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N-Release

N-Release

Welcome to the N-Release page for the O-RAN Software community.

The N-Release is currently in incubation; initiating the definition of the requirements

        

Non-Real-time RIC (NONRTRIC)

Non-Real-time RIC (NONRTRIC)

N-Release - Highlights:

  • Continue support & improvements for SMO integration - with updated version of a fully integrated SMO deployment blueprint (See Integration & Test project below)

  • Maintained/Supported existing NONRTRIC/SMO platform functions

  • Continued development & improvement of SMO/NONRTRIC/rApp use cases

  • Improved robustness and specification compliance.

  • Improved Testing & End-to-end Integration

  • Assisted in Jenkins → GHA migration

  • Documentation tooling update

  • Upgrade Java-based Docker base images to recent versions

N-Release - Tasks:

https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/projects/NONRTRIC/issues

PTL: @John Keeney (Ericsson EST)

Wiki: https://lf-o-ran-sc.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RICNR/

Latest Architecture: 

Components: 

  • Integrated SMO Deployment

  • Topology Exposure & Inventory

  • rApp Manager & Sample/Template rApps

  • Information Coordinator Service

  • DMaaP/Kafka Information Producer Adapters

  • Service Manager

  • RAN PM functions

  • NONRTRIC CAPIF Core (Service Registry)

  • A1 Interface Simulator

  • Non-RT-RIC Control Panel

  • Non-RT-RIC (Spring Cloud) Service Gateway

  • Non-RT-RIC (Kong) Service Exposure Prototyping (Inactive)

  • A1 Policy Management Service (Inactive in OSC / Active in ONAP)

  • A1 Policy Controller / Adapter (Inactive in OSC / Active in ONAP)

  • Initial Non-RT-RIC App Catalogue (Inactive)

  • Initial K8S Helm Chart LCM Manager (Inactive)

  • Authentication Support (JWT Token Fetch)

  • Test Framework (Inactive)

  • "Helloworld" O-RU Fronthaul Recovery use case (Inactive/Deprecated)

  • "Helloworld" O-DU Slice Assurance use case (Inactive/Deprecated)

  • "Healthcheck" use case (Inactive/Deprecated)

Tasks / Backlog / JIRA:

Gerrit / Source Code:

Sonar / Test Coverage Reports

Docs:

Testing:

Studies

  • In Progress:

Weekly Meetings:

  • Meetings (Meeting Series no longer active since Apr 2026)

Release N - Demos / Talks

Release N - Container images

Release N - Deployment Instructions



Near-Real-time RIC X-APPs (RICAPP)

 

Near-Real-time RIC X-APPs (RICAPP)

 

Primary Goals: Expand & maintain the community on open source xApps for O-RAN SC. 

 Update and maintain the existing xApps to latest releases (currently N Release).

Enhance the set of open source xApps in support of the RSAC use cases and add new xApps. 

 

N-Release plan: 

  • Maintain existing xApp's to the N Release

  • New ad-cell xApp to detect cell level anomaly. - Moving to next release

  • New ccc xApp to support E2SM CCC. - Moving to next release

 

PTL: @Sunil Kumar 

 

wiki: RIC Applications (RICAPP) - RIC Applications - Confluence (o-ran-sc.org)

Latest Architecture: Architecture - RIC Applications - Confluence (o-ran-sc.org)

Components: 

Tasks / Backlog / JIRA: Near Realtime RAN Intelligent Controller Applications - ORAN Jira (o-ran-sc.org)

Gerrit / Source Code:

Jira: Count of Epics, User Stories, Tasks, and Issues:  Total (10)

 

N-Release highlights/accomplishments:
Tag existing xApp to the N release

  • HW-Rust xApp is maintained to support N-Release.

  • AD & QP xApp are maintained to support N-Release. 

  • KPIMON-Go & Bouncer xApps are maintained to support N-Release.

 

N-Release source code, container images and deployment instructions

The list of container images: Link RICAPP (L Release) - Integration and Testing - Confluence/Wiki

Code Coverage Reports : Projects - O-RAN Software Community (sonarcloud.io)

 



Near-Real-time RAN Intelligent Controller Platform (E2 Interface) (RICPLT)

 

Near-Real-time RAN Intelligent Controller Platform (E2 Interface) (RICPLT)

 

Original primary goals based on contributions from Nokia, Samsung, Capgemini, Alexandre Huff (UTFPR), GS Lab and Abhijit G:

Link to planned Jira work items: link

 

N-Release highlights:

  • No new code changes, only bug fixes.

  • Couple of bugs needs to be fixed at xApp side that was found during the e2 testing while supporting the comparison of different RIC in the open source - Moved to next release.

