Release "K"

Owned by Martin Skorupski
Last updated: Oct 02, 2024
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Scope

This page is the RASC entry for release K.

You find the O-RAN-SC project specific details as summary in the following page: K Release

Objectives

One of the main K Release objectives from ToC point of view are to show O-RAN-SC activities to the O-RAN Alliance during the O-RAN Face-to-Face meeting in Montreal from Oct28 to Nov01.

There for RASC is going to align and track related activities on this page.


Demonstrations

Format

From past O-RAN f2f meetings, there are generally two ways to show demos:

  1. In special sessions with an audience in a conference room.
  2. Continuous video loops displayed on a screen in the meeting area or event lobby.

For both types of presentations, it's useful to make a video of your demo with voice. It's best to highlight the main functions and features and keep it concise.

These videos not only work for the second type of presentation but also serve as a backup for live audience sessions. Additionally, the videos can be used as references in project wikis and to document achievements for specific topics or releases.

When presenting to an audience, you typically have three options:

  1. A live demo - This often requires remote access to an integration lab. While event hosts usually provide this, there can be last-minute issues with remote connectivity, even during the presentation.
  2. Play the demo video and do a live voiceover. This approach is less risky but still offers a genuine and interactive experience.
  3. Play the demo video with a pre-recorded voiceover.

Feel free to choose any of these options as they are all viable and effective.

Logo and Presentation Template (PLEASE DONT USE IT NOW (smile) )

Content

The following table should list and summaries the activities relates to demonstration by the different O-RAN-SC projects

Involved ProjectsPresenterDescription
  • name for the demonstration

  • What WG or FG is supporting the planned demonstration

  • Advantages for the O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F participants to see the planned demonstration.

  • Requirements for the venue, e.g. table, chairs, screen with HDMI cable, etc.

TimeTime Slot at f2f
RIC ApplicationsSunil Singh<no demonstration>

Near Realtime RAN Intelligent Controller

abdulwahid.w <no demonstration>

O-RAN Distributed Unit High Layers 

Ankit Barve 

WLS interfacing between O-RAN-SC O-DU and OAI

  • OSFG, WG5
  • Implementation of O-RAN Specification and feedback for improvements and proposed future work. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Dependency:

  • Integration
    • OAI (all components accept O-DU) and O-RAN-SC O-DU (prio1)
      • end-to-end call 
    • integration lab (prio2)

Reference:

 ~10min
O-RAN Distributed Unit Low Layerspeng Lu <no demonstration>

Simulations and
Operations and Maintenance

Alex Stancu (on site)
Martin Skorupski (on site)

Hybrid and Hierarchical OAM Architecture

  • OSFG, WG4, WG5, WG10, WG11, TIFG
  • Implementation of O-RAN Specification and feedback for improvements and proposed future work. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference:

~15min
Infrastructure

Jackie Huang

Multi-arch support on O-Cloud (O2)

  • OFSG, WG6, WG1
  • Implementation of O-RAN Specification and feedback for improvements and proposed future work. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Content:

  • Deploy O-Cloud on both X86-64 and ARM64
  • Simulate SMO to work with Multi-Arch O-Clouds with O2 interface.
~10min
Integration and Testingbimo fransiscus asisi 

Integration efforts and experience

  • OSFG, TIFG, WG1, 
  • Implementation of O-RAN Specification and feedback for improvements and proposed future work. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference:

~10min
DocumentationSridhar Rao
Weichen Ni

User experience of operation an O-RAN network with the focus on OAM

  • OSFG, TIFG, and O-RAN Alliance in general 
  • Implementation of O-RAN Specification and feedback for improvements and proposed future work. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference

~15min
Non-RealTime RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller)

John Keeney (Ericsson EST)

Sample rApp as template for others

  • OSFG, WG2
  • How to develop an rApp and deploy and register it and its APIs within a Non-RT-Ric of the decoupled SMO environment. 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop) 

Reference:

~15min
Non-RealTime RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller)
Service Management and Orchestration (SMO)		John Keeney (Ericsson EST)
Seshu Kumar Mudiganti 

TE&IV demo

  • OSFG, WG10
  • Ideas and requirements from developer point of view
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference:

~15min
Service Management and Orchestration (SMO)

Seshu Kumar Mudiganti 
Toshiaki Takahashi 

Service management and Orchestration framework and deployments with O2

  • OSFG, WG1, WG2, WG6
  1. SMO O2 (FOCOM and NFO (K8s)) demo of the IMS and DMS (as a possibility) - Seshu
  2. Nephio integration with the OSC-SMO (as a stretch and possible idea for the demo) 

  3. Demo on Tacker for DMS ETSi profile by Toshiaki Takahashi - 
    1. FM
    2. PM
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference:

~??min





~15min
AI/ML Framework
Non-RealTime RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller)		subhash 
John Keeney (Ericsson EST)

AI/ML in the context of O-RAN

  • OSFG, WG2
  • Expose training service to build model and it's deployment (stretch goal to expose training service over R1) 
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)

Reference:

~30min
INDIGO

Martin Skorupski (on side)
Alex Stancu (on site)
Brenda Conner (on site)
Dave (remote)

Intelligent 5G Networks Designed and Integrated for Globalized Operations

  • OSFG and O-RAN Alliance in general 
  • Secure, resilient and quality 5G communications in the context of multi-operator networking
  • 40 to 50 chairs, internet connectivity, screen, audio system the possibility to chair the screen of BYOD ( a developer laptop)  

Reference:

~45min