A survey on open radio access networks: Challenges, research directions, and open source approaches

W Azariah, FA Bimo, CW Lin, RG Cheng, N Nikaein… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The open radio access network (RAN) aims to bring openness and intelligence to the
traditional closed and proprietary RAN technology and offer flexibility, performance …

Supporting intelligence in disaggregated open radio access networks: Architectural principles, AI/ML workflow, and use cases

A Giannopoulos, S Spantideas, N Kapsalis… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Driven by the emerging trend for transparent, open and programmable communications,
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) constitutes the dominant architectural approach for …

Intelligent O-RAN for beyond 5G and 6G wireless networks

S Niknam, A Roy, HS Dhillon, S Singh… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Building on the principles of openness and intelligence, there has been a concerted global
effort from the operators towards enhancing the radio access network (RAN) architecture …

Open RAN xApps design and evaluation: Lessons learnt and identified challenges

M Hoffmann, S Janji, A Samorzewski… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The concept of open radio access networks (RAN) creates numerous opportunities for
developing new technology and economy branches. At the same time, a flexible and …

Understanding O-RAN: Architecture, interfaces, algorithms, security, and research challenges

M Polese, L Bonati, S D'oro, S Basagni… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Open Radio Access Network (RAN) and its embodiment through the O-RAN Alliance
specifications are poised to revolutionize the telecom ecosystem. O-RAN promotes …

Open radio access networks (O-RAN) experimentation platform: Design and datasets

JX Salvat, JA Ayala-Romero, L Zanzi… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance is driving the latest evolution of RAN
deployments, moving from traditionally closed and dedicated hardware implementations …

The evolution of radio access network towards open-RAN: Challenges and opportunities

SK Singh, R Singh, B Kumbhani - 2020 IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The coexistence of massive Internet of Things (IoT) network and modern technologies (eg,
high speed gaming and self driving vehicles) requires a versatile network which can provide …

Toward integrating intelligence and programmability in open radio access networks: A comprehensive survey

A Arnaz, J Lipman, M Abolhasan, M Hiltunen - Ieee Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open RAN is an emerging vision and an advancement of the Radio Access Network (RAN).
Its purpose is to implement a vendor and network-generation agnostic RAN, provide …

Cloud-RAN: Innovative radio access network architecture

M Hadzialic, B Dosenovic, M Dzaferagic… - Proceedings ELMAR …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent penetration of SDR (Software defined radio) technology into mobile systems of new
generation as well as increasing throughput demands in radio access network (RAN) are …

FlexRAN: A flexible and programmable platform for software-defined radio access networks

X Foukas, N Nikaein, MM Kassem, MK Marina… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Although the radio access network (RAN) part of mobile networks offers a significant
opportunity for benefiting from the use of SDN ideas, this opportunity is largely untapped due …