Software Radio Systems (SRS), an Irish firm specialising in 5G RAN (Radio Access Network) software, has revealed it has successfully integrated, tested and validated the srsRAN Enterprise 5G stack with Picocom's L1 for small cells. The fully integrated small cell operates on Picocom's PC802 small cell development board.

The announcement was made at the Small Cells World Summit in London and comes as a result of SRS's previous integrations with Picocom's ORANIC inline PHY and NIC, and it's PC802-based Split 7.2 RU, featured at MWC24. The srsRAN L2 and L3 stack runs on Picocom's small cell board, offering a front haul application programming interface (FAPI) to the Picocom L1. Subsequently, SRS customers can roll out the same RAN software with the optimal hardware configuration regardless of whether the requirements are O-RAN, vRAN or fully integrated.

The srsRAN Enterprise 5G, developed entirely by SRS, is a complete 5G RAN stack featuring layers 1/2/3. With full portability across processor architectures, the srsRAN solution is highly modular with clean interfaces supporting split 2, split 6, split 7.2, split 8 and integrated small cell deployment configurations.

Paul Sutton, CEO at SRS, commented on the partnership: "Since 2014, SRS has built a world-leading track record in the design and delivery of complete 4G and 5G RAN solutions for the most demanding deployment scenarios, including terrestrial, airborne and satellite systems. I'm delighted to have collaborated with Picocom on the full range of deployment-ready solutions for 5G RAN. Picocom SoCs offer world-leading power efficiency and modularity and we are delighted with the speed at which we've been able to successfully integrate, validate and demonstrate the srsRAN Enterprise 5G stack on the Picocom platforms."

Peter Claydon, Picocom President, added: "In the fast-moving spaces of Open RAN and Private and Neutral Host networks, agility is crucial to gaining commercial advantage, and the speed with which SRS has integrated with Picocom's hardware has been nothing short of phenomenal. For our joint customers, this partnership represents a win-win, with deployment options across the Picocom PC802 product range. We are delighted to welcome SRS to our list of partners, and excited for what the future holds."

The srsRAN Enterprise 5G in conjunction with Picocom's small cell hardware platforms is available for trials and deployments as of now.

SRS is a provider of open software for mobile wireless networks. The company's performant, portable and scalable 4G and 5G RAN solutions are developed in-house and provide complete L1/L2/L3 stacks from I/Q to IP. The SRS Open RAN CU+DU solution is fully O-RAN compliant with a modular, flexible architecture supporting deployment options from integrated small-cell to cloud-native vRAN.

Picocom is a semiconductor company that designs and markets Open RAN standard-compliant baseband SoCs and carrier-grade software products for 5G small cell infrastructure. The company, founded in 2018, has R&D engineering sites in Hangzhou and Beijing, China, and Bristol, UK. Picocom founding members have significant experience and track record in leading teams designing baseband infrastructure products. Picocom is a proud Small Cell Forum and O-RAN Alliance wireless industry association member.