AccelerComm, the Layer 1 5G IP specialists, has joined the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) and will be collaborating on the Evenstar modular O-RAN reference design project.

AccelerComm’s optimised IP for Equalisation and Estimation can be implemented into the Radio Unit (RU) as part of the Evenstar modular reference platform delivering significant performance improvements and showcasing the potential for the IP to deliver increased spectral efficiency in both the RU and the DU (Distributed Unit), while also being Telecom Infra Project (TIP)-compliant Open RAN.

The Evenstar Project is a collaborative effort to accelerate the adoption of open radio access IMG_0253-150x150.pngnetworks (RANs) through simplified, flexible, and efficient RAN technologies. It is aligned with both 3GPP and O-RAN specifications and works in collaboration with the TIP OpenRAN Project Group.

The project was initiated by Meta and then transitioned to the OCP in June 2023 after three years development by the company’s engineers alongside ecosystem partners.

 

High spectral efficiency is crucial in enabling cellular and other radio networks to deliver sufficient capacity, high data rates, good coverage, and high quality-of-service. Improvements to spectral efficiency can also be used to significantly reduce infrastructure equipment and operational power consumption, with less equipment needed to provide the same network performance.

AccelerComm provides complete physical layer IP solutions and components which enable optimal performance of 5G radio access networks and solve the challenges that would otherwise limit the throughput, latency, and spectral efficiency of 5G, by mitigating the effects of noise, interference and poor signal strength.

“Open approaches to telecoms infrastructure development offer huge potential to catalyse 5G innovation, leveraging a rich and broad ecosystem of specialist vendors collaborating to drive technical breakthroughs and developments,” says AccelerComm’s Will Brown.