VRAN AND OPEN RAN

DURATION : 16 HOURS
DELIVERY MODE: ILT/VILT – Instructor Led Delivery, Virtual Instructor Led
Delivery
PRE-REQUISITE: Wireless Fundamentals, 4G Network Architecture
TARGET AUDIENCES: Radio Engineers, Telecom Engineers

Agenda:
Evolution of RAN?

• History and evolution

• Traditional RAN to Distributed RAN to Centralized RAN
• Evolution to Virtual RAN
• vRAN implementation
• vRAN limitation

What is O-RAN?

• History and objectives

• Overall vision
• The O-RAN Alliance
•
3GPP RAN Architecture

• C-RAN according to 3GPP

• gNB-CU and gNB-DU
• the E1 and F1 interfaces
•
Main O-RAN Architecture

• Building blocks
• Interfaces and protocols
• Simple use case example
• Relation to 3GPP specifications

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Service Management and Orchestration (SMO)

• Purpose, role and responsibilities

• Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
• Other functions: Design, Inventory, Policy, Configuration
• The A1 Interface
• The O1 Interface
The Near-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)

• Purpose, role and responsibilities

• Included functions: xApps, Radio Connection management, Mobility
management, QoS management, Interference management, AI/ML Trained
Models, Radio Network Information Base
• Relevant Interfaces
The E2 Interface and the E2 Nodes

• E2 Nodes:
• E2 Protocol and Procedures
The O2 Interface and O-Cloud

• Protocol and procedures

Selected Use Cases (from O-RAN specs)

• Traffic Steering
• QoE (Quality of Experience)
• QoS-based resource optimization.