infrastructure and SDN-R
  • The role of Cloud Native in support of network slicing, multi-cloud management and orchestration
  • Virtualization of 5G RAN utilizing ORAN Architecture
  • Use cases scenerios for ORAN RIC including SON, Slicing and the need for coordinated vRAN and 5G CORE interfaces

How Composable Infrastructure and SDN-R will support 5G Deployments

 

Director of Engineering

 

O-RAN Fronthaul (WG4)

Conformance and Interoperability Testing

 

Program Manager

 

 

Making Virtualized RAN a Reality

 

Principal Network Architect

 

 

12:30 Noon

Networking Lunch

 

1:30 PM

Closing Discussion

 

 

2:15 PM

Closing Remarks

 

2:30 PM

Adjourn

 

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