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Open source RAN slicing on POWDER: a top-to-bottom O-RAN use case

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David Johnson,

Dustin Maas,

Jacobus Van Der MerweAuthors Info & Claims

MobiSys '21: Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services

Pages 507 - 508

https://doi.org/10.1145/3458864.3466912

Published: 24 June 2021 Publication History

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This demonstration will showcase our efforts to develop a radio access network (RAN) slicing mechanism that is controllable via management software in an Open RAN framework. To our knowledge, our work represents the first effort that combines an open source Open RAN framework with an open source mobility stack, provides a top-to-bottom RAN application via the RAN intelligent control (RIC) provided by that framework and illustrates its functionality in a realistic wireless environment. Our software is publicly available and we provide a profile in the POWDER platform to enable others to replicate and build on our work.

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MobiSys '21: Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services

June 2021

528 pages

ISBN:9781450384438

DOI:10.1145/3458864

General Chair:
Suman Banerjee
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Politecnico di Milano
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