As TIP increasingly casts its eyes across every element of the disaggregated telco network, it is considering yet another new project group, this one focused on the RAN. It already has OpenRAN and OpenCellular to produce low cost access points and open fronthaul protocols but the projected new group would be more 5G-specific. The aim would be to develop a white box reference design for 5G New Radio (NR), an equivalent of the OpenCellular (which covers 2G, 3G and 4G) for the new RAN. The group would define white box reference designs and the interfaces within and between disaggregated 5G NR elements. That would enable protocol stack suppliers to support different features and functionality, all running on the same open…