Operators globally are undertaking major radio access network (RAN) modernization projects with an emphasis on new distributed and open architectures and RAN virtualization (vRAN). At the same time, operators and their partners are working to deliver private cellular networks into enterprises and industries across vertical markets; here, again, vRAN can play an important role given the differentiated performance and deployment flexibility required for these customized networks.
Zooming in on the servers used by enterprises and operators to deliver distributed, vRAN, as well as edge computing (oftentimes in the same server package), equipment cooling is a perhaps unsung but hugely important consideration. The big picture is that a significant amount of time and treasure has gone into making server infrastructure more powerful and smaller. The cooling piece has largely been supported by air cooling dependent on heat sinks, fans and a host of other components. However, according to liquid cooling specialist Nexalus, air cooling has hit a ceiling in terms of fan and heat sink size; the path forward for air cooling would simply involve bigger and more fans and heat sinks which is antithetical to all of the work done around miniaturization.
Негізгі бет Ғылым және технология Bringing vRAN anywhere with liquid cooling
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