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O-RAN Curriculum Development, Cloud-Native O-RAN

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Meet

the team

Sree Harshitha J

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Joseph Malkasian

Rahul Biju

Dominic Catena

Sonia Malhotra

Advisors: Ivan Seskar, Tracy Van Brakle

Hasini Nandyala

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Project Overview

  • Develop O-RAN Curriculum

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  • Develop rApps

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  • To set up O-RU framework for testing Hybrid M-plane

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O-RAN CLASS

Week 5 of O-RAN Curriculum is scheduled at 2:00 pm

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Benefits, Challenges, and Use Cases of Open RAN

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  • In-depth discussion of the potential benefits of Open RAN for mobile operators and the ecosystem.

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  • Key challenges and considerations for Open RAN adoption (interoperability, security, performance).

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  • Overview of emerging Open RAN use cases: Rural deployments, private networks, neutral host.

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  • The evolving Open RAN ecosystem and vendor landscape.

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Website: https://praxeum.com/

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rApp Development

Met with advisors to discuss rApp use cases

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Discussed various issues (time constraints, incomplete standards)

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Focusing more on conceptual design for future fully developed O-RAN architecture (Slide deck/demo with workarounds) than full fledged functionality

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

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Goal: To set up O-RU framework for testing Hybrid M-plane

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  • Task-1: Setting up the SMO for OAM of O-RU test framework ✅
  • Task-2: Running Hybrid M-plane test cases in the O-RU test framework ✅

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

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Test Cases:

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

Test Cases Execution:

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Grafana Database

MinIO Console

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

Artifacts and Results of Test cases in Grafana:

Artifacts Dashboard

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

Artifacts and Results of Test cases in Grafana:

Results Dashboard

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Cloud-Native O-RAN

Conclusion

  • Deployed and configured the O-RU test framework using the O-RAN IT-TIFG and OAM Solution repositories.

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  • Validated O-RU management and interoperability by executing key Hybrid M-Plane test cases

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  • Demonstrated end-to-end integration of O-DU, O-RU, and SMO components

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Goals For Next Week

  • Continue curriculum development
  • Meet with advisors for clarity on rApp data/requirements
  • Start designing rApp

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Thank you…