Joint OSC/OSFG-OAI Workshop: End-to-End Reference Designs for O-RAN

The Joint O-RAN Software Community (OSC)/Open Source Focus Group (OSFG) and OpenAirInterface (OAI) Workshop will be held in partnership with the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University – Innovation Campus, Burlington on the 14-15 November 2023.

The purpose of the workshop is to bring the two communities together to define the roadmap for collaboration on open source reference designs and to roll out showcases of the O-RAN architecture.

This workshop will also allow participants to present and visit demos of the latest O-RAN integrations in open source.  Talks and panels will give the opportunity to interact with the leadership and members of the two communities. The participants will be able to discuss technical details as well as debate other matters like software usability, availability, development, testing, and deployment methodologies. This is a face-to-face event.

AGENDA

Day One: 2023/11/14

Time Slot (EST) Speaker Affiliation Title
09:00 – 09:15 Tracy Van Brakle
Tommaso Melodia
Raymond Knopp
OSFG
Northeastern University
OpenAirInterface
Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop 
09:15 – 09:30 James Li OSC A Short Introduction to the O-RAN Software Community (OSC)
09:30 – 09:45 Raymond Knopp OpenAirInterface A Short Introduction to OAI
09:45 – 10:15 Chih-Lin I China Mobile Keynote: How will Open Source Reference Showcases Benefit the O-RAN Ecosystem?
10:15 – 10:45 COFFEE BREAK 
10:45 – 11:15 Tracy Van Brakle
Doug Knisely
OSFG
Qualcomm
Keynote: Explaining the Super Wireless Blueprint and its Purpose
11:15 – 11:45 Florian Kaltenberger
Robert Schmidt
Northeastern University
OpenAirInterface
OAI Working Practices, Development Process, and Roadmap
11:45 – 12:15 James Li OSC OSC Working Practices, Development Process, and Roadmap
12:15 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 14:00 Panel:  What Role of Open-Source Software in Testing Frameworks, Trials, Products, and Deployments?
14:00 – 16:10 Technical session #1: Usecases Leveraging Open Source Software
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Ganesh Shenbagaraman

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Neel Pandeya

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Bruno Mendes

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Cédric Thienot

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Francesco Linsalata

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Adriyel Nieves

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Paulo Marques

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Radisys

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Capgemini

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Firecell

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Politecnico di Milano

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Worcester Polytechnic

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Allbesmart

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O-RAN Stack Reference Design – From Specs to Architecture to Implementation

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National Instruments O-RAN Designs and NextGen Roadmap

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Intelligent Transportation System in Unlicensed Spectrum: Precise Point Positioning

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The O-RAN Labkit Based on OAI/OSC Code Components

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Advancing O-RAN to Facilitate Intelligence in V2X

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Implementation and Eval of a Smart Uplink Jamming Attack in a Public 5G Network

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An O-RAN Ready Solution: The OAIBOX

16:10 – 17:30 DEMO VISITS
17:30 – 19:00 RECEPTION & COLOSSEUM WIRELESS NETWORK EMULATOR VISIT
CLOSING OF DAY – 1

Day Two: 2023/11/15

Time Slot (EST) Speaker Affiliation Title
09:00 – 09:30 Keynote: US National Innovation Initiatives to Facilitate the Adoption of Open and Interoperable Wireless Networks
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote: Open6G: Next Generation Infrastructure
Special Session: SCF collaborations with O-RAN and OAI
10:00 – 10:20 Prabhakar Chitrapu SCF Small Cell Forum’s Open Source Collaborations
10:20 – 10:40 Andrei Radulescu Qualcomm SCF FAPI Reference Implementation in OAI and Opportunities for the Broader Community
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK 
11:00 – 12:00 Panel: O-Cloud, O2 Interface, and the Role of Opensource Communities in this Arena
12:00 – 13:00 LUNCH BREAK
13:00 – 15:30 Technical Session #2: Operations and Maintenance 

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Ahan Kak

Michele Polese

 

Qiang Liu

Mina Rafil

Mina Rafil

Navid Nikaein

Nokia Bell Labs

Northeastern University

Highstreet Technologies
Fraunhofer HHI

Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln

Open Valley

Open Valley

BubbleRAN

A1 Policy-driven RAN Slicing with the OSC RIC and OpenAirInterface

Deploying an Automated Private 5G Network with NVIDIA ARC, OAI, and OpenRAN Gym

O1 Implementation in OAI and Demonstration of System Alarms

Automate Online Service Configuration in Network Slicing

4G/5G Multi-RAT Using FlexRIC and Magma

Energy Efficiency xApp Using FlexRIC and OAI gNB

Deploy 5G Open RAN Smart, Not Hard!

15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK 
16:00 – 17:00 Technical Session #3: Deployment and Testing Frameworks & CI/CD/CT Methodologies in O-RAN Open Labs

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Bo Tang

Hongwei Zhang

David Kinsey

James Li

Adlen Ksentini

Leonardo Bonati

Fransiscus Asisi Bimo

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Iowa State University

OSC

OSC

EURECOM

Northeastern University

NTUST

An AI Testing Framework for Next-G O-RAN Networks

ARA Wireless Living Lab for O-RAN Testing & Integration in Rural + Agriculture Settings

East Coast Bedminster OSC Open Lab CI/CD Environment and Setup

West Coast OSC Open Lab CI/CD Framework

O-RAN Showcases Rollout at the OAI/EURECOM Lab

Automated Testing of OAI and Open RAN Functionalities in Virtualized Environment

Lab Initiatives: Experience with OAI O-CU and OSC O-DU Integration

16:00 – 17:00 DEMO VISITS

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