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RIC, the RAN Intelligent Controller, promises to make open RAN (and traditional RAN, too) more efficient. But when? Are we ready to deploy RICs? What RIC functionality is available now, and what should we expect over the next few years? How dependent are open RAN deployments on RIC?
Simona Marinova at Bell Canada gave us an update on RIC availability and maturity, and talked about how beneficial RIC will be in the evolution of the RAN. She shared her insight and expertise gained while working at Bell Canada and with the O-RAN ALLIANCE and TIP on multiple open RAN and RIC initiatives.
We talked about the three types of RIC, RIC’s crucial role in open RAN deployments, RIC adoption in traditional RAN, interoperability across RICs, xApps and rApps, and more.
01:00 Introduction
02:32 Simona introduces herself
03:08 What is the RIC
05:28 Interoperability in the RIC and in the RAN
06:51 RIC in the traditional RAN
08:22 Open RAN and open RAN, the evolution of the RAN
09:45 Near-real-time, non-real-time and real-time RICs
13:44 xApps, rApps, examples
16:58 More on interoperability, paradigm shift, SMO
20:26 Standardization, specs
25:21 Ecosystem, TIP, RIA, plugfests
33:53 SMO
38:54 Softwarization, philosophy of open RAN, technology evolution and maturity
44:50 Open RAN at Bell Canada and in Canada
47:55 What’s next
49:32 xApps and rApps adding new functionality (or not)
51:50 AI/ML
54:14 Applications and use cases, network slicing, service assurance
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