CommScope and Meta Connectivity have joined forces to promote Open RAN adoption through the development of open reference designs, according to an official statement issued today.
As the demand for internet connectivity grows at a rapid pace, the infrastructure that supports it must also develop and improve. To meet this demand, CommScope will collaborate with Meta Connectivity, as well as a network of industry ecosystem firms in the Evenstar initiative, to develop and manufacture flexible, efficient RAN components.
“We are excited to have CommScope’s expertise in innovative antenna interfaces as part of our Evenstar program,” said Jaydeep Ranade, Director of Wireless Engineering at Meta Connectivity. “This collaboration will help facilitate an ecosystem of high-quality connectivity – something that becomes more important every day as we move to an increasingly digitally connected world.”
“Open RAN hardware and software are making great progress and we’re starting to see a path toward superior performance,” said Joe Madden, Mobile Experts. “Programs like Evenstar support the industry’s focus on disaggregation of software from proprietary hardware and provides a basis for ecosystem investment that is needed.”
“CommScope is thrilled to be joining Meta Connectivity’s global Evenstar ecosystem,” said Farid Firouzbakht, senior vice president of Outdoor Wireless Networks, CommScope. “Open RAN is gaining momentum in the marketplace and mMIMO 5G deployments will require cooperation and collaboration between vendors based on competitive reference models.”
The partnership will concentrate on the creation of a Massive MIMO (mMIMO) reference architecture based on O-RAN Alliance interoperability criteria. Massive MIMO significantly improves spectrum efficiency, allowing for more network capacity and coverage. Both groups will work together on high-level architectural specifications, open standards antenna and radio interfaces, and best practise calibration designs.
