Starterkit gør det lettere at realisere 5G Open RAN-løsninger

Det britiske firma RANsemi, der har specialiseret sig inden for 5G Open RAN (Radio Access Network) basebandteknologier, lancerer komplet 'end-to-end' evalueringsplatform, som letter udviklings- og testprocesserne (in english).

RANsemi, a British wireless semiconductor innovator specialising in 5G Open RAN baseband technologies, today announced the launch of its 5G Open RAN Starter Kit designed to enable out-of-the-box testing and accelerate the development of 5G radio access networks (RANs). The end-to-end platform empowers developers and engineers with a system that simplifies testing, fosters innovation, and shortens time-to-market for 5G RAN solutions.

The starter kit suits companies looking to streamline their 5G initiatives and combines all the elements for an end-to-end 5G network from Core to UE, greatly simplifying the task of developing Open RAN Radio Unit (RU) or Distributed Unit (DU) functionality.

- With the launch of our 5G Open RAN Starter Kit, we are taking a significant step toward democratising 5G system development, explains Oliver Davies, VP of Marketing at RANsemi, and he continues:

- It offers a fully configured, optimised private 5G network out-of-the-box, combining ease of use with powerful capabilities, allowing organisations to jumpstart their 5G projects for lab-based evaluation and system demonstrations without the typical complexity and time investment barriers.

The RANsemi Open RAN Starter Kit is a compact O-RAN split 7.2 5G end-to-end system that enables customers to rapidly evaluate and deploy 3GPP 5G NR and O-RAN Alliance compliant systems. In addition to RANsemi SoCs and software, the platform features key components from industry-leading vendors, including SRS, Texas Instruments and iCana. The end-to-end platform meets the diverse needs of the 5G Open RAN small cell ecosystem yet allows companies to reconfigure and adapt it to their requirements.

- Our engineering team designed this platform with flexibility and effectiveness in mind. Whether you're a startup or a major telecom player, this starter kit provides the tools and resources to achieve accelerated success in 5G RAN development and testing, says Andy Morris, VP of Customer Engineering at RANsemi.

Ahmed Bader, CEO, MOBiSENSE, adds:

- The RANsemi 5G Open RAN Starter Kit has been transformative for our team. It has accelerated our development and testing timelines and opened doors with our potential customers, enabling us to confidently showcase our forthcoming 5G small cell innovations and novel value creation opportunities.

RANsemi's starter kit provides fully integrated and tested components in a band n78 O-RAN split 7.2 topology that includes a 5G SA Core, Centralised Unit (CU), Distributed Unit with RANsemi RNS802 5G High PHY SoC connected via an Open Fronthaul eCPRI link to the RANsemi Radio Demonstrator Board (RNS805RDB) with an RF interface allowing connection to commercial handsets or UE test equipment (a commercial handset and extra SIMs are provided with the kit). The kit ships complete with built-in GNSS and PTP synchronisation of all functional units.