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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Toward next generation open radio access networks: What O-RAN can and cannot do!

AS Abdalla, PS Upadhyaya, VK Shah… - IEEE Network, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The open radio access network (O-RAN) describes an industry-driven open architecture and
interfaces for building next generation RANs with artificial intelligence (AI) controllers. We …

Deep learning for B5G open radio access network: Evolution, survey, case studies, and challenges

B Brik, K Boutiba, A Ksentini - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) alliance was recently launched to devise a new RAN
architecture featuring open, software-driven, virtual, and intelligent radio access architecture …

Artificial intelligence in open-radio access network

PH Masur, JH Reed, NK Tripathi - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article outlines the proposed open-radio access network (O-RAN) deployment for fifth-
generation (5G) wireless networks. O-RAN seeks to supplant hardware-specific radio …

O-RAN: Disrupting the virtualized RAN ecosystem

A Garcia-Saavedra… - IEEE Communications …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The O-RAN Alliance is a worldwide effort to reach new levels of openness in next-
generation virtualized radio access networks (vRANs). Initially launched by five major …

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 …

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 …