Baseband signal processing units, TR modules, antenna radios, and other components are included in RAN.
5G has the potential to handle the rapidly growing data demand for now and near future. Frequency division duplexing (FDD) is used by 5G RAN. It can transmit and receive signals simultaneously without interference by using FDD.
The 5G RAN includes:
- CU-DU Separation (central (CU) unit and the distributed units (DUs)
- OFDM-capable RF hardware
- new Baseband units
- NFV (Network Function Virtualization (NFV)
- SDN (Software Defined Network)