Accelerate your journey to high performance with RAN Connect
Ericsson RAN Connect introduces a unified high-capacity fronthaul solution that aggregates several of your radios or radio sites to a single AI-powered platform – giving you scalable performance on-demand, enhanced RAN compute power and significantly lower operational costs through new remote radio rehoming possibilities.
Benefits: scale your RAN's performance on-demand
Ericsson RAN Connect delivers a multitude of performance and operational benefits for your RAN, equipping you to meet growing and increasingly dynamic capacity and compute demands across your RAN in coming years.
Future proof your RAN
Prepare for an easy evolution to future RAN by providing the first critical aggregation step that makes cloud, open and centralized RAN possible. Equipped with high-capacity support between 600 Gbps to 1.2 Tbps, Ericsson RAN Connect is also ready to meet the most challenging traffic scenarios – today and tomorrow.
Enhance RAN performance
Unleash up to 33 percent more radios per RAN Compute with new capabilities to scale performance on-demand. RAN performance is further improved through our integrated industry-leading synchronization, in addition to bandwidth efficiencies gained through fronthaul packetization.
Redefine RAN operations
Experience total observability and control of your fronthaul networks through advanced unified management and automation, including new cost-saving possibilities for remote radio reconfiguration without a site visit. Ericsson RAN Connect is easy to install, integrate, operate and monitor through one command intent-based configurations, as well as zero touch integration with RAN Compute.
Benefits in numbers
Key features
High capacity
Ericsson RAN Connect has means to deliver the capacity that is required today and in the future for all site types and deployment scenarios. With a high density of high-capacity ports up to 400 GE and a switch fabric of 600 Gbps to 1.2 Tbps, our portfolio gives you the scale and flexibility needed.
Remote reconfiguration and operational efficiency
Ericsson RAN Connect opens new possibilities for remote radio rehoming and reconfiguration directly from the operations center, contributing to fewer site visits and significant cost savings across your operations.
Industry-leading synchronization and resilience
Featuring Ericsson’s leading RAN compute synchronization solution, Ericsson RAN Connect delivers superior noise filtering and up to 15 times longer timing holdover of TDD radio equipment – giving you improved resilience and higher capacity gains.
Industry-leading energy efficiency
Ericsson RAN Connect delivers up to 75 percent proven energy savings in the field compared to other leading market alternatives. This is achieved through its advanced silicon which also contributes to a more compact form factor and lower site footprint.
Unified Management and observability
Advanced automation and analytic tools are designed to extend your network’s uptime, including functionalities such as AI/ML-powered network monitoring and predictive maintenance, real-time service assurance and granular circuit telemetry monitoring.
Explore the product line-up
The Ericsson RAN Connect line-up is available in both indoor and outdoor options, giving you maximum site flexibility and tailored performance for every deployment scenario. It is co-designed, pre-integrated and verified with the leading Ericsson Radio System to give you optimal network performance and ease of operation.
One RAN Connect, many deployment possibilities
Ericsson RAN Connect is part of our market-leading open fronthaul offering, serving as the intelligent high-capacity interface between your radio sites and compute basebands. This lays the foundation for many dynamic architectural possibilities – from a common high capacity fronthaul interface in D-RAN to Cloud and Open RAN and centralized RAN. The choice is yours.
Insights
Why Ericsson 5G RAN?
Gartner Magic Quadrant leader
Ericsson has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP 5G RAN Infrastructure Solutions, with the highest position Ability to Execute axis.
Industry-leading performance
Our customers top 74% of the industry’s leading benchmarks reports
Unique domain expertise
Our networks manage 50 percent of the world’s mobile traffic outside China
