Radio Access Network
- July 17, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Science and tech
Context:
Reliance plans to build home-grown 5G network solution based on an open source telecom platform called Open RAN.
Concept:
- A radio access network (RAN) is the part of a telecommunications system that connects individual devices to other parts of a network through radio connections.
- A RAN resides between user equipment, such as a mobile phone, a computer or any remotely controlled machine, and provides the connection with its core network.
- The RAN is a major component of wireless telecommunications and has evolved through the generations of mobile networking leading up to 5G.
Need
- This network platform, similar to how open source software became a game changer in the 1990s, attempts to build telecom radio and base stations using non-proprietary technology.
- It will help bring down costs drastically compared to buying proprietary gear.
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