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

Resumo

A virtualização de funções de rede e a desagregação de componentes demandam o gerenciamento dos recursos da Radio Access Network (RAN) através de um controlador central conhecido como RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). Os RICs da Open Networking Foundation (ONF), O-RAN Software Community (OSC) e OpenAirInterface (OAI) fornecem soluções quase completas para o gerenciamento da RAN. Neste artigo, setups são criados para cada RIC que testam operações essenciais relacionadas ao monitoramento de Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ao slicing de recursos da rede ou a ambos. Usando esses setups, monitoramos as métricas da RAN por meio de interfaces gráficas e demonstramos a criação de slices de rede.

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