Deployment e Testes de Controladores Inteligentes da RAN no Testbed do Projeto OpenRAN@Brasil

• Paulo R. B. da Silva CPQD
• João P. S. H. Lima CPQD
• Vitalii Afanasiev CPQD
• Michelle S. P. Facina CPQD
• Erika C. Alves CPQD
• Gustavo C. Lima CPQD

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wtestbeds.2023.230841

Abstract

The virtualization of network functions and the disaggregation of components require the management of the Radio Access Network (RAN) via a central controller known as the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). The RICs from the Open Networking Foundation (ONF), O-RAN Software Community (OSC), and OpenAirInterface (OAI) emerge as nearly complete solutions to the RAN control problem. In this paper, setups are created for each RIC for the testing of essential operations related to the monitoring of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and/or for the slicing of network resources. Using these setups, we monitor RAN metrics through graphical interfaces and create slices.

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