The blending of new AI-based tools with the RAN has been a tense endeavor, but one with a lot of hype behind it. We caught up with Paul Harris, Principal Wireless Architect in the CTO office at Viavi Solutions, to discuss the nitty-gritty of AI in 3GPP standards, new testing concepts, and Viavi’s ideas for AI RAN. A key area of interest for Viavi is AI RAN. The testing firm is a member of the AI-RAN Alliance and is leading a subgroup to research the ways that telco data can be gathered or generated to train and validate AI models. The goal is to help the industry share and have access to high-quality datasets. “There is a need to understand…