New York, Feb. 16, 2021: Altran, part of the Capgemini Group, has announced plans for its pre-integrated and validated 5G NR (new radio) software offering on the Qualcomm 5G RAN platform for small cells (FSM100xx), in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
The company said in a press release that the solution was designed to accelerate development time and lower development cost for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building high-speed, low-latency private and public 5G small cells and radio units based on the Qualcomm 5G RAN platform while creating an open 5G radio access network (RAN) solution with optimized Altran 5G L2 and L3 RAN software. The software solution addresses both Sub6 and mmWave deployment use cases for telecom operators, private networks, and both integrated enterprise and open radio access network (O-RAN)-compliant enterprise small cells.
This engagement between Altran and Qualcomm Technologies aims to provide a mature 5G platform addressing these needs along with usage for CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) across multiple vertical markets, public safety and defense tactical communications scenarios.
Altran’s 5G software framework helps OEMs accelerate their 5G RAN solution development and provides a choice to the original device manufacturer (ODM) community to integrate Altran 5G software as an independent software solution into their disaggregated open RAN hardware. The software supports both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes of operation, supporting enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLCC) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC) deployment use cases for telecommunications, enterprise and industrial solutions. Altran also offers its edge computing software as part of its 5G private network offering, which helps create an end-to-end solution for both enterprises and telecom operators.