The telecom industry has recently experienced a significant digital transformation. This transformation includes adoption of Open Technologies, disaggregated RAN, virtualization, Cloud-Native Solutions, CI/CD and AI/ML, and others. The Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware, the underlying hardware, is the key feature for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to boost operational efficiency on their total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis. However, another key feature for many users is the power efficiency offered by the platform. This paper describes the toolset and methods used to objectively measure key performance indicators (KPIs). It also highlights the significance of these measurements to determine the power efficiency and processing gains of the platform and provide guidance on positioning telecom-specific hardware infrastructure.
More specifically, this paper will provide an overview of the latest 16G Dell servers with Intel 4th Generation Xeon Scalable Processors, engineered to host radio access network (RAN) workloads across various use cases. Dell offers a differentiated managed service of Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab (OTEL) Validation Services for the CSPs that can be leverage to augment their testing, integration, and validation programs.