RAN Compute

Radio access processing platforms in Ericsson Radio System, with RAN Processors, Radio Processors and Basebands.

In today’s purpose-built Radio Access Network, the software is running on Radio, Transport and RAN Compute hardware platforms. To facilitate the growing diversity of use cases with the best possible network quality, the RAN Compute platforms of the future needs to support a greater deployment flexibility than ever before.

For instance: availability, cost, and quality of transport connections will have a large influence on what the best processing architecture is for an operator. All this requires more flexibility in the RAN. For this, Ericsson introduces the new concept of RAN Compute in Ericsson Radio System. Ericsson’s RAN Compute portfolio consists of RAN Processors (4G/5G optimized indoor), Radio Processors (4G/5G optimized outdoor) and Basebands (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G indoor/outdoor). The wide range of RAN Compute products handles compute functionalities for all generations of radio access technologies and now also include market leading machine learning capabilities for 4G and 5G.