Aira Technologies and VMware, in Collaboration with Intel, Demonstrate World's first xApp to Dramatically Improve 5G MU-MIMO Efficiency and Throughput using AI
SARATOGA, Calif., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Aira Technologies, a pioneer in the application of Machine Learning (ML) to radically improve wireless telecommunications, today announced that it plans to deliver a near-real time application (xApp) that will work in concert with the VMware RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) platform to deliver advanced 5G RAN capabilities that have long been requested by the TIP RIA sub-group of the TIP Open RAN 5G NR Project Group. The TIP RIA subgroup is led by Vodafone, BT and T-Mobile USA.
- Aira has used sophisticated ML techniques to develop the industry's first xApp to enable better channel estimation and unprecedented channel prediction performance to help maximize downlink throughput and range.
- The Intel FlexRAN™ reference software, with a software based L1, provided the flexibility to tap into the right part of the L1 to enable the xApp.
- Aira has chosen to integrate their channel estimation and projection xApp using the VMware RIC SDK to meet the critical timing requirements of baseband processing.
- The output of the xApp is the prediction of channel evolution in-between S-slots, which results in improvements in RAN throughput and coverage.