CONTENTS
Purpose of this document .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Current state of affairs in RAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction and objectives of RAN virtualization ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Side benefits of virtualizing RAN ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
RAN split options and definition of vRAN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
vRAN 1.0 overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
vRAN 2.0 overview ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
vRAN 2.0 reference architecture ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
HPE’s vRAN 2.0 solution description .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
vRAN 2.0 components ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
vRAN 2.0 HPE products ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
vRAN sites ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
HPE’s vRAN 2.0 solution TCO analysis .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
5G deployment strategies and evolution with vRAN......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
How HPE can facilitate 5G vRAN rollout ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
HPE Edgeline EL8000 family: Telco edge product ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Why HPE Edgeline EL8000 family for vRAN 2.0 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
HPE ProLiant DL360 for vRAN 2.0 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Conclusion and summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Appendix A: Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Appendix B: References ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
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