PRESS RELEASE: ZTE Corporation released AIR RAN (AI Reshaped RAN) white paper, exploring the deep integration of AI and RAN. The white paper delves into its architecture, key technologies, and showcases how AIR RAN drives technological advancements and industrial value in the communications sector.
By harnessing AI capabilities, AIR RAN unlocks extensive business growth and innovation across a wide range of scenarios. Its introduction represents a significant step forward in advancing RAN intelligence in wireless communications.
AIR RAN, leveraging heterogeneous computing to achieve bidirectional empowerment between AI and RAN, enables deep integration of RAN intelligence with diverse application scenarios. AI for RAN significantly enhances network performance and user experience, while RAN for AI provides low-latency, high-bandwidth for AI applications, facilitating their deployment in varied contexts.
ZTE AIR RAN is driving a revolution in heterogeneous computing, fueled by the NodeEngine (A computing base station), the UniEngine (An all-in-one equipment) and the AIREngine (An intelligent computing engine), empowering base station with Native-AI capabilities. This not only delivers an exceptional user experience but also achieves a remarkable improvement in energy and O&M efficiency. Furthermore, with stable network connectivity and localized computing power, AIR RAN offers robust deterministic guarantees for vertical industries, fostering new business models in fields such as smart factories and the low-altitude economy, and injecting fresh vitality into industrial digital transformation.
The emergence and widespread adoption of lightweight large-scale models, such as DeepSeek, have significantly accelerated the bidirectional empowerment of AI and RAN. The key to this progress lies in AI no longer being constrained by the heavy computing demands of traditional data centers; enabling flexible deployment on edge devices and unlocking new development opportunities for a broader and more diverse range of applications. Telecom operators, with their inherent advantage of distributed networks, are well-positioned to capitalize on this trend. Through cloud-edge-end collaboration, they can address critical needs for data privacy and low latency while delivering efficient, real-time service capabilities through the deep integration of data, models, and computing resources, providing strong support for the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of various industries.
Moving forward, AIR RAN will further advance hierarchical intelligence infusion, leveraging full-stack AI to create ultimate connectivity tailored to the diverse needs of the future. At the same time, it will enhance the integration of connectivity, computing, and sensing, enabling profound collaboration between network agents and service agents. This will inject powerful momentum into the flourishing development of ubiquitous Agents, embodied AI, and other emerging services, expanding the boundaries of intelligent applications.
Grounded in the present and envisioning the future, the white paper actively advocates for accelerating the commercialization of AIR RAN through industry collaboration, open innovation, and standardized development. ZTE, leveraging its technological strengths, will work hand-in-hand with global partners to promote ubiquitous intelligent connectivity, jointly shape a bright future for the digital era.