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Technology National Security | JULY 2020 Open Future The Way Forward on 5G Martijn Rasser Ainikki Riikonen Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 5 5G, CORE-EDGE, AND OPEN INTERFACES: A PRIMER 6 THE 5G STATUS QUO POSES RISKS 10 THE 5G DILEMMA: POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS 11 Create a national 5G champion 11 Provide support to Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung 12 Require 5G RAN interoperability between vendors 12 Promote interoperability: Open RAN 13 CHANGING THE 5G GAME WITH MODULAR NETWORKS BASED ON OPEN INTERFACES 13 Greater vendor diversity 13 Cost 14 Interoperability 14 Greater security 14 Operator growth 14 Potential risk: Scalability 15 Downside: Disruption to business models of trusted vendors 15 CURRENT OPEN RAN AND VIRTUALIZED NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS 15 Japanese Firm Seeks to Deploy National 5G Network Based on Open RAN and Virtualized Networks 15 U.S. Firms Lead in Developing Open Virtualized RAN Solutions 15 GROWING U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEREST IN OPEN RAN 16 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 16 CONCLUSION 18 APPENDIX: ASSESSING THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST BANNING HUAWEI 19 Executive Summary Communication networks are the central nervous system of the 21st century economy. The fifth generation of wireless—5G—will be essential to and inseparable from all we do. In many ways, we are already there. What for most was an abstract concept became all too real during the COVID-19 crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the critical importance of communication networks: They are integral to our daily lives and our ability to function economically and as a society. Shutdowns of offices, schools, and stores have meant turning to apps to work, learn, and buy. Frontline medical workers and vaccine researchers have consulted colleagues via teleconference to get the latest insight and advice on combating the virus. Being connected means resilience, coping, surviving. Getting 5G right is all the more urgent. Next-generation 5G networks wil