5G NSA eNB and gNB from different vendors

Huawei has it since 3 years ago.

It means that it is possible to have UE control plane on one vendor and the user plane on the other vendor in an NSA scenario, right?

Ask Huawei for a trial license and they will provide you with all details.

Both vendors need get involved to provide technical support.

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Yes i have experience in this regard.

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I implement 5G NSA from Ericsson 5G to Huawei 4G and vice versa, from Huawei 5G to Ericsson 4G.

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Hi. In which country do you have this setting enabled commercially?

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I have also implemented the same between Nokia gNB and Huawei eNB. I know similar thing was successfully done between Huawei gNB and Nokia eNB/Ericsson eNB.

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Is it possible to have a 5G NSA network where the LTE anchor site is from Nokia and the 5G NSA gNB is from Huawei?

Yes, interoperability between multiple vendors is possible in NSA deployments, provided that the network components comply with 3GPP standards and support proper interworking mechanisms.

Not all vendors may support seamless interoperability.

No, to my knowledge, there is no network configured this way so far.

Both the LTE anchor and the 5G gNB should typically be from the same vendor for seamless interoperability.

I know of two to three such networks. We have tested this setup with some operators.

Are there any live networks with this setup?

We conducted lab and commercial trial testing for Telstra and DTAG, but we are unsure whether it was officially rolled out.

The same applies to SA in the USA.

In SA, an anchor is not needed.

In NSA, without using Open RAN, I don’t think there is any live network with two different vendors.