The Board of the NGMN Alliance has endorsed the proposal to seek establishment of an ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG)—Open Radio Equipment Interface (ORI)—to further develop and maintain the specifications for open interfaces between Remote Equipment Control (REC) and Radio Equipment (RE).
The objective of the open interface specifications for radio equipment will be to ensure more economical and efficient deployment of base stations and will also consider ecological aspects when renewing a system in the next generation mobile network. An open interface between REC-RE will enable the possibility to connect and operate equipment from different vendor origin.
An NGMN project team of leading operators and vendors has worked towards the successful development of the open interface implementation recommendations. A scope document for the ISG is being developed by the NGMN project team with the objective to develop an interface specification.
Dr. Peter Meissner, Operating Officer of the NGMN Alliance, said, “We do expect from the open interface implementation significant improvements in terms of efficiency and cost savings that will benefit the whole industry. The agreement to establish the ETSI ISG is a major step towards the successful interface specification, and demonstrates the alignment of key industry players.”