ns3-ORAN: Uma Implementação do Open-RAN para o Simulador ns-3
Abstract
The Open-RAN (O-RAN) brings more competitiveness to the mobile infrastructure marked with the disaggregation of the Radio Access Networks (RANs). Standardized interfaces and RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) allow for the interoperability of different hardware and software providers. In spite of that, the architecture and implementation complexity and the development of control and optimization applications for the RICs are challenged slowing the deployment. In this paper, we present a module for the prototyping of RIC applications for an O-RAN network in the ns-3 network simulator.
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Polese, M., Bonati, L., D’oro, S., Basagni, S., and Melodia, T. (2022). Understanding o-ran: Architecture, interfaces, algorithms, security, and research challenges. ArXiv, abs/2202.01032.
Solis, P., Ferreira, G. C., Jr., R. G. S., and de Carvalho, P. H. P. (2022). Uma análise do open RAN e os desafios da sua experimentação em plataformas de código aberto. In Anais do XL Simpósio Brasileiro de Telecomunicações e Processamento de Sinais. Sociedade Brasileira de Telecomunicações.
Wypiór, D., Klinkowski, M., and Michalski, I. (2022). Open ran—radio access network evolution, benefits and market trends. Applied Sciences, 12:1–18.
Published
2023-05-22
How to Cite
FERREIRA, Gabriel de C.; BARRETO, Priscila Solís; ALCHIERI, Eduardo A. P.; CARVALHO, Paulo H. P. de.
ns3-ORAN: Uma Implementação do Open-RAN para o Simulador ns-3. In: DEMO SESSION - BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS (SBRC), 41. , 2023, Brasília/DF.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2023
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p. 24-31.
ISSN 2177-9384.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbrc_estendido.2023.715.
