“As an established member and strong supporter of the O-RAN ALLIANCE, DZS has been a major advocate for openness and freedom of choice, and is honored to play a key role in multiple PlugFest events taking place in the coming weeks around the world,” said
According to Omdia, the market for Open and Virtual RAN (“Open vRAN”) technology - including systems implementing O-RAN ALLIANCE architectures and standards - is the fastest-growing segment of the overall RAN market over the next five years. Growth projections in the market have skyrocketed, with Omdia’s year-over-year projections for Open vRAN revenue over the next four years increasing 65%. Omdia also projects that by 2026, Open vRAN systems will represent 16% of the overall RAN market, a 128% increase representing
O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFests have been key in promoting the development of the O-RAN ecosystem through well-organized integration and testing activities, building market confidence for this technology. Each PlugFest site emphasizes different O-RAN use cases and test priorities to help drive the evolution and refinement of open, standards-based mobile infrastructure that stands to radically change costs and capabilities for both greenfield and established networks.
Recently released public details of the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2022 identify over 80 organizations and participating vendors across 6 total venues. Upon conclusion, the O-RAN ALLIANCE will share test results at the O-RAN PlugFest Virtual Showcase.
DZS solutions made available for testing at the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2022 include:
- The new DZS M4000 Converged Transport Switch System supporting O-RAN ALLIANCE defined Open FrontHaul and transport interfaces for indoor and outdoor macrocell RAN deployment scenarios with PTP/SyncE features, embedded GPS / GNSS receiver and synchronization source capability, as well as full-featured xHaul and cell site router functionality
- The recently expanded DZS C1200 series of environmentally hardened Open Fronthaul Gateways featuring built-in GPS / GNSS and network timing support
- DZS E-series xHaul systems, which provide mobile-ready, high-powered PoE switching and aggregation for 1000Base-T, 5GBase-T, and 10GBase-T connected small cells and access points used in indoor coverage scenarios
DZS will also provide expert support on-site and/or remotely for set-up and testing, and to facilitate multivendor interoperation of the systems provided for multiband RU to DU, integrated RU+DU to CU, or CU to 5GC connectivity, using 10/25/40/50/100 Gbps optical interfaces.
With a progressive business strategy centered on empowering service providers and network operators through open standards, cloud-based solutions and freedom of choice, DZS technology is at the core of some of the world’s largest and most innovative 5G and O-RAN deployments. Besides serving as the exclusive fronthaul solution provider in Rakuten Mobile’s fully virtualized, cloud-native O-RAN 5G mobile network, DZS is partnered with the Rakuten Symphony ecosystem and is now also supporting a major O-RAN deployment in
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