TCS and Wind River Collaborate on a vRAN System for 4G and 5G

Last week, Wind River revealed a partnership with Indian giant Tata’s IT services consulting division, Tata Consulting Services (TCS). According to Wind River, the two businesses will collaborate to develop a full-stack Virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) solution for 4G and 5G networks. Installation and testing will be handled by TCS using Wind River Studio as the cloud platform.

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TCS Will Use Wind River Studio To Serve Its Cognitive Network Operations Services

Wind River Studio and TCS’ Cognitive Network Operations Platform are combined in this release, according to a statement from TCS Vice President and Head of Network Solutions and Services Vimal Kumar (CNOPS). “Our Cognitive Network Operations platform hosted on Wind River Studio will help telecom network operators leverage AI and ML to monitor network health, predict possible failures, architect a customer-centric network experience, and maintain exceptional service quality,” said Kumar.

As per TCS, CNOPS is a fully integrated solution for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) that enables data analysis communication networks based on minimal networking principles and uses AI and ML. A single network view with correlated alarm display and service view is one of the network’s key features, as are fault and performance prediction, heuristic data analysis gathering performance data across network functions including access, transport, core and application, and authority, auto-ticketing of network issues, and support for multi-tenancy. To build and maintain scaled-out edge networks, Studio offers operators a cloud-native, Kubernetes-friendly container framework.

“Together with TCS, we can deliver agile, secure, reliable, and ultra-low latency solutions to support new use cases in a world that places increasing importance on the cloud, the edge, and greater intelligence,” said Rajeev Rawal, Wind River’s head of country sales for India.