Evenstar: The road to an alternative infra supply chain for RAN

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This post details the progress of the Evenstar program, a collaboration with industry partners to build general-purpose Radio Access Network (RAN) reference designs for 4G and 5G networks within the Open RAN ecosystem. It highlights the completion of lab validation for the first Evenstar remote radio unit (RRU) product and the commencement of engineering work on the distributed unit (DU). The program's framework aims to decouple RRU, DU, and control unit (CU) software to enable operators to select best-of-breed components, fostering innovation and competition. The post also mentions upcoming field trials and scaled deployments for OpenRAN in 2021, with Evenstar expected to play a key role in reducing costs and increasing flexibility for operators.