# Juniper O-RAN SMO Aimed at Solving 5G Complexity

> The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss share their insights about how Juniper’s O-RAN SMO framework is aimed at solving future network orchestration, automation, and service assurance complexity in 5G and Open RAN environments.

- Canonical: https://trial.futurumgroup.com/insights/juniper-o-ran-smo-aimed-at-solving-5g-complexity/
- Kind: Insight
- Published: 2023-11-09T20:40:19.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-20T20:41:15.000Z
- Authors: [Ron Westfall](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/ron-westfall/)
- Practice areas: [CIO Insights](https://trial.futurumgroup.com/practice-areas/cio-technology-buyers/)
- Tags: 5G, Juniper, Juniper Networks, networks, O-RAN, O-RAN SMO

In the latest episode of The 5G Factor , our series analysts Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss share their insights about Juniper Networks’ recent moves with its O-RAN SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) framework and several partnerships. Juniper O-RAN SMO Aimed at Solving 5G Complexity Juniper Networks is committed to solving future network orchestration, automation, and service assurance complexity in 5G and Open RAN environments using its innovative Juniper O-RAN Service Management and Orchestration (O-RAN SMO) framework. Created and incubated at Juniper’s Beyond Labs , O-RAN SMO is designed from the ground up for virtualized, cloud-native modern networks and is purpose-built for 5G network slicing to allow CSPs to provision, manage, and monetize custom network services on demand. O-RAN SMO also implements the 3GPP-defined RAN Network Slice Subnet Management Function which manages the portion of the network slice that belongs to the RAN domain. Watch full episode of The 5G Factor show here: 5G Factor: Snapshot of 5G and IoT Progress Watch on YouTube Disclosure: The Futurum Group is a research and advisory firm that engages or has engaged in research, analysis, and advisory services with many technology companies, including those mentioned in this article. The author does not hold any equity positions with any company mentioned in this article. Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole. Other insights from The Futurum Group: Juniper Q3 2023 Earnings: Enterprise Takes Spotlight Juniper Apstra: Enhancements Power Private Data Center Breakthroughs 5G Factor: Chips Ahoy! How Chips are Integral to 5G Transformation with Qualcomm Promoting 5G Standalone, Juniper Beyond Labs Using Intel Xeon/FlexRAN, and Samsung MediaTek Boosting 3Tx Antennas