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R&D & Lab Services

Accelerating Open Networks Innovation

Aspire Innovation Lab

  • Independent lab trusted by world leading operators and vendors within the telco industry across access, transport, cloud and core.
  • Research & Development lab space driving innovation and collaboration within Open Networks.
  • E2E 4G and 5G networks available supporting VoLTE/VoNR.
  • Fronthaul Interoperability and E2E test services allowing for “Lab-to-Field” 4G and 5G network deployments.
  • Private 5G solutions deployed using multiple Core and Access vendors fulfilling diverse P5G requirements.
  • AI Edge capabilities including award winning Industry 4.0 use cases.
  • AI and automation showcases for network planning, operations,E2E performance optimization and energy efficiency
  • Automation framework for lab hosting, test execution and lab system monitoring.
  • Successful collaborations with academic research, standardization bodies, operators and vendors.

R&D Services

CHALLENGES 

  • Rapid technology advancements led by standardization (3GPP/ORAN Alliance)
  • R&D capacity and experience challenges
  • Translating real world experience into product development

SOLUTION 

  • Turnkey R&D Services from standardization through to system design, development & test and first deployment for embedded RAN features and onboarding of RIC/SMO applications
  • Design & development teams integrated into client R&D processes
  • Integrating real-world experience into product development

BENEFITS 

  • Accelerated feature portfolio
  • Balancing feature richness between ORAN and SRAN solutions through RIC applications
  • Driving innovation through experience

Open Lab testing, Integration and Verification

CHALLENGES 

  • Transiting from single to multi-vendor solutions
  • Navigation of complex infrastructure, cloud and application integration, vertically and horizontally
  • Monetization of network assets

SOLUTION 

  • Full vertical and horizontal integration from 7.x interoperability through to end-to-end system testing allowing for lab to field deployment
  • Driving certification requirements to the industry, validated by the worlds’ leading operators
  • Driving award winning innovation enabling monetization of network assets

BENEFITS 

  • Proven deployments direct from lab to field
  • Certified O-RAN solutions driving industry confidence and uptake
  • Enablement of network assets monetization

AI-enabled Automation & Digital Transformation

CHALLENGES 

  • Planning, optimization, operations, customer support driving high OPEX
  • Operational and Technical alignment to achieve autonomous networks
  • Navigation of AI and GenAI

SOLUTION 

  • NW Operations & Optimization workflow automation, leveraging Aspire global operator live network operations experience
  • Roadmap design & realization for intent based, self-learning, closed loop automation, combining telco R&D & operator services expertise
  • AI & GenAI use case design & development, model training, using operator data sets, with option to integrate existing Aspire AI applications

BENEFITS

  • Significant OPEX reduction through digital transformation
  • Shifting network control through intent-based network management
  • Using AI to derive true and valuable network insights further reducing OPEX & CAPEX

References

Multiple OEMs - Acceleration of Open RAN ecosystem

Trusted by world leading baseband and radio providers and leveraging the Aspire Open Networks Lab to integrate and validate solutions allowing for lab to field deployment. Through integration of 7.2x fronthaul, E2E system validation through to direct R&D development of baseband features and support of live field trials. Aspire has been at the forefront of Open RAN acceleration.

Group European Operator SMO development

Working with local research and development teams to define, design and implement an in house SMO solution. From architecting overall solution through to orchestration use case development and non-RT RIC application development.

On client’s behalf, ORAN Alliance representative authoring multiple standards contributions in WG6.

Intel Infrastructure / Energy performance benchmarking

Performance benchmarking of next generation Intel silicon solutions providing independent assessment of performance improvements to the industry.

Validation of improvements of Intel’s silicon energy saving features within an E2E Open RAN reference design across multiple traffic models.

Research & Innovation

Working with Industry partners and leveraging the Aspire Open Networks Lab we research latest developments and technologies, from smart NICs, L1 acceleration advancements, profiling OS performance, telco cloud optimisation, federated Wi-Fi, through to implementing and showcasing award winning AI powered edge use cases for Industry 4.0.

Group European Operator Consultancy

Providing expert consultancy across a diverse range of topics including:

  • Complete 360o ORAN Strategic Program leading to further technical design and deployment of first ORAN live deployment.
  • ORAN component Integration models
  • ORAN Integration Lab Implementation Support
  • O-RU development

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