RE: DU solution17 Jun 2021 16:46
If you think about it there are only a few OpenRAN networks in the US. So a server vendor engages an ISP wanting to build their network. So already we are down to a handful. So this ISP needs to be big enough to encourage the server vendors to make a new product for them. So this eliminates regional even statewide ISPs as no way they make work for a couple thousand server sales. So we are looking at national networks. So can anyone think of another building a solution from scratch in the US. OK so we have a couple potentially but no more.
Then they tap up a server vendor like Dell. The significance is Dell, they have named the server vendor so they must be more than a server vendor because they could use any CoTS server. They build "open" but name a key supplier.
I bet Dell are the DU solution provider on their CoTS server.
"Under the deal, Dell will provide Dish with computer servers that will sit at the bottom of cell towers or nearby to crunch data when sending it all the way back to a central data center would cause too much delay, such as helping future cars communicate with city infrastructure.
"We can put the servers at the bottom of the tower, or we can centralize 10, 15 or 50 sites," Dish's Executive Vice President and Chief Network Officer Marc Rouanne said in an interview. "The beauty of this edge cloud is the software can be placed where we want it."
That from Dell describes the Ethernity DU solution.