Cellular Industry Works Towards Ending CPRI Vendor Lock-In with Open RAN Alternatives
"It is CPRI that handles the connections between the signal-processing equipment (called baseband, in the industry) and the radios in what operators call the 'fronthaul' part of the network," Explains Iain Morris. "But there are so many variables with any CPRI implementation that operators are forced to work in one vendor's system. It is effectively a proprietary tool."