NVIDIA and US Telecom Leaders Unveil the All-American AI-RAN Stack to Accelerate the Path to 6G
NVIDIA (NVDA) and U.S. telecom partners unveiled an AI-native wireless stack for 6G on Oct. 28, 2025, built on the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform to enable integrated sensing, spectrum agility and edge AI across hardware, software and architecture.
The coalition—Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC and T-Mobile—completed a working stack in six months, performed the first user-to-user phone call on the system, and demonstrated multimodal ISAC sensing and AI-managed spectrum functions designed for public safety, industrial monitoring and secure networks.
NVIDIA (NVDA) e partner di telecomunicazioni statunitensi hanno presentato uno stack wireless AI-native per il 6G il 28 ottobre 2025, basato sulla piattaforma NVIDIA AI Aerial per abilitare sensing integrato, agilità di spettro e edge AI attraverso hardware, software e architettura.
La coalizione—Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC e T-Mobile—ha completato uno stack di lavoro in sei mesi, ha effettuato la prima telefonata utente-utente sul sistema e ha dimostrato sensing multimodale ISAC e funzioni di spettro gestite da AI, progettate per la sicurezza pubblica, il monitoraggio industriale e reti sicure.
NVIDIA (NVDA) y socios de telecomunicaciones estadounidenses presentaron una infraestructura inalámbrica nativa de IA para 6G el 28 de octubre de 2025, basada en la plataforma NVIDIA AI Aerial para permitir sensado integrado, agilidad de espectro y edge AI a través de hardware, software y arquitectura.
La coalición—Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC y T-Mobile—completó un stack funcional en seis meses, realizó la primera llamada teléfono de usuario a usuario en el sistema y demostró sensores ISAC multimodales y funciones de espectro gestionadas por IA diseñadas para seguridad pública, monitoreo industrial y redes seguras.
NVIDIA (NVDA)와 미국 통신 파트너들은 2025년 10월 28일 6G용 AI-네이티브 무선 스택을 발표했으며, NVIDIA AI Aerial 플랫폼을 기반으로 하여 하드웨어, 소프트웨어 및 아키텍처 전반에서 통합 센싱, 스펙트럼 기민성 및 엣지 AI를 가능하게 한다.
이 연합은 Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC, T-Mobile로 구성되며 6개월 만에 작동 가능한 스택을 완성했고, 시스템에서 최초의 사용자-대-사용자 전화통화를 수행했으며 공공 안전, 산업 모니터링 및 보안 네트워크를 위한 AI-관리 스펙트럼 기능과 멀티모달 ISAC 센싱을 시연했다.
NVIDIA (NVDA) et des partenaires télécoms américains ont dévoilé une pile sans fil native IA pour la 6G le 28 octobre 2025, conçue sur la plateforme NVIDIA AI Aerial pour permettre la détection intégrée, l’agilité du spectre et l’edge AI à travers le matériel, le logiciel et l’architecture.
La coalition—Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC et T-Mobile—a réuni une pile opérationnelle en six mois, a effectué le premier appel téléphonique entre utilisateurs sur le système et a démontré des capteurs ISAC multimodaux et des fonctions de spectre gérées par l’IA destinées à la sécurité publique, à la surveillance industrielle et aux réseaux sécurisés.
NVIDIA (NVDA) und US-Telekommunikationspartner haben am 28. Oktober 2025 ein AI-natives Wireless-Stack für 6G vorgestellt, basierend auf der NVIDIA AI Aerial-Plattform, um integriertes Sensing, Spektrum-Agilität und Edge-KI über Hardware, Software und Architektur hinweg zu ermöglichen.
Die Koalition—Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC und T-Mobile—hat in sechs Monaten einen funktionsfähigen Stack fertiggestellt, den ersten U2U-Telefonanruf im System getätigt und multimodale ISAC-Sensing- und KI-gesteuerte Spektrumfunktionen demonstriert, die für öffentliche Sicherheit, industrielle Überwachung und sichere Netzwerke entwickelt wurden.
