Fundamentals of O-RAN (eBook)

Nishith D. Tripathi, Vijay K. Shah (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
665 Seiten
Wiley-IEEE Press (Verlag)
978-1-394-20682-7 (ISBN)

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Comprehensive reference on O-RAN technology, covering its history, architecture, security, ecosystem, and more, with didactic resources included throughout

Discussing both basic and advanced concepts, Fundamentals of O-RAN delivers a comprehensive summary of O-RAN, covering its history, architecture, control loops and microservices (i.e., xApps and rApps), security, ecosystem, R&D initiatives, and challenges and evolution toward 6G. The book not only includes key theoretical principles of O-RAN, but also provides a framework for the reader to carry out guided hands-on exercises through online auxiliary materials. Homework problems and review questions are included in online auxiliary materials to reinforce learning.

The book includes instructions on how to create xApps, which are expected to be one of the most promising aspects of O-RAN; for example, by working with an end-to-end O-RAN system using a network slicing functionality where the rApp provides slicing specified policies to the xApp which then allocates the base station's spectrum resources based on the slicing policy to each user (belonging to a certain slice).

Readers will also gain an understanding of cellular networks, particularly radio access networks, software virtualization, and software-defined networking concepts, and the knowledge needed to design, build, and test a 5G O-RAN system.

Some of the sample topics explored in Fundamentals of O-RAN include:

• RAN evolution from black box 4G RAN to software-based and virtualized RAN (vRAN)
• Components of the O-RAN architecture including SMO, Non-RT RIC, Near-RT RIC, O-CU-CP, O-CU-UP, O-DU, O-RU, and O-Cloud
• xApp design and prototyping from scratch using open cellular software, srsRAN and O-RAN Software Community (OSC) software.
• Examination of various security dimensions inherent in the O-RAN architecture.
• Testing and integration, covering Open Test and Integration Centers (OTICs), global PlugFests, certification and badging, and end-to-end test specifications
• Work Groups (WGs), including WG1 to WG11, and focus groups, with information on how to obtain WG specifications

Fundamentals of O-RAN is an essential reference for the workforce of tomorrow's cellular industry, including graduate students, teachers, researchers, faculty members, engineers, and employees involved in the field of wireless networks, especially radio networks.

Dr. Nishith D. Tripathi is a Research Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. Dr. Tripathi has 24 years of industry experience at Nortel Networks, Huawei Technologies, Award Solutions, and Samsung Research America. He is a co-author of five books related to cellular communications, AI, 5G, and NTN.

Dr. Vijay K. Shah is an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. Prior to joining NC State, he was an Assistant Professor at George Mason University (GMU) and a Research Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech.

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Acronyms

 

1PPS

1 Pulse Per Second

3GPP

Third Generation Partnership Project

4G

Fourth Generation

5G

Fifth Generation

6G

Sixth Generation

6G‐IA

6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association

5GC

5G Core (Network)

