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Ran
InfamousTeal
09-01-2015
RAN, A radio access network...

Google is only so helpful! Could any of you wonderful people try and explain to me what a RAN is?

I've looked online and it's a bit waffley really.. I don't mind the description being technical, but I just don't get what a RAN actually IS ? The mast? The 'backhaul'? I don't know

Does anyone have a clearer explanation?

Thanks very much if you do
sethpet
09-01-2015
Exactly as you have put

Its the radio access network.. Its the equipment at the outer edges of the network that provides the radio signal.

The backhaul is the network that connects the Ran to the core

The core is the brains of the network
finbaar
09-01-2015
Google does not explain anything. It merely shows you others explanations.
DevonBloke
09-01-2015
It's exactly as sethpet put it.
You are using the RAN when you use your mobile for either voice, SMS or data.
You are Accessing Radio on a Network.
No wait, that's an ARN......
I'll get me coat.....
jabbamk1
09-01-2015
It's the past tense of run.
DevonBloke
09-01-2015
I used the ran network.
I use the run network.
Yeah, makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.
japaul
09-01-2015
So is that why the US have a network called Sprint?
jabbamk1
09-01-2015
Originally Posted by japaul:
“So is that why the US have a network called Sprint?”

http://www.gabeswebsite.com/images/reaction/ohhh.gif
DevonBloke
10-01-2015
Is your PC full of GIFs or something???
jabbamk1
10-01-2015
Originally Posted by DevonBloke:
“Is your PC full of GIFs or something???
”

No. I'm just in a gif mood today. Dunno why haha.

Here is a gif that represents the BT takeover of EE, when we thought they were originally going for O2.

http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/r...pstxavka7k.gif
japaul
10-01-2015
The US also had a mobile network called Jump which was part of Leap. If Sprint had bought them surely a combination of Sprint, Leap and Jump would have run the best ran?
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