LG Uplus Participates in Global Open RAN Performance Sharing Event for 3 Consecutive Years

The First Domestic Telecom Operator... Open RAN Competitiveness and Collaboration Results Revealed

LG Uplus announced on the 8th that it participated for the third consecutive year, the first in Korea, in the 'Global PlugFest Fall 2023' event hosted by the O-RAN Alliance, revealing its open RAN technological competitiveness and collaboration achievements.

Open RAN is a standard technology that separates the hardware and software of wireless communication equipment, including base stations, and enables interoperability between equipment made by different manufacturers.

PlugFest is an online event for sharing achievements related to open RAN technology. LG Uplus has been leading the domestic open RAN ecosystem by participating for three consecutive years since the 2021 event, the only Korean telecom operator to do so.

LG Uplus showcased open RAN operation scenarios together with domestic equipment manufacturers such as Samji Electronics, Sollid, and Innowireless, as well as global equipment manufacturers including Nokia, Dell, and HPE.

In particular, LG Uplus introduced a case where it successfully completed an end-to-end (E2E) open RAN equipment commercial network field test in an outdoor commercial network environment in collaboration with Nokia and Samji Electronics, interoperating with commercial core equipment and commercial terminals. This achievement follows last year's successful demonstration of equipment interoperability in laboratory and indoor in-building environments.

They also demonstrated base station energy-saving technology using an AI machine learning-based base station RIC, which is a core of intelligent networks, in collaboration with Capgemini and Viavi.

Lee Sangheon, Head of NW Advanced Development at LG Uplus, said, "We will strive to create a domestic open RAN ecosystem through collaboration with various domestic and international equipment manufacturers."

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