Open RAN Outreach Act
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1Short title
This section would let the Act be cited as the Open RAN Outreach Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Open RAN Outreach Act .
2Outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks
This section would require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, acting through the head of the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth, to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers. That outreach and assistance would cover two things: raising awareness of the uses, benefits, and challenges of Open RAN networks and other open network architectures, and informing small providers about participating in the Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program established under section 9202(a)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). The section defines an open network architecture as Open RAN networks and other network elements that follow a set of published open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability, including open core and open transport. It defines an Open RAN network as a wireless network that follows the Open Radio Access Network approach to standardization adopted by the O-RAN Alliance, the Telecom Infra Project, or the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), or any similar set of published open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability.
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2. Outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding Open RAN networks (a) In general The Assistant Secretary shall conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers— (1) to raise awareness regarding the uses, benefits, and challenges of Open RAN networks and other open network architectures; and (2) regarding participation in the Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program established under section 9202(a)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ). (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, acting through the head of the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth. (2) Open network architecture The term open network architecture means Open RAN networks and other network elements that follow a set of published open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability, including open core and open transport. (3) Open RAN network The term Open RAN network means a wireless network that follows the Open Radio Access Network approach to standardization adopted by the O–RAN Alliance, Telecom Infra Project, or Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), or any similar set of published open standards for multi-vendor network equipment interoperability.
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