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Dean Anthony Gratton

Does 5G adoption mean out with the old?

With the increasing shift and rollout of 5G, the next-generation cellular technology, legacy cellular technologies are slowly being shut...

Dean Anthony Gratton

What are O-RAN, Open RAN and OpenRAN?

I thought in this month’s column, I’d provide a definitive definition, along with a succinct explanation, of what O-RAN, Open RAN and...

Dean Anthony Gratton

It’s Been a Short-range RF Winter

I have this strange and peculiar feeling that the short-range radio frequency (RF) domain might have reached its plateau and, perhaps,...

Dean Anthony Gratton

5G RAN: The Principles of Network Functions Virtualization

I feel I am on sort of a radio access network (RAN) “roll,” with this being my third visit to the technology. In my quest to understand...

Dean Anthony Gratton

The O-RAN Alliance and its global community

In this month’s column, I want to revisit my earlier discussion surrounding the radio access network (RAN). Last year, December in fact,...

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