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Accelerating Open RAN Research Through an Enterprise-scale 5G Testbed

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ACM MobiCom '23: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

Article No.: 138, Pages 1 - 3

https://doi.org/10.1145/3570361.3615745

Published: 02 October 2023 Publication History

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Open RAN is an emerging paradigm in mobile networks where the Radio Access Network (RAN) functions are disaggregated and virtualized on commodity servers. Despite the importance of Open RAN research, existing platforms often lack the fidelity and stability required to address a wide range of research problems. In response to this limitation, we have developed an enterprise-scale Open RAN testbed aimed at conducting state-of-the-art research in key areas that have received limited attention due to the lack of suitable platforms. In this poster, we provide an overview of the testbed we have created and examples of the research it has enabled, with the hope of catalyzing future open RAN research and innovation.

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Accelerating Open RAN Research Through an Enterprise-scale 5G Testbed
1. Networks
  1. Network architectures
  2. Network types
    1. Mobile networks
    2. Wireless access networks

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ACM MobiCom '23: Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking

October 2023

1605 pages

ISBN:9781450399906

DOI:10.1145/3570361

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Xavier Costa,
Joerg Widmer,
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Domenico Giustiniano,
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Polese MBonati LD'Oro SJohari PVilla DVelumani SGangula RTsampazi MPaul Robinson CGemmi GLacava AMaxenti SCheng HMelodia T(2024)Colosseum: The Open RAN Digital TwinIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.34474725(5452-5466)Online publication date: 2024
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Villa DKhan IKaltenberger FHedberg NDa Silva RKelkar ADick CBasagni SJornet JMelodia TPolese MKoutsonikolas D(2024)An Open, Programmable, Multi-Vendor 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OpenAirInterfaceIEEE INFOCOM 2024 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS)10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS61880.2024.10620908(1-6)Online publication date: 20-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS61880.2024.10620908

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