Design and Implementation of Cloud-Native Open RAN Testbed

Daesik Kim; Eunsok Lee; Sangheon Pack

doi:10.1109/ICTC62082.2024.10826795

Design and Implementation of Cloud-Native Open RAN Testbed

Daesik Kim
, Eunsok Lee
, Sangheon Pack

School of Electrical Engineering

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

5G aims to support various services, each with its own requirements such as low latency, massive connectivity, and high data rates. These services require a highly flexible and scalable network architecture. To meet these requirements, the open radio access network (O-RAN) is presented which enables the flexible deployment of virtualized network functions (VNFs) through open interfaces, reducing the hardware dependencies of traditional radio access network (RAN) architecture. These features have led to much research in the O-RAN environment. However, many studies rely on small-scale simulations using open-source projects, which are unable to reflect realistic network conditions. In this paper, we introduce the cloud-native 0-RAN testbed using OpenAirInterface (OAI) and kubernetes (K8s), designed to simulate flexible deployment and dynamic management. Our testbed demonstrates how it effectively handles real-time network demands in the O-RAN environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICTC 2024 - 15th International Conference on ICT Convergence
Subtitle of host publication	AI-Empowered Digital Innovation
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	2167-2168
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350364637
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTC62082.2024.10826795
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2024 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 2024 Oct 16 → 2024 Oct 18

Publication series

Name	International Conference on ICT Convergence
ISSN (Print)	2162-1233
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-1241

Conference

Conference	15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2024
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Jeju Island
Period	24/10/16 → 24/10/18

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.

Keywords

5G
Cloud-Native
Kubernetes
O-RAN
OpenAirInterface
Testbed

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Computer Networks and Communications

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Design and Implementation of Cloud-Native Open RAN Testbed. / Kim, Daesik; Lee, Eunsok; Pack, Sangheon.
ICTC 2024 - 15th International Conference on ICT Convergence: AI-Empowered Digital Innovation. IEEE Computer Society, 2024. p. 2167-2168 (International Conference on ICT Convergence).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Kim, D, Lee, E & Pack, S 2024, Design and Implementation of Cloud-Native Open RAN Testbed. in ICTC 2024 - 15th International Conference on ICT Convergence: AI-Empowered Digital Innovation. International Conference on ICT Convergence, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 2167-2168, 15th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2024, Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of, 24/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTC62082.2024.10826795

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