Open Radio Access Network Security Considerations

Mobile network operators provide cell services with a vast deployment of antennas and radios on cell towers connected to base station equipment. The base station equipment converts the wireless signals to data consisting of text messages, phone calls, streaming videos, and all the other pervasive apps offered today.

The mobile network industry calls the radios, cell towers, and base station equipment converting wireless signals to data the Radio Access Network (RAN). This assessment considers the security of a mobile industry initiative toward an Open RAN.