Intelligent O-RAN Beyond 5G: Architecture, Use Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities

S Marinova, A Leon-Garcia - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Open RAN (Radio Access Network) is revolutionizing the telecom space by introducing a
framework based on the concepts of virtualization and openness. O-RAN fosters virtualized …

PandORA: Automated design and comprehensive evaluation of deep reinforcement learning agents for Open RAN

M Tsampazi, S D'Oro, M Polese… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The highly heterogeneous ecosystem of Next Generation (NextG) wireless communication
systems calls for novel networking paradigms where functionalities and operations can be …

FlexSlice: Flexible and real-time programmable RAN slicing framework

CC Chen, CY Chang, N Nikaein - GLOBECOM 2023-2023 …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing aims to roll out various services in the same network
deployment while ensuring performance guarantee and resource isolation, it is identified as …

AweRAN: Making a case for application-aware radio access network slicing

A Kak, HT Thieu, VQ Pham, RK Sheshadri… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
As communications service providers ponder ways to cater to the diverse traffic
requirements of mobile applications that range from the classic telephony to modern …

ORCA: Cloud-native Orchestration and Automation of E2E Cellular Network Functions and Slices

VQ Pham, A Kak, HT Thieu… - IEEE INFOCOM 2024-IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the evolution towards 5G-A and 6G, cloud-native cellular network orchestration is
expected to playa key role in network performance optimization, yet systems research in this …

INTEGRan: Towards Vertical and Horizontal Integration for Programmable RAN Performance Optimization

A Kak, VQ Pham, HT Thieu… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As radio access networks (RANs) evolve to incorpo-rate new paradigms of programmability
and control, the Open RAN (or O-RAN) architecture is rapidly becoming the de facto …