NVIDIA (NVDA) وشركاء الاتصالات الأمريكيون كشفوا عن تكديس شبكي لاسلكي أصلي بالذكاء الاصطناعي للـ 6G في 28 أكتوبر 2025، مبني على منصة NVIDIA AI Aerial لتمكين الاستشعار المتكامل، ومرونة الطيف، والذكاء الاصطناعي عند الحافة عبر الأجهزة والبرمجيات والعمارة.
التحالف—Booz Allen وCisco وMITRE وODC وT-Mobile—أكمل stack عملي خلال ستة أشهر، وأجرى أول مكالمة هاتفية من مستخدم لآخر على النظام، وبرز استشعار ISAC متعدد الوسائط ووظائف الطيف المدارة بالذكاء الاصطناعي المصممة للسلامة العامة والمراقبة الصناعية والشبكات الآمنة.
NVIDIA (NVDA) 与美国电信合作伙伴在2025年10月28日公布了一个用于6G的AI原生无线栈，基于NVIDIA AI Aerial平台，旨在实现集成感知、频谱灵活性和边缘AI，覆盖硬件、软件和体系结构。
该联盟——Booz Allen、Cisco、MITRE、ODC和T-Mobile——在六个月内完成了一个可工作的栈，进行了该系统的首次用户对用户通话，并展示了多模态ISAC感知和AI管理的频谱功能，面向公共安全、工业监控和安全网络。
- Cerberus ODC reports 7x greater cell capacity versus legacy RAN
- 3.5x higher power efficiency claimed for software-defined 5G RAN
- Complete AI-native wireless stack built in six months
- Performed the first user-to-user phone call on the new AI-RAN system
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NVIDIA and partners unveiled a US-built AI-native 6G RAN stack, demonstrating early ISAC and spectrum-agility applications at GTC on
The announcement describes a full AI-RAN stack built on the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform integrated with 5G RAN software from ODC, core and user plane elements from Cisco, and applications from Booz Allen and MITRE. The described system delivered a user-to-user call and early multimodal ISAC demos that fuse camera vision with radio-frequency sensing, plus an AI-driven spectrum-agility application that targets affected frequencies without shutting down bands.
Key dependencies and risks include integration maturity across vendors, performance validation beyond demonstrations, and operational readiness for real-world spectrum policies and carrier networks. The release cites concrete performance claims for Cerberus ODC ("7x greater cell capacity" and "3.5x higher power efficiency") and positions the stack as a pathway to new operator revenue streams; those metrics merit independent verification in carrier trials and benchmarks.
Watch for carrier trial rollouts, interoperability test results, and measurable benchmarks on capacity, power efficiency and spectrum-utilization in the next 6–18 months to assess real-world impact and commercialization timing.
Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC and T-Mobile Showcase Early 6G Applications, Including Multimodal Integrated Sensing and Communications on NVIDIA AI Aerial Platform
News Summary:
- NVIDIA and partners create America’s first AI-native wireless stack for 6G, integrating advanced AI across hardware, software and architecture to prepare future networks for explosive growth in AI traffic.
- Built on the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform, the new stack enables breakthrough applications — including those with multimodal integrated sensing and communications capabilities for public safety and AI-driven spectrum agility and sensing — delivering unprecedented spectral efficiency and seamless connectivity.
- American AI-RAN stack to also provide new revenue stream opportunities for telecom operators.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GTC Washington, D.C.—NVIDIA today announced America’s first AI-native wireless stack for 6G, including new applications to advance next-generation wireless technology, in collaboration with industry-leading partners Booz Allen, Cisco, MITRE, ODC and T-Mobile.
As AI moves beyond smartphones to cameras, augmented-reality glasses, robots, autonomous vehicles and other devices, wireless networks face mounting demand to support billions of connections at unprecedented scale and efficiency.
To meet this challenge and support transformative technologies like integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) — a critical sensing capability for connecting physical and digital environments — wireless networks must become AI-native across hardware, software and architecture.