  • Conflict Manager Phase1 is not yet released. Integration with CI is pending - Moved to Next release.
    Filled in end-of-release checklist:  https://lf-o-ran-sc.atlassian.net/wiki/x/VYPX

 

 

PTL: @Abdulwahid W (Nokia)

 

 

 

N-Release source code, container images and deployment instructions

The list of container images for the release https://lf-o-ran-sc.atlassian.net/wiki/x/E4C9Gw

Code coverage : Code coverage reports

 

Mapping of new features to O-RAN Spec
None planned in L release



 



Operation and Maintenance (OAM)

Operation and Maintenance (OAM)

Primary Goals:

  • aligment with findings and suggetions of IOS-MCN project

    • PM-file-transfer from O-DU/O-CU-UP/O-CU-CP/NearRtRic to SMO-OAM

  • update of O-RAN WG10 VES message bodies

  • update of O-RAN WG4 optional VES bodies

  • update of OAM-Controller to OpenDaylight version Scandium-SR2 (https://docs.opendaylight.org/en/stable-scandium/release-notes/release-notes-scandium-sr2.html)

  • update of VES-Collector version to image: nexus3.onap.org:10001/onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.collectors.ves.vescollector:1.12.5

  • support of other O-RAN-SC projects (e.g. SMO, Non-RT-RIC, O-DU, INT, SIM) based on RSAC and other input.

  • support of OAI and nephio integration with O-RAN-SC related to OAM in collaboration with O-RAN OSFG.

N-Release Feature Scope: 

Please see also project wiki for further details: N-Release

PTL: @Martin Skorupski

N-Release highlights/accomplishments (2026-06-09):

Please see release details:

  • Simplification of deployment by removing ONAP DMaaP

  • Integration of fail based PM in docker compose deployment.

  • Integration of grafana into user management solution by keycloak

  • Status information within topology

  • updates of images used in docker-compose deployments to reduce CVEs in deployments

N-Release source code, container images and deployment instructions (and status)

Jira: Count of Epics ( 15 issues ), User Stories, Tasks, and Issues:  166 issues

Source Code:

Integration:



O-RAN Central Unit (OCU)

O-RAN Central Unit (OCU)

Primary Goals:

  • In the absence of O-CU, Radisys commercial CU image is to be used for E2E testing

N-Release Feature Scope: 

N-Release Feature Scope: 

  • NA

PTL: 

NA



O-DU High (ODUHIGH)

O-DU High (ODUHIGH)

Primary Goals:

1. End-to-end integration 

2. OSC-OAI Collaboration

3. Adapting to New ASN.1 encoder decoder

N-Release Feature Scope: 

PTL:  @Ankit Barve 

Status on Jun 25, 2025 

N-Release highlights/accomplishments (Jun 25, 2025):

  • End-to-end integration

    • SIb1 parameter testing on going post Test mac synchronization with TM500 in NTUST lab

  • OSC-OAI Collaboration

    • OAI L1 communication with ODU-High is now active.

    • OAI-CU can also be executed with ODU-High.

    • ODU-High with OAI-L1 works till MSG2. There are few known issues to be resolved after ODU-High sends MSG2 to OAI-L1.

  • Adapting to New ASN.1 encoder decoder

    • New ASN.1 encoder decoder generated codec_utils merged in the main branch

  • N-Release source code, container images, and deployment instructions (and status)

source code: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=o-du%2Fl2.git;a=shortlog;h=refs%2Fheads%2Fl-release
Release notes: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-o-du-l2/en/latest/release-notes.html#l-release
Document: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-o-du-l2/en/latest/
Code coverage: To be planned as UT framework is not available to provide code coverage.



O-DU Low (ODULOW)

O-DU Low (ODULOW)

Primary Goals:

Enable end to end integration

N-Release Feature Scope: 

Integration with ODUHIGH

PTL: @Peng Lu , Alternate: @ASHWINI BHAGAT

N-Release highlights/accomplishments ():
OSC lab SIb1 parameter testing on going.



N-Release source code, container images, and deployment instructions (and status)

source code: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=o-du%2Fphy.git;a=summary
Release notes: O-DU Low Project Release Notes — o-du-phy master documentation
Document: O-RAN SC Projects — oran master documentation
Code coverage: 



Simulators (SIM)

Simulators (SIM)

Primary Goals:

  • Keep alignment with latest O-RAN specifications (O1, E2)

  • Focus on hybrid and hierarchical OAM architecture 

L Feature Scope:

  • Keep alignment with latest O-RAN specifications (O1, E2)

  • Focus on hybrid and hierarchical OAM architecture (O-DU O1 interface simulator and O-RU OpenFronthaul M-Plane interface simulator)

Sprint Demos:

PTL: @Alex Stancu

Jira: Count of Epics, User Stories, Tasks, and Issues: 

N-Release highlights/accomplishments ( ):

  • Implemented a new Python version for the simulated O-RU and simulated O-DU.

  • Aligned YANG models for O1 and OpenFronthaul M-Plane with November 2024 train (O-RAN.WG4.MP.0-R004-v16.01)

  • Implemented hybrid and hierarchical O-RU simulators. Simulated O-DUs can accept connections from O-RUs.

N-Release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Source code:

Container images are no longer relevant, docker images need to be build locally, because of Copyright issues.

Instructions: no specific instructions.

Code coverage: in progress (sonar for C/C++ code in LF repos).