s Architecture and Design is intended for hardware and software engineers as well as product managers and consumers of O-RAN products looking to understand O-RAN. About the Author Wim Rouwet is a distinguished member of Technical Staff at NXP. He has an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. He spent over 15 years in Motorola, Freescale, and NXP in networking and network processing, wireless algorithm development, system and modem architecture. His focus is on 3GPP LTE and 5G as well as 802.11 processing stacks and their implementation. In this role, he has been responsible for 4G and 5G stack development, small cells, and CRAN implementations associated with many wireless infrastructure projects. He has led key next-generation R&D projects including multistandard modem architecture, virtualization, and 5G small cell as well as CPE products. Contributing Authors David Spencer, Product Line Manager, Timing solutions, Skyworks Inc., Irvine, CA, United States Vishwapathi Rao Tadinada, Director of Test, NXP Semiconductors, Hyderabad, India ISBN 978-0-323-91923-4 ACADEMIC PRESS An imprint of Elsevier ELSEVIER elsevier.com/books-and-journals 9 1780323"919234 Series editor: S. Merrill Weiss FOCAL PRESS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL ELSEVIER Practical IP and Telecom for Broadcast Engineering and Operations What you need to know to survive, long term Fred Huffman Focal Press Practical IP and Telecom for Broadcast Engineering and Operations FOCAL PRESS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERIES Coming Soon: Video Over IP: A Practical Guide to Technology and Applications, by Wes Simpson, Telecom Product Consulting The HDTV Handbook, by Randy Hoffner, ABC Entertainment Content Protection: Technology, Rights Management, and Legal Constraints, by Scott Hamilton, Fox Entertainment Group Practical IP and Telecom for Broadcast Engineering and Operations Fred Huffman AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON NEW YORK OXFORD PARIS SAN DIEGO Focal SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Press ELSEV