anyRAN

What is anyRAN?

Nokia anyRAN is an approach that provides the widest choice of strategic options for RAN evolution. It enables selecting multiple suppliers for both vertical and horizontal layers of RAN.

Our anyRAN provides true flexibility and openness for RAN evolution. With an extensive partner ecosystem, we provide a diverse and competitive choice of technology options. This allows customers to select the solution components that best fit their business targets.

20-25%

of the RAN market is set to be captured by the Cloud RAN market by 2028, according to Dell’Oro

36%

of respondents at Nokia Radio World want to introduce cloud technology in their RAN by 2028

20%

of respondents at Nokia Radio World felt that AI and RAN multi-cloud infrastructure is the biggest motivation for RAN cloudification.

Cloud RAN vs Open RAN

Cloud RAN focuses on virtualized RAN functions that are deployed on cloud infrastructure.
Open RAN emphasizes open, standardized interfaces to enable interoperability between components from different suppliers.

Cloud RAN

Cloud RAN moves RAN functions from dedicated hardware to cloud-native software running on shared computing infrastructure, such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers.

Nokia Cloud AI-RAN builds on this with the anyRAN software, which is open, cloud-native and hardware-agnostic, running across GPU, ARM and x86 architectures. It enables scalable performance for AI-native RAN workloads and a broader ecosystem of AI applications.

Open RAN

Open RAN is about opening the interfaces between RAN elements, so that equipment from different suppliers can interoperate using established, standardized procedures.

Nokia’s O-RAN support is based on its field-proven AirScale platform, with early leadership in the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and O-RAN fronthaul using eCPRI between radio units and distributed units.

Side-by-side comparison

	Cloud RAN	Open RAN
What it changes	Where and how RAN software runs	How RAN elements connect to each other
Core idea	RAN functions run as cloud-native software on shared computing infrastructure	Standardized, open interfaces between RAN elements
Infrastructure	Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, including GPU, ARM and x86 architectures	Nokia’s field-proven AirScale platform or other O-RAN compliant equipment
Key building blocks	Cloud-native RAN software, accelerated computing and cloud infrastructure	O-RAN fronthaul using eCPRI and the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
Main benefit	Shared, scalable infrastructure for RAN and AI workloads, with new monetization opportunities	Multi-vendor interoperability and a broader, more competitive supplier ecosystem
Automation and AI	AI-native RAN workloads and AI applications running alongside the RAN	Policy-driven closed-loop automation and programmability with AI/ML via the RIC
Nokia solution	Cloud AI-RAN	Open RAN

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