Samsung, AMD Work on vRAN Network Transformation
By using Samsung’s vRAN technologies and ecosystem, the new cooperation will enable operators to develop high-capacity networks that are also energy-efficient. This will open a larger range of alternatives for operators.
Today, Samsung Electronics made the announcement of a new partnership with AMD to accelerate the development of 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) for network transformation.
Through this partnership, Samsung is demonstrating its continuous commitment to enhancing the vRAN and Open RAN ecosystems in order to assist mobile network operators in the process of building and modernising mobile networks with unrivalled flexibility and optimised performance.
The two businesses have successfully completed many rounds of testing at Samsung’s lab in order to validate high-capacity and telco-grade performance using FDD bands and TDD Massive MIMO wide-bands, all while dramatically decreasing power consumption.
During this cooperative project, Samsung made use of its adaptable vRAN software, which was then combined with the latest AMD EPYC 8004 processors. These processors were designed with a particular emphasis on telecom and intelligent edge applications.
During the course of the technical testing, the combination of the EPYC 8004 CPUs and Samsung’s vRAN solutions offered an optimised cell capacity per server in addition to a high level of power efficiency.
“This technical collaboration demonstrates Samsung’s commitment to delivering network flexibility and high performance for service providers by building a larger vRAN and Open RAN ecosystem,” said Henrik Jansson, Vice President and Head of SI Business Group, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics.
“This collaboration demonstrates Samsung’s commitment to delivering network flexibility and high performance for service providers.” “Samsung has been at the forefront of unleashing the full potential of 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) technology to meet rising demands, and we look forward to collaborating with industry leaders like AMD to provide operators the capabilities to transform their networks.”
Lynn Comp, Corporate Vice President, Technical Marketing, Server Business at AMD, said that “by integrating our AMD EPYC processors with Samsung’s leading vRAN solution, operators will have a powerful tool with the incredible energy efficiency and balanced performance needed for this environment.”
“It’s great to be collaborating with Samsung on 5G vRAN solutions to leverage our market-leading products for the data centre and tackle key challenges of the telco edge and RAN environment.”
In order to continue fostering new innovations for next-generation networks and facilitating the acceleration of vRAN and Open RAN for 5G, Samsung will continue collaborating with AMD.
The vRAN Ecosystem from Samsung
Samsung has achieved great progress with its vRAN ecosystem, growing its cooperation with industry-leading suppliers across a variety of technologies, including CPUs, COTS servers, container platforms (CaaS), xHaul transport, and cloud solutions.
These advancements were made possible by expanding Samsung’s use of industry-leading providers. This robust and expanding ecosystem is evidence of Samsung’s leadership in the provision of vRAN and Open RAN solutions that are dependable, sustainable, and meet or exceed telco-grade performance standards.
Through its collaboration with Tier 1 operators in North America, Europe, and Asia, Samsung has shown that it has vast knowledge in commercial networking.
Chipsets, radios, and cores for 5G networks have all been successfully delivered by Samsung, making the company an industry leader in this regard. With its market-leading product range, which includes everything from vRAN 3.0 and Open RAN and Core to private network solutions and AI-powered automation tools, Samsung is a driving force in the industry for the advancement of 5G networks.
This is accomplished via continual research and development. At this time, the firm offers network solutions to mobile carriers, who in turn give connection to hundreds of millions of customers all over the globe.
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