Aricent, a global design and engineering company, Wednesday announced the launch of two 5G-ready software frameworks for network equipment manufacturers (NEM) for radio access network (RAN) and core network (CN) nodes.
The Aricent 5G frameworks is designed to enable NEMs to develop advanced features such as dual and cloud connectivity, virtualization, NB-IoT and reliability for mission-critical services that meet customer needs.
5G services have distinct requirements such as low-latency, seamless connectivity and the need to transmit large quantities of data at ultra-high speeds. The critical challenge for NEMs is how they can architect and package these different technologies to meet these diverse needs, said Aricent.
The software frameworks conform to the latest developments in LTE technology and the 3GPP specifications. Aricent also offers a pre-packaged virtualization infrastructure framework (MANO) on the ETSI NFV architecture supporting both OpenStack and VMware to enable customers to rapidly virtualize and deploy network functions and applications.
Munish Chhabra, Service Line Leader, Software Frameworks & Solutions, Aricent
This technology marks the first time that operators have conducted live trials before the standard has been defined. NEMs have to make the 5G business case. Early interest from U.S. operators such as AT&T, T-Mobile USA and Verizon bodes well for NEMS that have an opportunity to leapfrog competitors.
