SMO, O-Cloud and accelerated L1.

8 technologies in AI-RAN and Open RAN.

Technologies

Service management and orchestration (SMO) The management layer that configures, monitors and orchestrates RAN functions and cloud resources.
O1 management interface Configuration, fault and performance management of O-RAN network functions.
O-Cloud and the O2 interface The cloud platform hosting RAN workloads, managed through infrastructure and deployment services over O2.
Cloud-native RAN functions Containerised CU and DU functions with real-time kernels, CPU pinning and fast networking.
Acceleration abstraction layer (AAL) A standard interface between RAN software and lookaside or inline L1 accelerators.
Channel coding and FEC offload Offloading LDPC and polar coding to accelerators to free CPU cores and cut power.
Timing in the O-Cloud Delivering PTP timing into servers and NICs that host DUs.
Continuous integration and delivery for RAN software Automated test and staged rollout pipelines for frequent RAN software releases.