FCC Open RAN Solutions Showcase

Matt Melester, VCN/OWN CTOFCC Open RAN Solutions Showcase

CommScope’s Open RAN NR Strategy

January 5th, 2021

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$8.44 billion in Revenues

30,000 Employees

800+ million investment in R&D

15,000 Patents

Open RAN Ecosystem Development

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BasebandvRAN

Cloud &Orchestration Radio

ComplianceCertification

nRT-RIC

Systems Integration

Silicon

Test Equipment

mMIMO

Developed

Not Developed

≤8T8R

X2-c, Xn-c, NG-c

X2-u, Xn-u, NG-u

O-RAN Alliance Reference Architecture

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O-Cloud

O-CU-CPO-CU-UP

O-DU

O1

O2

O1

O1

O1

O1

Open FH 7.2 Cat A

F1

E1

O-RU

O-CU

A1

E2

Service Management& Orchestrator (SMO)

nRT-RIC

O1

Up to 6 disaggregated entitieswith 11 defined interfaces

Leverage our experience and capabilities in developing in-building coverage solutions and advance antenna technologies to provide end-to-end RAN

solutions for indoors, while partnering with RAN providers to deliver integrated outdoor antenna systems, wireless infrastructure and

connectivity solutions.

CommScope’s 5G Strategy

ONECELL 5G NR Building Blocks

Cell Virtualization

Disaggregating User Plane from Control Plane of a Single Cell

RAN Virtualization

Disaggregating RAN functions from Physical Resources of a Single Network

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E2E Network Slicing

Service Orchestration Tool

Mid-Band TDD Radio Point

RAN Virtualization

Cell Virtualization

Intelligent Radio Point

Ethernet Front-Haul

C-RAN Architecture

ONECELL 4G LTE Foundations

ONECELL 5G NR Enhancements

X2-c, Xn-c, NG-c

X2-u, Xn-u, NG-u

ONECELL Remote Radio Unit

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O-Cloud

O-CU-CPO-CU-UP

O-DU

O1

O2

O1

O1

O1

O1

Open FH 7.2 Cat A

F1

E1O-CU

A1

E2

Service Management& Orchestrator (SMO)

nRT-RIC

O1

O-RAN 7.2 Cat A Compatible

Up to 4 Distinct Carriers

Mixed LTE/NR Band Support

ONECELL End-to-End RAN Platform

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O-Cloud

O1

O2

O1

O1

X2-c, Xn-c, NG-c

X2-u, Xn-u, NG-u

O1

FH 7.2 Cat A

F1

A1

O1

SMO

CU

DU

RU

• Virtualized DU & CU Running on x86 Off the Shelf Servers

• Compliant to 3GPP & O-RAN A1, O1, & O2 Interfaces

• Further Disaggregation of Near Realtime RIC on Roadmap

CommScope’s Disaggregated RadioDesign

32T32R O-RU CommScope Reference Design

Modularized Design Separating Antenna/Filtering from Radio Electronics

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CommScope 32T32R Radio(proof-of-concept in development)

Antenna/Filter Unit

CommScope’s Universal Passive Module

Seamless Integration of Legacy Antenna with newC-Band Radios

Accommodates a Range of Different Radios

Reduced Site Footprint enables Faster Deployments

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Antenna Supporting Legacy Bands

C-Band RadioUnit

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