Table of Contents

1. Cloud RAN Leads Industrial Development and Paves the Way for Service-based RAN 1

2. Vision of Service-based RAN 2

2.1 Design Principles of Service-based RAN

2.2 Overall Concept of Service-based RAN

3. Key Technologies of Service-based RAN 5

3.1 Key Technologies of Infrastructure Layer 6

3.2 Key Technologies of Network Function Layer 8

3.3 Key Technologies of Orchestration and Management Layer 10

4. Challenges of service-based RAN 11

5. Application Scenarios of Service-based RAN 12

5.1 On Demand Providing Necessary Services for Vertical Industries

5.2 Providing User-specific Service Capabilities for Individual Users

6. Preliminary Considerations on Service-based RAN Standardization 13

7. Development Prospect 13

References 15