AI-native networks enable spectrum — radio frequencies used to transmit wireless signals — to be used as efficiently as possible. AI-RAN architecture is at the heart of next-generation wireless communications, combining connectivity, computing and sensing via a common platform with software-defined applications.
“6G is being built from the ground up with AI at its core — unlocking extreme spectral efficiency, massive connectivity and breakthrough applications,” said Ronnie Vasishta, senior vice president of telecom at NVIDIA. “Working with industry leaders, we’ve created an AI-native wireless stack with advanced features to ensure that America will play an instrumental role in the journey to 6G.”
First Made-in-America AI-Native Wireless Stack at NVIDIA
Just six months since starting the AI-WIN project, NVIDIA and its partners built a complete AI-native wireless stack, performed the first user-to-user phone call over the network and developed groundbreaking 6G applications at NVIDIA’s campus in Santa Clara, California.
The system combines the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform with 5G RAN software from ODC, user plane function and 5G core software from Cisco, and specialized 6G applications from MITRE and Booz Allen.
Cisco is accelerating secure network connectivity for the AI era through the AI-WIN initiative, helping build the foundation to enable physical AI and integrated sensing with exceptional efficiency and security.
“Through this partnership, we are pioneering the future of intelligent, secure connectivity — where AI is infused into the fabric of mobile networks and services,” said Masum Mir, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Provider Mobility. “Together, we are harnessing AI to enable networks that sense, learn and act in real time, empowering service providers to deliver high-value business and consumer services in the AI era.”
Cerberus ODC’s commercial, fully software-defined 5G RAN, powered by NVIDIA AI Aerial, is setting new benchmarks by enabling simultaneous RAN and AI workloads for mission-critical enterprise applications, while outperforming legacy RAN systems with 7x greater cell capacity and 3.5x higher power efficiency.
Breakthrough Applications Drive 6G Standards
As part of the collaboration, NVIDIA and Booz Allen developed a first-of-its-kind multimodal ISAC application, fusing camera vision and radio-frequency sensing to enable precise detection and tracking of objects even in low-visibility conditions.
Camera vision can be used to spot a moving object but cannot track its path or detect it when there is an obstruction. Radio-frequency sensors, however, can reveal an object’s location, velocity and distance, and sense its presence without visible light.
Using camera vision and radio-frequency data, the new ISAC application delivers enhanced spatial awareness in real time, enabling powerful use cases in public safety, industrial monitoring and national security, where traditional single-modality sensing may fall short.
AI-powered spectrum agility, a new application built by MITRE, manages wireless spectrum allocation within a cell site in real time so users can experience seamless connectivity and operators can benefit from dramatic improvements in spectral efficiency.
Unlike traditional approaches that shut down entire network bands when interfering systems are detected, this application uses AI to target and block only the affected frequencies without interrupting consumer services. This delivers an orders-of-magnitude improvement in spectral efficiency and utilization compared with existing methods and addresses persistent challenges with spectrum management and operations.
At NVIDIA GTC, Washington D.C., Booz Allen showcased its AI-powered spectrum sensing R.AI.DIO application to detect and classify any type of interference, including malicious signal jammers and unauthorized network users, in real time. This enables operators to immediately respond to threats and automatically mitigate issues to protect network integrity.
NVIDIA AI Aerial software libraries make these early 6G applications possible, and new AI- and neural network-based model integrations boost performance and efficiency.
In addition, the new NVIDIA Aerial Framework provides modular, programmable pipelines to seamlessly integrate third-party applications into the AI-RAN stack. Application programming interfaces that are part of the framework enable these applications to access real-time physical-layer data — the base form of data in a radio signal processing pipeline — enhancing further training and reinforcement learning for AI models on the fly.
AI-native wireless networks provide the path to telecom’s major paradigm shift from 5G to 6G, enabling extremely efficient edge AI inference and sensing capabilities to serve hundreds of billions of network connections and raise revenue for operators.
Learn more about how NVIDIA and partners are advancing AI innovation in the U.S. by watching the NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C., keynote by NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
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