5GCN

5G Core Network

AAL

Acceleration Abstraction Layer

AERPAW

Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless

AF

Application Function

AH

Authentication Header

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AI/ML

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning

ALM

Application Life Cycle Management

AMF

Access and Mobility Management Function

AMPS

Advanced Mobile Phone System

AN

Access Network

AnLF

Analytics Logical Function

ANR

Automatic Neighbor Relation

API

Application Programming Interface

ARA

Agriculture and Rural Communities

AS

Access Stratum

AS

Application Server

ASN

Abstract Syntax Notation

ATIS

Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions

AWS

Amazon Web Services

BBU

Baseband Unit

BLER

Block Error Rate

BS

Base Station

BSC

Base Station Controller

BSS

Business Support Systems

CA

Carrier Aggregation

CapEx

Capital Expenditure

CAPTCHA

Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

CAS

Cloud Access Switch

CCC

Cell Configuration and Control

CCI

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative

CCO

Coverage and Capacity Optimization

CD

Continuous Development

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CHIPS

Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America

CI

Continuous Integration

CIA

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability

CIA

Confidentiality, Integrity, and Authenticity

CMP

Certificate Management Protocol

CMTS

Cable Modem Termination System

CNCF

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

CNF

Cloud‐Native Network Function

CNF

Containerized Network Function

CNN

Convolutional Neural Network

COTS

Commercial‐Off‐The‐Shelf

CP

Cyclic Prefix

CP

Control Plane

C‐Plane

Control Plane

CPM

Congestion Prediction and Management

CPRI

Common Public Radio Interface

CPU

Central Processing Unit

CQI

Channel Quality Indicator

CR

Cognitive Radio

CTI

Cooperative Transport Interface

C‐RAN

Centralized Radio Access Network

C‐RAN

Cloud RAN

CUS‐plane

Control User Synchronization Plane

CUSM

Control User Synchronization Management

CU

Central Unit

CVE

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

DC

Dual Connectivity

DCCF

Data Collection Coordination Function

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

DEC

Digital Equipment Corporation

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DIX

DEC‐Intel‐Xerox

DL

Downlink

DMS

Deployment Management Service

DNS

Domain Name System

DOCSIS

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification

DoD

Department of Defense

DRB

Data Radio Bearer

DRL

Deep Reinforcement Learning

DRX

Discontinuous Reception

DSS

Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

DT

Digital Twin

DTLS

Datagram Transport Layer Security

DU

Distributed Unit

DUT

Device Under Test

E1AP

E1 Application Protocol

E2AP

E2 Application Protocol

E2E

End‐to‐End

E2SM

E2 Service Model

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EC

Event Consumer

eCPRI

enhanced Common Public Radio Interface

EDGE

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution

EE

Energy Efficiency

EHC

EtHernet Header Compression

EI

Enrichment Information

eMBB

enhanced Mobile Broadband

EMS

Element Management System

eNB

evolved Node B

EN‐DC

E‐UTRA‐NR Dual Connectivity

en‐gNB

EN‐DC gNB

EP

Event Producer

EPC

Evolved Packet Core

EPS AKA

Evolved Packet System Authentication and Key Agreement

ES

Energy Savings

ESP

Encapsulating Security Payload

ETACS

European Total Access Communication System

ETSI

European Telecommunication Standards Institute

E‐UTRA

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access

E‐UTRAN

Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network

F1AP

F1 Application Protocol

FCAPS

Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security

FDD

Frequency Division Duplex

FFT

Fast Fourier Transform

FH

Fronthaul

FHM

Fronthaul Multiplexer

FOCOM

Federated O‐Cloud Orchestration and Management

FOCOM

Fault and Configuration Management

FPGA

Field Programmable Gate Array

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

FTPES

File Transfer Protocol Explicit‐mode Secure

FTPS

File Transfer Protocol Secure

GBR

Guaranteed Bit Rate

GCP

Google Cloud Platform

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

gNB

next‐generation Node B

gNB‐CU

next‐generation Node B‐Central Unit

gNB‐CU‐CP

gNB‐CU‐Control Plane

gNB‐CU‐UP

gNB‐CU‐User Plane

gNB‐DU

next‐generation Node B‐Distributed Unit

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GRPC

Google Remote Procedure Call

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communication

GSMA

GSM Association

GTP

GPRS Tunneling Protocol

GUTI

Globally Unique Temporary Identifier

HARQ

Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest

HRLLC

Hyper Reliable and Low‐Latency Communication

HTC

Holographic‐Type Communications

HTTP

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure

HW

Hardware

IAB

Integrated Access and Backhaul

IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

ICMP

Internet Control Message Protocol

IEFG

Industry Engagement Focus Group

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IFFT

Inverse Fast Fourier Transform

IIoT

Industrial Internet of Thing

IKE

Internet Key Exchange

IMI

Internal Messaging Infrastructure

IMS

Infrastructure Management Services

IMT

International Mobile Telecommunication

ION

Intelligent Operation Network

IoT

Internet of Things

IOT

Interoperability Testing

IP

Internet Protocol

IPR

Intellectual Property Right

IPSec

Internet Protocol Security

IPT

Internet Para Todos

IQ

In‐phase Quadrature

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

i‐ZTA

intelligent Zero Trust Architecture

JSON

JavaScript Object Notation

JTAG

Joint Test Action Group

JWT

JSON Web Token

K8s

Kubernetes

KORA

Keysight Open RAN Architect

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

KPIMON

KPI Monitoring

KPM

Key Performance Measurement

KPM

Key Performance Metric

LAA

Licensed Assisted Access

LBT

Listen Before Talk

LCM

Life Cycle Management

LEO

Low‐Earth‐Orbit

LLS

Lower Layer Split

LMF

Location Management Function

LTE

Long‐Term Evolution

MAC

Medium Access Control

MANO

Management and Orchestration

MCHEM

Massive Digital Channel Emulator

MCOT

Maximum Channel Occupancy Time

MCS

Modulation and Coding Scheme

ME

Managed Element

MEC

Multi‐access Edge Computing

MeNB

Master evolved Node B

MFAF

Messaging Framework Adaptor Function

MIB

Master Information...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.2.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: 3GPP • learn O-RAN • Open RAN • O-RAN Alliance • O-RAN architecture • O-RANbenefits • O-RAN challenges • O-RAN control loops • O-RANdeployment • O-RANdomain • O-RAN ecosystem • O-RAN in 6G • O-RAN interfaces • O-RAN nodes • O-RANsecurity • O-RAN testing • rapps • xApps
• ISBN-10: 1-394-20682-8 / 1394206828
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-20682-7 / 9781394206827