RE: Level 222 Jun 2021 11:27
I believe that most OpenRAN or C-RAN deployments will go down the same road. Radios on towers, edge servers at the towers, DU servicing a 3-9 tower array depending on density and geography. DU in the field but not at the tower. Small footprint, small power and very cost sensitive as Dish will need maybe 20000 DU nodes. The CU will move from the field and the network will be a network of CU. Each DU will connect to every CU. So we have each radio unit as a edge server. Each DU is critical to the function and cost. There simply is no way that there will be specialist high power servers for DU, there is not time or budget. This will be a CoTS server from the range running a DU algorithm on the fpga with layer 3 forwarding and routing. The CSR will be virtual I think that is not open to challenge it's just a matter of how it will work.
The Ethernity patent allows for more functionality and density on the ACEnic-100 than anything else at market. Ethernity has a product that runs a virtual router on the NIC (cheap) without using the server CPU. This means few cores, fewer servers, no external router and no coding between the server and the router. Remote intervention without physically going to the site of the box.
Now we have a Ethernity wireless backhaul product just announced. This is potentially a way to connect every DU to every CU without the need for wires. Ethernity don't have anything to do with the mode of transport just a method to send data with complete accountability. This is done in a patent protected environment that counts data out and in and recorders any missing. This without increasing latency as they use a first to the post method.
Does Ethernity have a "millions" market. Yes absolutely across several products they are unique or absolute leaders.
OK so why are they independent and haven't been acquired. Simply they are massively diverse and any buyer would need to also acquire the patents and know how to move the business forward. A business David has been in for 25 years.
The market needs innovators like Ethernity.