Radiant insight Published “The C-RAN (Centralized Radio Access Network) Ecosystem: 2016 – 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts”
Description
Centralized
RAN or C-RAN is an architectural
shift in RAN (Radio Access Network) design, where the bulk of baseband
processing is centralized and aggregated for a large number of distributed
radio nodes. In comparison to standalone clusters of base stations, C-RAN
provides significant performance and economic benefits such as baseband
pooling, enhanced coordination between cells, virtualization, network
extensibility, smaller deployment footprint and reduced power consumption.
Although Japan and South Korea
continue to spearhead commercial C-RAN investments, interest is also growing in
other parts of the world. Mobile operators such as China Mobile, Orange,
Verizon and Sprint are already investing in the technology.
SNS Research estimates that
global investments on C-RAN architecture networks will reach over $7 Billion by
the end of 2016. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 20%
between 2016 and 2020. These investments will include spending on RRHs (Remote
Radio Heads), BBUs (Baseband Units) and fronthaul transport networking gear.
The “C-RAN (Centralized Radio
Access Network) Ecosystem: 2016 - 2030 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies
& Forecasts” report presents an in-depth assessment of the C-RAN ecosystem
including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges,
standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities, future
roadmap, value chain, ecosystem player profiles and strategies. The report also
presents forecasts for C-RAN infrastructure investments from 2016 till 2030.
The forecasts cover 3 individual submarkets and 6 regions.
The report comes with an
associated Excel datasheet suite covering quantitative data from all numeric
forecasts presented in the report.
Topics Covered
The report covers the
following topics:
- C-RAN ecosystem
- Market drivers and barriers
- Key architectural components (RRH, BBU and
fronthaul)
- Competing RAN architectures including
traditional macrocell base stations, small cells and DAS (Distributed Antenna
Systems)
- Key trends including baseband functional
splitting, enterprise C-RAN, Cloud RAN, MEC (Mobile Edge Computing) and RANaaS
(RAN as a Service)
- Fronthaul networking technologies and
interface options
- C-RAN deployment models and mobile operator
case studies
- Regulatory landscape and standardization
- Industry roadmap and value chain
- Profiles and strategies of over 120 leading
ecosystem players including enabling technology providers, radio equipment
suppliers, BBU vendors, fronthaul networking vendors and mobile operators
- Strategic recommendations for ecosystem
players including C-RAN solution providers and mobile operators
- Market analysis and forecasts from 2016 till
2030
Historical Revenue &
Forecast Segmentation
Market forecasts are provided
for each of the following submarkets and their subcategories:
Air Interface Technology
- 3G & LTE
- 5G
Submarkets
- RRH (Remote Radio Head)
- BBU (Baseband Unit)
- Fronthaul
RRH Deployment Model
- Indoor
- Outdoor
Fronthaul Technology
- Dedicated Fiber
- WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)
- OTN (Optical Transport Network)
- PON (Passive Optical Network)
- Ethernet
- Microwave
- Millimeter Wave
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Regional Markets
- Asia Pacific
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East & Africa
- Latin & Central America
- North America
- Western Europe
Key Questions Answered
The report provides answers to
the following key questions:
- How big is the C-RAN opportunity?
- What trends, challenges and barriers are
influencing its growth?
- How is the ecosystem evolving by segment and
region?
- What will the market size be in 2020 and at
what rate will it grow?
- Which submarkets will see the highest
percentage of growth?
- How can C-RAN facilitate the management of
interference and LTE-Advanced features such as CoMP (Coordinated Multi-Point)?
- What are the prospects of wireless fronthaul
technologies?
- Is Ethernet a feasible solution for
fronthaul networking?
- How big is the market for virtualized Cloud
RAN networks?
- Who are the key market players and what are
their strategies?
- What strategies should C-RAN solution
providers and mobile operators adopt to remain competitive?
Key Findings
The report has the following
key findings:
- Expected to surpass $7 Billion in global
spending by the end of 2016, C-RAN is increasingly becoming the preferred
approach to deploy future mobile networks for both macro and small cell
coverage. The market is further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 20%
between 2016 and 2020.
- To alleviate stringent fronthaul
requirements, an increasing number of C-RAN solutions are now utilizing RRHs
with baseband capabilities, allowing some intelligence (primarily Layer 1 and
Layer 2) to be distributed among RRHs, with Layer 3 functionality residing at
centralized BBUs.
- The ongoing 5G race is expected to
significantly boost C-RAN investments over the coming years. SNS Research
estimates that over $1 Billion of all C-RAN architecture network investments
will be directed towards 5G networks by the end of 2020.
- At present, most virtualized Cloud RAN
investments are limited to trials and demonstrations. However, by the end of 2020,
we expect that virtualized BBUs will account for over 6% of all C-RAN BBU
investments
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