Next-generation networks promise revolutionary capabilities, including ultra-low latency, high data rates, and ubiquitous connectivity. However, these goals can only be achieved by improving network capacity, reliability, and latency, which in turn requires using larger bandwidth and especially a tenfold to hundredfold increase in the number of mobile access points. Improving energy efficiency becomes of paramount importance to keep this growth sustainable, as the Radio Access Network (RAN) uses 70-80% of the total energy consumption of cellular networks. Energy needs to be saved both horizontally (end-to-end from user to cloud) and vertically across all levels, from hardware chips to infrastructure deployments and software. In virtualized RANs, energy efficiency need to be developed across the different components at the RU, in the DU and CU implementation, making use of hardware acceleration and use of low power states in the general purpose processors; in the implementation of energy-efficient schedulers; and in the orchestration of the RAN cloud. In addition, ORAN brings the additional challenge of coordinating and synchronizing these energy-saving approaches. This session brings together vendors involved in the development of different parts of the ORAN chain to discuss current challenges and possible solutions ahead.
Nov 11, 2024
The objective is to understand and discuss requirements, challenges and the potential of OpenRAN networks for mobile wireless R&D. Panelists include Adrian O'Connor (Benetel), Andre Puschmann (SRS), Aloizio Da Silva (CCI), Ammon Cadogan (NIWC), Ashkan Beigi (Qoherent), Ashutosh Dutta (JHUAPL).
Oct 1, 2024
This presentation demonstrates the integration of cloud-native testing for the ORAN E2 interface using the CNF Test Suite. The ORAN E2 interface is a key component of Radio Intelligent Controllers (RIC) and XApps, which are important elements of the ORAN architecture. The CNF Test Suite is used for this testing process, employing tools like SRSRAN to validate the e2 traffic between the DU and the RIC. These tools are designed to test cloud-native network functions (CNFs) in a Kubernetes environment, evaluating them against various characteristics such as configuration, compatibility, state management, resilience, and security in your CI/CD pipeline.
May 1, 2024
The talk will provide an update on srsRAN. We explain the approach taken for our 4G and 5G code bases, discuss the latest developments and share our vision for the upcoming releases.
Feb 4, 2024
The talk provides an overview of the srsRAN Project, it's current state and the feature roadmap for upcoming releases. We'll also show a live demonstration of a 5G-SA gNodeB running off a standard laptop and a 5G handset attaching to it and doing full-rate data traffic.
Mar 17, 2023
This talk provides an update on the srsLTE project. We'll look at the two past releases in 2020 and, more importantly, provide an outlook on the two upcoming releases for 2021 which will include 5G NSA support.
Feb 7, 2021
The talk will provide an update about past, ongoing and future features of srsLTE. We'll give an overview about the features that have been added last year. We talk about our testing infrastructure and also discuss upcoming new features like 5G-NR, NB-IoT, C-V2X, Carrier Aggregation, etc.
Feb 2, 2020
Oct 22, 2019
Aug 6, 2019
After three years without active participation, this talk is going to look back at what happened to srsLTE since then, how it evolved from a flexible PHY library to 4G UE implementation, to a full eNB and finally to a complete open-source, end-to-end 4G testbed. We'll also discuss some of the currently ongoing activities and the exciting new features that are ahead of us.
Feb 3, 2019