Accelerating RAN Intelligence across Network Ecosystems (ARIANE)

Accelerating RAN Intelligence across Networks Ecosystems or ARIANE includes 9 partners: TIP, Accenture , Amdocs UK Limited, Arqit UK, BT Group plc, HCL Technologies, Net Reply UK, Viavi Solutions UK and VMWare UK.

In the past 4 years, the movement towards open and disaggregated networks started, thanks to initiatives led by Open-Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) ALLIANCE, Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open RAN along with Mobile Network Operator (MNOs) and other vendor industry forums.  Although there is increased market choice in hardware elements of an Open RAN, the software elements are still maturing.  One key element of the O-RAN ALLIANCE architecture is the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC), which allows interoperable and portable Software applications to interface into the Radio Network, and through the use of AI/ML techniques to assess, diagnose, and learn how to optimise performance and resource utilisation of radio network elements.  The benefit to the MNOs, in the future, is the ability to dynamically adapt the use of radio access at site, whilst optimising use of spectrum, being more energy efficient, and improving upon coverage and capacity to suit fluctuations in customer demand.

In this interview from MWC 2024, Vishal Mathur, Global Head of Engagement at TIP, sits down with Ravishankar Sethuraman, SVP Head 5G Engineering at HCL Technologies. They discuss how HCL Technologies is accelerating future-ready networks.

In this interview from MWC 2024, Vishal Mathur, Global Head of Engagement at TIP, sits down with Chris Murphy, Regional CTO, EMEA at VIAVI Solutions. They discuss VIAVI Solutions business as well as how being a TIP member has helped them find succes.