In a national premiere, Vodafone Romania has successfully completed a live network trial for an open IP router developed within the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
The trial in Romania and the one recently completed in Vodacom South Africa demonstrate the feasibility of an open IP router able to serve 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G mobile traffic and to interoperate with current Vodafoneâs transport network providers.
The hardware for this open IP router, also referred to as Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG), has been provided by Edgecore Networks, while the software has been provided by ADVA. The Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway has been deployed in seven live network sites of Vodafone Romania, connected in rings and chain topologies. Prior to the trial, the solution was validated during summer 2020 in a test lab replica of Vodafone Romania network. The key capabilities of the router included the transport of the 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G services with IP routing, Frequency and Time Synchronizat