Healthcare systems globally are under pressure to deliver better patient outcomes, accelerate clinician training, and expand access to advanced care, all while controlling costs and meeting stringent regulatory requirements. At the same time, emerging technologies such as Extended Reality (XR), artificial intelligence (AI), and realtime data collaboration are redefining how complex, highrisk workflows can be executed.

This whitepaper presents a scalable, vendoragnostic 5G Open RAN (ORAN) architecture designed to support missioncritical XR applications in healthcare. By combining private 5G connectivity, Open RAN intelligence, edge computing, and AIdriven automation, this solution enables ultralow latency, highbandwidth, and secure environments suitable for live surgical collaboration, advanced medical planning, and immersive clinical training.

While healthcare serves as the primary reference vertical, the architecture described is industryagnostic and extensible to other sectors such as advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense training, and remote operations.