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This document provides a Juniper Validated Design (JVD) for a 5G Fronthaul network using Seamless Segment Routing Multiprotocol Label Switching (SR-MPLS) with Juniper Network’s next-generation ACX7000 platform. Through careful testing, we found that the ACX7100-32C/48L and ACX7509 are excellent choices for access and aggregation purposes. They offer enhanced performance and a wide range of advanced features, outperforming previous ACX platforms in most scenarios. Both the ACX7100 and ACX7509 are particularly well-suited for the Hub Site Router (HSR) or Lean Edge segments, as they provide the necessary scale, bandwidth, feature velocity, and performance capabilities. While the ACX7100 surpasses the requirements for access nodes, it’s also an ideal option for 400G Fronthaul or Metro Access deployments.