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Virtualized RAN

Accelerating software-centric
networks with Samsung vRAN

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The optimal foundation
for AI-RAN
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Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) represents a groundbreaking evolution in mobile network architecture: it is transforming static, traditional Radio Access Network (RAN) hardware into agile, flexible software. With this new innovative approach, operators can optimize their RAN service deployment and management to significantly increase efficiency and reduce operational costs. Taking a software-centric approach enables greater control over resource allocation and facilitates tailored service offerings, enhancing customer satisfaction and driving business growth.

What makes Samsung vRAN unique?

Ultimate vRAN

Samsung is a pioneer in vRAN technology, and while going through its several generations. Samsung has been enabling continuous performance enhancements, including multi-RAT support for 2G, 4G and 5G through a common platform and wide bandwidths. Samsung vRAN gives operators a flexible network that is easily configured, integrated and deployed at scale with automation and orchestration. Furthermore, embracing a virtualized approach also gives operators energy efficiency benefits with various power saving features for a more sustainable network.

What makes Samsung vRAN Unique?

Unseen but Powerful: Samsung vRAN 3.0
is Changing the Telecom Industry

CPU diversity

Samsung’s versatile vRAN is successfully integrated with a variety of CPU platforms. With diverse CPU platform support, customers can more easily transition or adopt vRAN. Moreover, as the CPU plays a pivotal role, as it determines the capacity and configuration of the network architecture, Samsung has rigorously validated vRAN performance and successfully delivered the latest CPUs in the market, enabling rapid commercialization and reinforcing its leadership position. Samsung is also furthering our partnerships to next-generation platforms and will expedite the delivery of the latest technologies into commercial virtualized networks.

First to Innovate, First to Lead: Samsung Continues to Pioneer the vRAN and Open RAN Frontier with its Robust CPU & GPU Ecosystem

100% Pure Software-based vRAN

World’s Most Widely Adopted vRAN

Robust ecosystem

vRAN embraces openness so multiple companies can come together to create a single network. Combined with the fact that Open RAN is starting to gain momentum around the world, it is crucial to build a strong ecosystem of partners at every layer of the network to give our customers the benefit of optionality. Samsung fosters a robust vRAN and Open RAN ecosystem with more than 20 industry-leading partners spanning a range of technologies, including servers, processors, cloud platforms, radio, and transport. With confirmed interoperability, Samsung brings pre-validated solutions into our customers’ commercial networks from Day 1.

Samsung fosters vRAN leadership with
strong partnerships

Samsung vRAN offers automation benefits

Samsung’s Cognitiv NOS (Network Operations Suite), Samsung’s advanced automation platform, enables multi-party end-to-end network automation from network deployment, operation, analysis and optimization for easier and more efficient network management. With network automation, operators can increase their efficiencies by minimizing human error to flexibly activate network changes and/or upgrades.

Beginning with the planning phase, the automation platform emphasizes Intent-based service requirement analysis to ensure a precise understanding of needs. It will then progress to service and network design, crafting tailored solutions for optimal performance. This approach facilitates the establishment of a comprehensive implementation plan, guiding the successful deployment of the automation framework for operators.

After hardware servers are installed at each site, the rest of Samsung’s vRAN deployment process can be seamlessly executed remotely from the central data center. This ensures scalable deployment and significantly reduces the need for on-site engineering efforts, enhancing efficiency and reliability.

Real-time and non-real-time information are transmitted to the federated inventory and unified monitoring database. Through this centralized monitoring system, operators can achieve closed-loop automation in network operations. Additionally, it facilitates remote, error-free upgrades and maintenance, ensuring seamless and efficient network management.

Samsung’s various intelligent automation applications offer network optimization capabilities to provide better performance and an enhanced user experience. Features including the Energy Saving Manager (ESM), Load Balancing Manager (LBM) and coverage optimization take advantage of AI to precisely predict network conditions and improve overall network experience.

vRAN:
The optimal
foundation for AI-RAN

By integrating AI technologies into the Radio Access Network (RAN), AI-RAN is designed to enhance network efficiency, scalability, and user experience in the era of 5G and beyond. Leveraging existing computing resources on vRAN, or effortlessly adding additional computing power through the insertion of extra CPUs or GPUs into the system, AI adoption becomes both efficient and straightforward. vRAN serves as an ideal foundation for AI-RAN, enabling dynamic resource allocation and intelligent network management. As a result, AI-RAN represents a transformative step forward in building smarter, more adaptable, and future-ready wireless networks.

Samsung is the global leader in vRAN

The transition to true vRAN is underway worldwide and Samsung is proud to pave the way for our customers. As the only major vendor with large-scale commercial vRAN deployments around the globe, Samsung has now achieved a milestone of over 53,000 vRAN sites^* deployed globally - all carrying commercial traffic. With extensive experience and proven technologies from commercial vRAN networks, we ensure excellence and stability while efficiently tackling various challenges facing operators throughout the process. * End of 2025

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Energy-intelligent solution for vRAN

Energy saving is one of the most critical considerations for a sustainable network. To create a greener virtualized network, Samsung has developed various energy-saving features that minimize energy consumption by turning off network elements or dynamically allocate resources based on traffic volume. Samsung’s vRAN is managed by the Energy Saving Manager (ESM), which consolidates multiple energy-saving features into one platform. ESM improves energy efficiency by automatically analyzing hourly traffic patterns and optimizing operating conditions of each network element, per sector, and during specific time periods. Through our collaboration with CPU manufacturers who are also provide power-saving features, we integrate these features with Samsung’s energy-saving capabilities to maximize energy savings and achieve a more efficient network for our customers.