Background
Rapid.Space Presentation
ORS : Open Radio Station
2T2R • 40 MHz • 2x1W • eNb • gNB • epc • 5GC • IMS • OSS/BSS • MCPTT
LTE • NR • LTE + NR • plug-and-play • edge node
B1 • B2 • B3 • B4 • B5 • B7 • B8 • B10 • B12 • B13 • B20 • B25 • B26 • B30 • B38 • B39 • B40 • B41 • B42 (N78) • B43 (N78) • B48 • B49
Defense (Airbus)
750+ M€ contract
Public Telco Infrastructure (Viettel)
500+ UEs per cell • vRAN OSS/BSS
Jatunapas (Thailand)
REDIMEC as Rapid.Space Local Partner
SDR Card "Made in Wherever"
Analog front-end (AD) • PA • filters • GPS • power supply PoE • supply network
SBC Card "Made in Taiwan" (Intel i5)
SlapOS (OSS/BSS/Edge/Orchestration) • Amarisoft (eNb/gNb/epc/5gc)
re6st (low latency IPv6 feed network)
Interface radio PCI
Open Radio Station Assembly
5G resiliency with ORS and Starlink
Open Radio Station Use Cases
100% software defined 4G/5G
used by 2 out of 5 biggest 5G infrastructure vendors and 1000+ clients
source code available - https://simpleran.org/
To know more
ORS
SimpleRAN :
SlapOS :
- https://www.nexedi.com/NXD-SlapOS.Experience?portal_skin=Slide
- https://handbook.rapid.space/rapidspace-Presentation.Introduction.vRAN.Management?portal_skin=Slide
Amarisoft :
Dream vs. Reality
| SimpleRAN | FlexRAN | Open RAN Policy Coalition | O-RAN Alliance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead by | Amarisoft and SMBs | Intel | US govt | Telcos |
| Used by | Telcos • Defense • Industry | Telcos • Defense • Industry | Telcos | Telcos |
| Purpose | Build an efficient RAN alternative | Increase Intel CPU sales | Kill EU/CN vendors | Open RU interface |
| Vendors | Multiple | Intel | Multiple | Multiple |
| CPU | Any | Intel | Usually Intel | N/S |
| HW accelerator | No need | Yes | Usually yes | N/S |
| NDA | No need | (?) | (?) | Yes |
| Sovereignty | Yes | No | Usually no | N/S |
| Performance | Carrier grade | Sub carrier grade | N/S | N/S |
| RU Interface | CPRI and eCPRI | eCPRI | eCPRI | eCPRI |
| Legacy RU | Supported | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported |
| Edge cloud | SlapOS | N/A | N/A | K8S |
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