Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) Background
Fronthaul using CPRI evolved from the need of mobile operators to reduce their carbon footprint, obtain gains by pooling processing resources, and deploy advanced network features like Carrier Aggregation (CA) and Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP). The disadvantage of this type of Fronthaul is that it needs ‘Ideal Transport’ (Defined by 3GPP as 2.5 µs latency and throughput up to 10 Gbps). Continue reading