FlexRAN™ Reference Architecture for Wireless Access
FlexRAN Reference Architecture
Use this reference architecture with the Open RAN ecosystem to build and deploy highly optimized, feature rich, 4G and 5G scalable cloud-native RAN solutions on Intel® architecture.
Resources
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FlexRAN Software Compliance with 3GPP
Use this tool to find small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) devices that are compatible with the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter.
Adopt SYCL* and DPC++
See why developers are embracing SYCL* for heterogeneous computing, specifically using LLVM* support of SYCL with Intel® oneAPI DPC++ Compiler.
Hardware Documentation
Intel® Xeon® CPUs
- 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family (formerly code named Sapphire Rapids)
- 4th Generation Intel Xeon Processors Edge Enhanced (EE) Validation Planning
- 4th Generation Intex Xeon Processors EE - ODM Platform Readiness Test Kit for Intel® FlexRAN™ Software Training
- 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor (formerly code named Ice Lake scalable processor)
Intel® Forward Error Correction Device (Intel® FEC Device)
- FEC Acceleration and DFT/iDFT (FFT/iFFT) Offloading with Intel® vRAN Boost
- Intel vRAN Boost Dedicated Accelerator ACC100 SoC
- Intel vRAN Boost Dedicated Accelerators and BBDEV Application Note
- Intel vRAN Boost FFT Bit Extract Software Model
- From Code Name Mount Bryce to Intel vRAN Boost
- Intel vRAN Boost FEC/FFT Performance Summary
Where to Buy the ACC100 Card
Network Interface Card
- Intel® Ethernet Controller E810 (formerly code named Columbiaville)
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA2 Product Brief
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2T (PDF)
- IEEE 1588 PTP User Guide for Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4T
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 Application Device Queues (ADQ) Configuration Guide
- Intel Ethernet Network Adapter E810 Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) 22.11 Configuration Guide
Where to Buy the Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810 Card
Supporting Tools
Intel® oneAPI Base & IoT Toolkit
Get what you need to build, analyze, and optimize data-centric IoT applications and solutions that run at the network’s edge.
Intel® VTune™ Profiler User Guide
Understand workflows and tuning methodologies to profile serial and multithreaded applications with Intel® VTune™ Profiler for running on a variety of hardware platforms.
Build a Virtualized RAN with FlexRAN Software
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Supporting Tool & Technology Documentation
Partner Commercial Solutions
Hardware Platforms (OEMs & ODMs)
Server OEMs
Hardware platforms optimized for virtualized RAN implementations are available.
- Dell* XR11, XR12, XR4000, XR5000, XR7000, XR8000
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE)* DL110 Gen11
- MiTAC AD211, MiTAC WSIS12
- QuantaEdge* for Open RAN | QCT
- Super Micro* SuperServer SYS-211E-FRN13P
- Advantech* SKY-8134S-11
- Kontron*
- Lenovo*
Radio Unit Partner
- Foxconn
- Benetel
- VVDN
Software & Platform
5G RAN Stack (L2, L3, and Control Unit)
- Altiostar/Rakuten*
- Capgemini*
- Mavenir*
- Parallel Wireless*
- Radisys*
Cloud Platform Software
Intel has collaborated with key operating system vendors (OSVs) who are developing virtualization platforms for cloud RAN applications.