Radisys, the services acceleration company, and ASOCS, a solution provider of Virtual Base Stations (vBS), have collaborated to provide mobile operators with an NFV compatible virtual base station for their localized Cloud RAN (C-RAN) deployments. The fusion of Radisys’ TOTALeNodeB™ LTE small cell software as part of the ASOCS vBS architecture delivers a virtualized software implementation of a complete base station deployed in a virtual machine on standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers.
According to Radisys, by leveraging virtualized base stations and moving their networking infrastructure to the cloud, mobile operators can increase capacity and reduce total cost of ownership. Exploding smartphone usage is pressuring mobile operators to add capacity at a time when the cost of building, operating and upgrading the traditional RAN is becoming more expensive. Radisys said that mobile operators need application-ready C-RAN platforms that are not only cost-effective, but are designed to maximize the speed of network functions running in a virtualized environment. Radisys and ASOCS virtual base station solution delivers a C-RAN ready platform that can accelerate mobile operators’ cloud deployments and fully realize the benefits of virtualized network functions.
Gilad Garon, CEO, ASOCS.
Partnering with Radisys allows us to bring our vBS and C-RAN portfolios – which are already disruptive and highly-demanded by mobile operators worldwide – to an even higher level for our customers as Radisys’ proven CellEngine software delivers a modular architecture that is a perfect fit for cloud environments. Leveraging Radisys’ established leadership in LTE small cells allows us to build a platform-agnostic virtual base station solution that is scalable, cost-efficient and truly cloud-ready.
Tom McQuade, general manager, Software & Solutions, Radisys
ASOCS is a leader in delivering innovative virtualized layer 1 functionality, which complements our turn-key deployment proven small cell software. By deploying radios in the network and moving the functionality to the cloud through the deployment of virtual base stations, mobile operators can take advantage of processing aggregation and dynamic allocation of resources from a central processing unit, thereby improving network efficiency and reducing costs.
