STL Partners：2025无线接入网架构演进：嵌入灵活性与开放性的早期经验启示报告（英文版）（14页）.pdf

1、EVOLVING RAN ARCHITECTURES:EARLY LESSONS ON EMBEDDING FLEXIBILITY AND OPENNESS The RAN is evolving towards greater openness and disaggregation,but the path is hybrid and incremental.This report explores the challenges operators face,early lessons from deployments,and why embedding openness and flexi

2、bility early is critical to long-term competitiveness.Network Innovation Miriam Sabapathy,Senior Consultant|September 2025 Kindly supported by:EVOLVING RAN ARCHITECTURES:EARLY LESSONS ON EMBEDDING FLEXIBILITY AND OPENNESS|SEPTEMBER 2025 STL Partners EXECUTIVE BRIEFING 2 Executive summary The radio a

3、ccess network(RAN)is entering a new stage of evolution,as the industry moves beyond vision statements around open and disaggregated RAN into real-world deployments.Operators globally have aligned on the direction of travel:the future of RAN will be defined by greater openness and disaggregation.Thes

4、e shifts are no longer just aspirations;they are recognised as essential to reduce vendor dependency,accelerate innovation and bring cloud economics into the RAN domain.Operators,vendors and ecosystem initiatives are now driving momentum through trials and early deployments,demonstrating tangible pr

5、ogress and creating a more pragmatic basis for adoption.Two themes stand out:1.Early challenges are being addressed,building confidence in adoption.Advances in hardware acceleration are closing the performance gap with legacy systems,while joint testing and ecosystem collaboration are reducing the r

6、isk of interoperability issues in early stages.While these developments do not eliminate the complexity of achieving scale,they do demonstrate that technical and operational challenges can be overcome,giving operators greater confidence to move beyond pilots.2.The path is more hybrid and incremental