Nokia, in collaboration with Orange, applies cloud benefits to radio access in large-scale trial, preparing for future 5G net...
June 19 2018 - 4:02AM
Press Release
- First Cloud RAN trial in operational LTE network using Orange's
own cloud infrastructure platform
- Trial in live network in Poland with commercial traffic on
largest configuration so far, first of its kind in Europe on
operator's own infrastructure
- Key milestone towards Orange's future 5G cloud
architecture
19 June 2018
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has completed a live network trial in
Poland in collaboration with Orange to validate the benefits of
cloud-optimized radio access networks for the smooth evolution to
next-generation 5G technologies.
The two companies trialed Cloud RAN technology to prepare for
the eventual introduction of a distributed cloud architecture for
5G by Orange. A distributed, cloud-based radio access network
architecture like Nokia's AirScale Cloud RAN provides capacity
where needed and prepares the network for the deployment of new 5G
access technology as part of a multi-layered architecture.
The trial took place from March to the beginning of May in
Poland, with radio sites in the city of Chelm and the virtualized
part of the baseband running in a data center in Lublin, around 70
km away. As a result, Nokia's AirScale Cloud Base Station provided
equally strong network performance on both Nokia's reference cloud
infrastructure and on Orange's own cloud environment.
Nokia's architecture splits baseband processing functionality
across the radio cell sites and data center using its AirScale
Cloud Base Station. Time-critical functions are performed at the
cell site and connected via Ethernet fronthaul - allowing the
operator to use its existing transport network - while centralized
software hosted at the data center cost-efficiently performs non
real-time functions.
Nokia AirScale Cloud RAN provides the flexibility needed for
future services and requirements for 5G, Internet of Things, low
latency services and end-to-end slicing.
About the trial
- Nokia AirScale Cloud Base Station, a virtual base station for
4G and 5G, running 4G technology via Ethernet fronthaul
- Orange's NGPop cloud infrastructure
- Nokia AirFrame Data Center platform designed to meet stringent
radio access capacity, performance and latency requirements
- Nokia Cloud Infrastructure for Radio/Real Time
- Nokia NetAct monitoring Cloud RAN and classical RAN in the
commercial network
Piotr Jaworski, CTO of Orange Poland, said: "During this
trial, Orange Poland has successfully trialed virtualized RAN
architectures in collaboration with Nokia and investigated the
impact on network operations. The quality and performance observed
during the trial give confidence on the RAN virtualization and is a
critical step for us towards 5G."
Arnaud Vamparys, VP Radio Access Networks and Microwaves of
Orange Global, said: "For Orange, RAN virtualization is a
critical enabler to deliver a better and more homogeneous customer
experience on 4G and future 5G networks, allowing these
multi-service networks to simultaneously handle various type of
objects with different connectivity needs. The positive outcome of
this trial is an important step towards the implementation of this
enabler inside our networks in Europe and Africa."
Alain Biston, head of Mobile Network Business Management at
Nokia, said: "This successful live trial of the innovative
AirScale Cloud RAN technology is a key milestone in the joint work
of Orange and Nokia. Cloud RAN is a key enabler for the coming era
of 4G and 5G flexible networks, low-latency services and end-to end
slicing, building on a distributed cloud network architecture like
our Future X. We have demonstrated that Nokia AirScale Cloud RAN is
ready for commercial deployments, helping Orange and other
customers to start deploying flexible and agile cloud-based
networks."
Resources:
- AirScale Cloud RAN video
- Web Page: AirScale Cloud RAN
- AirScale Cloud RAN executive summary
- AirScale Radio Access E-book
- Nokia edge cloud video
- Edge cloud internet page
- Whitepaper: Multi-Layer & Cloud-Ready Radio Evolution
Towards 5G
- Webinar - Multi-layered and cloud-based - the radio network for
5G
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