VVDN Technologies has announced further development in its open radio access network (O-RAN) internet protocols (IP) to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), telcos and system integrators, design and deploy enterprise grade as well as macro–O-RAN radio units  and distribution units (DU) on option 7.2 split.

VVDN 5G O-RAN IP portfolio includes:

  • Fronthaul and baseband layer 1 Low PHY IP fully compatible with O-RAN on option 7.2
  • Full inline baseband layer 1 High PHY running on FPGA for option 7.2 split DU
  • LDPC and PTP offload for DU

VVDN’s IP stacks are O-RAN compliant, interop tested, runs on FPGA and portable to run on custom ASIC as well. Further, they can support different flavours such as single/dual/tri-band RU’s for 2T2R/4T4R/8T8R (with optional beamforming), multiple carriers and bandwidths. These IPs can be leveraged by RU/DU ODMs/OEMs, 5G custom ASIC companies, test and measurement (T&M) companies and other 5G equipment manufacturing companies for their quick development and rollout of 5G solutions.

VVDN is also planning to bring hardware IP’s in DU space which would be announced very soon. VVDN’s focus and investment to develop these IPR’s would ensure India leads in the 5G space and serve global customers in implementing their product.

Commenting on the development, Saurav Gupta, VP and GM, North America, 5G Business Unit, VVDN, said, “We are very excited to announce our 5G O-RAN IP portfolio. VVDN’s investment in the 5G IP’s underscore the company’s commitment to bring 5G O-RAN innovation and act as a major catalyst to help us widen our 5G solution capability portfolio as well as help accelerate the time to market for our customers. Our IP solutions have proven expertise as these are being used in the design and development of O-RAN based RU’s and DU’s for multiple customers. VVDN has a strong roadmap for 5G. Today we are experts in sub6 GHz technologies and our future endeavour is for mmWave based solutions”.

VVDN has also created complete ecosystem for the manufacturing of 5G products in India and plans to ship RU’s and DU’s to global customers. Company has setup SMT lines, RF reliability labs, O-RAN lab, 5G RU/DU mechanical tooling, 5G RU/DU die casting and sheet metal. Recently VVDN was awarded production linked incentive (PLI) for telecom and networking products by government of India. VVDN would further do a separate announcement of complete capabilities on 5G manufacturing.