Deutsche Telekom tinkers with multi-vendor RAN optimisation

Operator Deutsche Telekom, alongside AirHop, Juniper Networks, VIAVI Solutions and VMware conducted a trial of non-real time RAN Intelligent Controller (Non-RT RIC) technology based on Open RAN specs.
Framed as a commitment to developing Open RAN tech, the multi-vendor trial was around ‘programmable radio access networks that demonstrates the potential of the Non-RT RIC and rApp concept to automate and optimize disaggregated RAN.’
In the trial the firms completed a RAN closed-loop op