East Asia Scenario 03

03) SoftBank's vision and approach to the ecosystem, and full containerized vRAN Pre-Commercial PoC using O-RU

Companies Participating
in this Scenario

Mavenir

NEC

Device Under Test

O-CU and O-DU provided by Mavenir
O-RU provided by NEC

Test scenarios introduction

SoftBank pre-commercial Proof of Concept uses Mavenir O-CU, O-DU and NEC O-RU. The testing focused on interoperability of the components over the O-RAN Open Fronthaul interface.

At the same time, in order to provide various use cases in a private environment, we have adopted virtualization as a solution with a low footprint for users and easy installation.

Testing Results/Summary

The interoperability between Mavenir O-CU/O-DU and NEC O-RU has been successfully achieved. It has been confirmed by the performance measurements made in Softbank lab and an Over The Air connectivity check.

Benefits for the Industry

In virtualization, we are considering future URLLC support by providing the solution as a full container type, and we are also considering support for O-Cloud in the future.