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Session Description
Pre-registration is encouraged. Attendees who have pre-registered and accepted by O-RAN ALLIANCE will have preferred seating. All others first-come, first-severed as space permits.
The O-RAN ALLIANCE continues to advance its mission to transform Radio Access Networks (RAN) to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable.
The second O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit at MWC will provide a comprehensive update on the state of O-RAN, sharing insights on operational experience, regional views on open RAN initiatives, and applications in various industry verticals.
The Summit will also address the future evolution of 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE architectures towards 6G.
Join us for this event underscoring O-RAN ALLIANCE’s ongoing efforts to foster collaboration and innovation in the global RAN industry ecosystem.
Agenda
08:30-09:00 Pre-event Networking
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09:00-09:20 State of O-RAN (Keynote)
O-RAN ALLIANCE Chair's address will highlight the latest updates on the progress of O-RAN ALLIANCE and the alignment of global efforts towards its mission to transform the RAN to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable.
O-RAN ALLIANCE Chair of the Board
09:20-10:00 O-RAN ALLIANCE - Enabling Continuous Innovation: AI in the RAN, Security, Efficiency, and More (Panel Discussion)
Throughout 2024, the O-RAN ALLIANCE has progressed open RAN specifications through continuous innovation and specification enhancements. This session will highlight the progress since the 2024 O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit, including:
- Open Fronthaul enhancements
- Security Enhancements and Zero Trust Architecture
- AI for RAN, including:
- RIC and SMO enhancement with AI
- How could generative AI enhance the SMO and RAN management
- Energy Efficiency
- Data collection and utilization
- O-RAN Software Community (OSC) progress and alignment/coordination with other open source projects
- New types of certificates and badges that have been introduced, as well as a certificate and badging program for non O-RAN ALLIANCE members
Moderator: Gabriel Brown/Heavy Reading
Speakers: David Kinsey/AT&T, Chih-Lin I/China Mobile Research Institute, Petr Ledl/Deutsche Telekom, Awn Muhammad/Rakuten Mobile, ...
10:00-10:45 Towards Open RAN Deployments at Scale: Applying Operational Experience (Panel Discussion)
This panel session will provide insight into concrete operational experience gained from the growing number commercial Open RAN networks. It will discuss how these learnings can be broadly applied to drive scale into the global deployment ecosystem. Topics covered in this session include:
- Perspectives on the remaining challenges to overcome for full-scale industrialization of open RAN
- Progress in product development
- HW evolution: how cloud infrastructure HW is closing the gap on purpose-built HW
- Energy consumption: how can open RAN match or even surpass traditional RAN
- Integration, openness and the reality of multi-vendor interoperability
Moderator: Gabriel Brown/Heavy Reading
Speakers: Rob Soni/AT&T, Mark Atkinson/Nokia, Sadayuki Abeta/NTT DOCOMO, Bernard Bureau/TELUS, ...
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10:45-11:05 Networking Break
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11:05-11:35 Future Evolution of 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE Architectures for 6G: Pathways and Cooperation (Chat)
Work on 6G is underway and the emerging consensus is that both 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE have important roles in the evolution of the 6G ecosystem. This work will be done concurrently, evolving and building upon the existing 5G architectures defined by both organizations.
This session aims to:
- Explore the potential pathways for the evolution of 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE architectures towards 6G
- Identify processes and topics for enhanced cooperation between the two entities, including intelligence, cloud, fronthaul, OAM, automation, security, and more
Moderator: Francisco Martin Pignatelli/Vodafone
Speakers: Ulrich Dropmann/3GPP/Nokia, Kei Ando/NTT DOCOMO
11:35-12:15 Regional Views on Open RAN Activity & Outlook (Panel Discussion)
Regional organizations have recognized the benefits that O-RAN brings to the global telecommunications ecosystem.
This panel will discuss regional means and frameworks to encourage the adoption of open RAN technology in domestic markets. Key discussion topics will include:
- Adoption of O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications
- Support of testing and integration
- Funding & incentives
- Regulatory oversight
- Collaboration with industry communities
Moderator: Gabriel Brown/Heavy Reading
Speakers: Jan Ellsberger/ETSI, Shimada-san/MIC, Amanda Toman/NTIA, ...
12:15-12:55 Applying Open RAN to Industry Verticals (Panel Discussion)
Open RAN is emerging as a cornerstone of innovation and flexibility, promising a profound impact on accelerating digital transformation in various industry verticals. This panel will discuss benefits of application of open RAN in diverse areas, including:
- Optimal private network performance in manufacturing
- Aviation industry applications
- Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN)
- Disaggregated open RAN solutions that enabled the 2024 Olympics
Moderator: Gabriel Brown/Heavy Reading
Speakers: Hakim Achouri/Airbus, Ye Ouyang/AsiaInfo, Andreas Mueller/Bosch, Bertrand Rojat/Orange Events, ...