BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250705T115554Z UID:20A12297-A538-4FB3-8F85-FA1E8C8F4166 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250704T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250704T130000 DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nRadio Access Networks (RAN) have traditionally been verti cally integrated systems\, where single vendors provided tightly coupled h ardware and software stacks. These systems\, though highly optimized\, wer e often over-provisioned for worst-case scenarios\, resulting in inefficie ncies across real-world deployments. The transition to 5G—and the upcomi ng demands of 6G—has introduced a wider variety of deployment scenarios and performance requirements. This evolution is driving the need for more dynamic\, scalable\, and adaptable RAN architectures that can respond in r eal time to changing network conditions. Key drivers such as energy effici ency\, accelerated feature rollouts\, varied cell types\, and the integrat ion of AI are pushing the RAN to evolve.\n\nTo address these demands\, ind ustry groups like the O-RAN Alliance and AI-RAN Alliance are promoting ope n\, cloud-native RAN solutions built on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ha rdware. These efforts aim to disaggregate the traditional RAN stack and em brace modern cloud technologies. In this talk\, we will explore the ration ale behind Cloud RAN\, examine the major industry trends and architectural shifts underway\, and discuss the challenges faced in this transformation . We’ll also look ahead at how these innovations may define the future o f wireless infrastructure.\n\nThe talk will cover the following topics:\n\ n- Cloud RAN Basics\n\n- The general concept of virtualizing the RAN\n- In dustry Trends\n\n- Things like Cloud RAN market share and telco commitment s\, hardware and cloud platform players\, and so on.\n- Transformation of RAN\n\n- Areas where the traditional RAN is transforming and how Cloud RAN is a part of that.\n- Things like O-RAN\, automation\, AI RAN\, 6G.\n- Ch allenges\n\n- Historical\, current\, and and future challenges\n- Big pict ure prediction of the future.\n\nSpeaker(s): Michael Roger\n\nVirtual: htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489062 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489062 ORGANIZER:vmaleki@ieee.org SEQUENCE:33 SUMMARY:Wireless Forward: Evolving Technologies and Transitioning from Acad emia to Industry URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/489062 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="gmail_default"><img style="displa y: block\; margin-left: auto\; margin-right: auto\;" src="https://events.v tools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/13b8a656-552c-4c7d-bd1f-1043c7cadf8 6" alt="" width="740" height="370"></div>\n<div class="gmail_default">&nbs p\;</div>\n<div class="gmail_default">\n<p>Radio Access Networks (RAN) hav e traditionally been vertically integrated systems\, where single vendors provided tightly coupled hardware and software stacks. These systems\, tho ugh highly optimized\, were often over-provisioned for worst-case scenario s\, resulting in inefficiencies across real-world deployments. The transit ion to 5G&mdash\;and the upcoming demands of 6G&mdash\;has introduced a wi der variety of deployment scenarios and performance requirements. This evo lution is driving the need for more dynamic\, scalable\, and adaptable RAN architectures that can respond in real time to changing network condition s. Key drivers such as energy efficiency\, accelerated feature rollouts\, varied cell types\, and the integration of AI are pushing the RAN to evolv e.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br><br>To address these demands\, industry groups like th e O-RAN Alliance and AI-RAN Alliance are promoting open\, cloud-native RAN solutions built on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. These effort s aim to disaggregate the traditional RAN stack and embrace modern cloud t echnologies. In this talk\, we will explore the rationale behind Cloud RAN \, examine the major industry trends and architectural shifts underway\, a nd discuss the challenges faced in this transformation. We&rsquo\;ll also look ahead at how these innovations may define the future of wireless infr astructure.</p>\n</div>\n<div class="gmail_default">The talk will cover th e following topics:&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div> \n<div class="gmail_default">\n<ul>\n<li>Cloud RAN Basics</li>\n<ul>\n<li> The general concept of virtualizing the RAN</li>\n</ul>\n<li><span style=" font-family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Industry Trends</span></li>\n<ul>\n<l i><span style="font-family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Things like Cloud RAN market share and telco commitments\, hardware and cloud platform players\, and so on.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<li><span style="font-family: verdana\, sa ns-serif\;">Transformation of RAN</span></li>\n<ul>\n<li><span style="font -family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Areas where the traditional RAN is transf orming and how Cloud RAN is a part of that.</span></li>\n<li><span style=" font-family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Things like O-RAN\, automation\, AI R AN\, 6G.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<li><span style="font-family: verdana\, sans- serif\;">Challenges</span></li>\n<ul>\n<li><span style="font-family: verda na\, sans-serif\;">Historical\, current\, and and future challenges</span> </li>\n</ul>\n<li><span style="font-family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Big pi cture prediction of the future.&nbsp\;</span></li>\n</ul>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR