The new SD-RAN project is backed by a consortium of leading operators and aligned technology companies and organizations that together are committed to creating a truly open RAN ecosystem.

Looking ahead, experts will discuss the opportunities associated with open RAN ecosystem development as well as potential challenges that could arise as the technology set matures.

As 3GPP defines it, non-public networks are for the exclusive use of a private entity deployed as a standalone network or hosted by an operator or it may be just a slice of an operator’s network.

The concept of a slice applies not just to the network, but to the user device or terminal as well. A 5G terminal can support multiple slices simultaneously.

Orchestration, or service management and orchestration (SMO), has been used in the enterprise world for some time to manage a number of virtual machines