NVIDIA-Accelerated Radio Access Networks (RANs)

Powering industry-leading network simulation, performance, efficiency, and security for radio access networks (RANs).

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Driving Innovation and Performance for the RAN

Leading telcos, cloud service providers (CSPs), and enterprises are turning to the NVIDIA Aerial™ platform and accelerated computing to deliver unsurpassed performance for 5G RAN around the world. NVIDIA also offers best-in-class TCO and ROI by supporting generative AI and 5G network components on the same hardware, while pioneering 6G research tools for the future.

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Learn why DPUs and SmartNICs provide the best solution for improving data center efficiency and reducing server power consumption by up to 30 percent.

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Discover How NVIDIA Aerial Platform and Accelerated Computing Are Transforming the RAN

5G vRAN

Building a telco or enterprise 5G network.

Telco and enterprise 5G virtualized radio access networks (vRANs) deliver high-performance, software-defined, fully programmable, cloud-native, AI-enabled, and OpenRAN-compliant 5G networks. 5G vRAN is a full-stack solution built on the NVIDIA Aerial CUDA®-Accelerated RAN stack and running on NVIDIA accelerated computing hardware.

Multi-Tenant Generative AI and 5G

Maximizing data center utilization by co-hosting 5G RAN and generative AI.

Multi-tenant generative AI and 5G realizes “RAN in the Cloud." With this solution, telcos and CSPs can improve utilization by running generative AI and RAN on the same data center. A multi-tenant data center can run Aerial vRAN stack as software and leverage the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet platform for AI to support high-performance, software-defined 5G on standard computing platforms, delivering best-in-class TCO and ROI. Its versatility provides flexibility for the RAN and the ability to support multiple O-RAN configurations with the same hardware.

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5G Virtualized Network Functions

Improving performance by accelerating 5G network functions.

Hardware acceleration is key to meeting 5G’s increasing need for network bandwidth and use of virtualized network functions (VNFs). For example, the user plane function (UPF) VNF needs to support extreme throughput of 100 gigabits per second (Gb/s) and higher while maintaining low and predictable latencies. NVIDIA® Bluefield® DPUs and SmartNICs offload and accelerate telco network functions in 5G networks.

Wireless Research Platforms

Empowering 6G research.

6G will make the telco network AI-native for the first time. But to develop 6G technologies, the telecom industry needs a new approach to research. The NVIDIA 6G Developer Program provides access to all the platforms, documentation, and software needed to facilitate cutting-edge 6G research. It includes a software-defined and accelerated RAN platform, AI and machine learning frameworks that are interlinked with the RAN software, and a network digital twin based on NVIDIA Omniverse™.

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As we enter an era where society coexists with AI, the demand for data processing and electricity requirements will rapidly increase… Our collaboration with NVIDIA will help our infrastructure achieve a significantly higher performance with the utilization of AI, including optimization of the RAN. We expect it can also help us reduce energy consumption and create a network of interconnected data centers that can be used to share resources and host a range of generative AI applications.

— Junichi Miyakawa, President and CEO, SoftBank Corp.

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Radio frequency estimation using NVIDIA Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin.

NVIDIA Unveils 6G Research Cloud Platform to Advance Next-Gen Wireless With AI

NVIDIA announced their 6G Research Cloud platform for next-generation wireless. Including NVIDIA Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin, Aerial CUDA-Accelerated RAN, and the Aerial AI Radio Framework, Ansys, Keysight Technologies, Nokia, and Samsung are among the first to leverage the platform.

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Industry Leaders in AI and Wireless Form AI-RAN Alliance

NVIDIA is a founding member of the AI-RAN Alliance, formed to advance cutting-edge research and development in AI that will transform RANs for 5G and the upcoming 6G. The collaborative initiative aims to enhance global mobile network efficiency, reduce power consumption, and retrofit existing infrastructure by bringing AI and RAN together.

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NVIDIA Works with NTT DOCOMO to Launch World’s First GPU-accelerated 5G Network

NTT DOCOMO is deploying the first-ever GPU-accelerated wireless network in Japan—a move they believe will address the multi-billion-dollar problem of driving improvements in performance, TCO, and energy efficiency while unlocking the flexibility, scalability, and supply chain diversity promise of OpenRAN.

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NVIDIA and SoftBank Reinvent 5G Data Centers With Generative AI

The Arm®-based NVIDIA Grace Hopper™ Superchip, BlueField-3 DPU, and Aerial vRAN stack form a revolutionary architecture for generative AI and 5G/6G communications.

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NVIDIA 6G Developer Program

The NVIDIA 6G Developer Program provides access to platforms, documentation, and software releases to facilitate cutting-edge 6G research, as well as a forum to connect with NVIDIA experts and peers. Join to drive rapid innovation for the 6G era.

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