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 …

Intelligence and learning in O-RAN for data-driven NextG cellular networks

L Bonati, S D'Oro, M Polese, S Basagni… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next generation (NextG) cellular networks will be natively cloud-based and built on
programmable, virtualized, and disaggregated architectures. The separation of control …

ColO-RAN: Developing machine learning-based xApps for open RAN closed-loop control on programmable experimental platforms

M Polese, L Bonati, S D'Oro, S Basagni… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cellular networks are undergoing a radical transformation toward disaggregated, fully
virtualized, and programmable architectures with increasingly heterogeneous devices and …

Open, programmable, and virtualized 5G networks: State-of-the-art and the road ahead

L Bonati, M Polese, S D'Oro, S Basagni, T Melodia - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Fifth generation (5G) cellular networks will serve a wide variety of heterogeneous use cases,
including mobile broadband users, ultra-low latency services and massively dense …

Colosseum: Large-scale wireless experimentation through hardware-in-the-loop network emulation

L Bonati, P Johari, M Polese, S D'Oro… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Colosseum is an open-access and publicly-available large-scale wireless testbed for
experimental research via virtualized and softwarized waveforms and protocol stacks on a …

Empowering the 6G cellular architecture with Open RAN

M Polese, M Dohler, F Dressler… - IEEE Journal on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Innovation and standardization in 5G have brought advancements to every facet of the
cellular architecture. This ranges from the introduction of new frequency bands and …

OpenRAN Gym: AI/ML development, data collection, and testing for O-RAN on PAWR platforms

L Bonati, M Polese, S D'Oro, S Basagni, T Melodia - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Open Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures will enable interoperability,
openness and programmable data-driven control in next generation cellular networks …

ChARM: NextG spectrum sharing through data-driven real-time O-RAN dynamic control

L Baldesi, F Restuccia, T Melodia - IEEE INFOCOM 2022-IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's radio access networks (RANs) are monolithic entities which often operate statically
on a given set of parameters for the entirety of their operations. To implement realistic and …

Open radio access network challenges for next generation mobile network

N Aryal, E Bertin, N Crespi - 2023 26th Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the tightly-coupled hardware and software architecture of existing RAN systems and
their non-flexibility, disaggregation of software and hardware can bring many …

SCOPE: An open and softwarized prototyping platform for NextG systems

L Bonati, S D'Oro, S Basagni, T Melodia - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The cellular networking ecosystem is being radically transformed by openness,
softwarization, and virtualization principles, which will steer NextG networks toward solutions …