5G CRAN
Extunda is pioneering for the national R&D Projects about 5G wireless communication technology. Extunda invests on cloud-RAN development.The Project consist of NFV and SDN software development as for cloud based centralization of the RAN components of the base stations for 5G.
Objective
The purpose of the project is to develop the first 5G cloud radio access network in Turkey.
Background
The first base station hardware is manufactured for 2G systems in 1980s, and since then all 3G, and 4G network generations have the base station hardware developed and deployed at remote locations. Today, 4G-LTE and 4.5G networks use the base station hardware systems to provide the service to subscribers as well. Because of the nature of the network deployment, base stations have to be deployed close to the subscribers and, therefore base stations are connected to the
core network
of the service operator using fiber or xDSL technology.
However, increasing consumption of the data, the decreasing revenue from voice traffic and the intense competition among service providers are negatively affecting the operators’ bottom line. Hence, service operators today are looking for ways to lower the investment made per subscriber.
In order to accomplish this, CaPEX have to be decreased by deploying less number of base stations and similarly OpEX have to be decreased by lowering the costs of deployment, operation and pre&post launch optimization. Cloud RAN technology achieves these CaPEX and OpEX savings by centralizing all base stations in the data center and by delivering demanded services from this central location.