A Bright Future for Wireless Innovation at the RIC Forum

NTIA’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), in collaboration with the Department of Defense’s FutureG Office, recently hosted the RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller) Forum in Dallas, Texas. The demonstrations and high engagement from attendees underscored why the RIC Forum is drawing such a high level of international attention and interest. Thanks to advances in the RAN Intelligent Controller, or RIC, Open RAN has the potential to spur energy efficiency, automation, spectrum management, and more. Outcomes of the RIC Forum include:

• Understanding the current and future market for Open RAN technologies;
• Demonstrating xApps and rApps for priority use cases such as energy saving, security, traffic steering, and spectrum management;
• Showcasing the actual state of the international Open RAN market;
• Sharing information among RIC developers around novel tools, strategies, and solutions; and
• Engaging global partners and readying them for investment and large-scale deployment of this technology.