The Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub is located in Ericsson’s D-15 facility in Santa Clara and is already operational.
It focuses in power management and performance planned this year as well as joint work on Cloud RAN containerised network function applications on upcoming generations of processing platforms.
The Tech Hub will augment existing research and development work for both companies and enable communications service providers to better plan their future roadmaps and offerings.
“Through the Tech Hub, we will accelerate Cloud RAN technology in areas like energy efficiency and performance, while reducing time to market,” says Ericsson head of product area networks Per Narvinger.
“The Tech Hub will provide a venue for Ericsson and Intel to extend our collaboration and showcase how a virtualised RAN can deliver greater levels of automation, agility and sustainability,” says Intel corporate vice president and general manager network platforms group Dan Rodriguez.
In October 2020, Ericsson introduced its Cloud RAN offering and established the Ericsson Open Lab to drive virtualised 5G RAN technologies.
Ericsson says it already supports service providers with 5G RAN solutions while planning for future network topologies and ideologies.
Intel has been helping the industry transform communications networks for more than a decade and offers an extensive portfolio of processing, acceleration and software solutions that are deployed today including Intel Xeon processors.
This first appeared in the subscription newsletter CommsWire on 18 May 2022.