Nokia noemt zich in 2024 medeoprichter van het samenwerkingsverband AI-RAN Alliance; 3GPP, het orgaan achter de mobiele standaarden, legde in 2022 beginselen vast voor radio-intelligentie.
Ericsson PDF How to deploy AI in mobile networks (2025): Ericsson's AI RAN strategy spans both centralized (rApps) and distributed (radio site) deployments…; §5.2: purpose-built RAN Compute with Ericsson Silicon and Cloud RAN compute currently based on x86…. Cloud RAN acceleration paper: AI inferencing needs in most cases to be executed locally together with the RAN software due to the stringent latency requirements imposed by the RAN protocols. Nokia AI for Radio Access Networks: Nokia was one of the founding members of the AI-RAN alliance…. Nokia Cloud RAN and Open RAN Solution Roadmap: commercial Cloud RAN… from H2 2024 onwards. 3GPP TR 37.817 v17.0.0 Scope: principles for RAN intelligence enabled by AI… and use cases and solutions of AI enabled RAN.
In het rapport How to deploy AI in mobile networks (2025) beschrijft Ericsson een AI RAN-strategie over gecentraliseerde rApps én gedistribueerde radio-site deployments voor non-real-time en real-time automation — vendorcopy, geen onafhankelijke adoptie-meting.
«Ericsson's AI RAN strategy spans both centralized (rApps) and distributed (radio site) deployments, enabling non-real-time and real-time automation and new AI use cases.»
Ericsson’s Cloud RAN compute and acceleration paper stelt dat AI-inferencing in de meeste gevallen lokaal bij de RAN-software moet draaien vanwege stringente latency-eisen van RAN-protocollen — terwijl training centraal kan.
«While AI training for RAN can be centralized and executed in external data centers, AI inferencing needs in most cases to be executed locally together with the RAN software due to the stringent latency requirements imposed by the RAN protocols.»
In How to deploy AI in mobile networks (2025, §5.2) beschrijft Ericsson twee hardware-architecturen voor AI-RAN: purpose-built RAN Compute with Ericsson Silicon én Cloud RAN compute op x86 van partners — vendor Silicon naast cloud-compute, geen EMF-dossier.
«Ericsson solutions support two hardware variants or architectures: purpose-built RAN Compute with Ericsson Silicon and Cloud RAN compute currently based on x86 from Ericsson ecosystem partners.»
In de whitepaper AI for Radio Access Networks (2024) noemt Nokia zichzelf one of the founding members of the AI-RAN alliance met board-representatie — vendor-self-report over AI-RAN-alliantie, geen marktaandeelcijfer.
«Nokia was one of the founding members of the AI-RAN alliance and its commitment extends to representation on the board.»
3GPP TR 37.817 v17.0.0 (2022-04) Scope definieert principles for RAN intelligence enabled by AI, een functional framework en use cases/solutions of AI enabled RAN — standaardstudie Rel-17, geen vendor-marketing.
«The present document provides descriptions of principles for RAN intelligence enabled by AI, the functional framework (e.g., the AI functionality and the input/output of the component for AI enabled optimization) and use cases and solutions of AI enabled RAN.»