Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) Systems Architecture and Design gives a jumpstart to engineers developing O-RAN hardware and software systems, providing a top-down approach to O-RAN systems design. The book gives an introduction into why wireless systems look the way they do before introducing relevant O-RAN and 3GPP standards. The remainder of the book discusses hardware and software aspects of O-RAN system design, including dimensioning and performance targets. This book is intended for hardware and software engineers as well as product managers and consumers of O-RAN products who are looking to understand O-RAN technologies.
- Presents O-RAN and 3GPP standards
- Provides a top-down approach to O-RAN systems design
- Includes practical examples of relevant elements of detailed hardware and software design to provide tools for development
- Gives a few practical examples of where O-RAN designs play in the market and how they map to hardware and software architectures
1. Open radio access network overview
2. System components, requirements, and interfaces
3. Hardware system dimensioning
4. Hardware architecture choices
5. System software
6. User-plane application components
7. Wireless scheduling and Quality of Service optimization techniques
8. Synchronization in open radio access networks
9. Software performance
10. Interoperability and test
11. Differentiation by use case
Wim Rouwet is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at NXP. He has a MSc in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He spent 15+ years in Motorola, Freescale and NXP in networking and network processing, wireless algorithm development, system and modem architecture. His focus is on 3GPP LTE and 5G as well as 802.11 processing stacks and their implementation. In this role, he has been responsible for 4G and 5G stack development, small cells, and CRAN implementations associated with many wireless infrastructure projects. He has lead key next generation R&D projects including multi-standard modem architecture, virtualization and 5G small cell as well as CPE products.
