OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop

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OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop

The OpenAirInterface Software Alliance recently celebrated the OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop, hosted by EURECOM, the founding member of OAI, on 12-13 September 2024 in Biot, France.

Over the past decade, the OAI community has worked to develop 4G and 5G software, benefiting tens of thousands of users worldwide. As a pioneer in open-source software-defined radio solutions, OAI has played a role in accelerating innovation and fostering a culture of collaboration with some of the most prestigious technology companies and research organizations.

During the two-day event, we celebrated a decade of achievements while looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities of the future. The workshop featured insightful talks, captivating keynotes, and interactive demos showcasing the latest advancements in the OAI ecosystem.

We thank all attendees, speakers, and partners for their contributions and look forward to continuing to build a vibrant OAI community in the years to come.

Keynote Speakers

Cédric Gégout – CANONICAL: Cedric has more than 26 years of professional experience in the IT and Telco industries. He started his career at Mitsubishi Electric and then at Orange Labs, where he contributed to multiple industrial standards including 3GPP, W3C, and MPEG. As an entrepreneur, he founded a mobile multimedia company acquired by Amdocs Ltd. in 2010. He then took the lead in Amdocs’ cloud-native strategy until he joined Canonical in February 2023. He owns more than 27 patents and holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He is a seasoned innovation catalyst and a passionate promoter of open source and intrapreneurship in large organizations.

Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez – ERICSSON: Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez is a team leader at Ericsson Research, where he investigates standard and proprietary artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) techniques for 5G Advanced and 6G air interfaces. For his work in this area, he was recognized with the Ericsson Impact Award in 2023 and as a Key Ericsson Contributor for his potential to drive long-term strategic priorities in 2022. Adrian is a co-inventor of over 50 filed patent families, for which he received the Nokia Bell Labs Ireland Certificate of Outstanding Achievement for co-authoring the highest number of filed patents in 2019. He is a recipient of the 2021 IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Young Researcher Award for EMEA and the Best Paper Award at PIMRC’19 for his work on “UAV-to-UAV Cellular Communications.” Adrian has been an active contributor to IEEE conferences, having organized nine workshops and delivered 20 keynotes, tutorials, and industrial seminars.

Lorenzo Casaccia – QUALCOMM: Lorenzo Casaccia, Head of Technology Standards at Qualcomm, leads a global team across 20 countries, focusing on cellular/3GPP, video research/standards, regional standards organizations, spectrum engineering, and standards in semiconductors, AI, wired connectivity, automotive, multimedia, and the internet. With over two decades at Qualcomm, he has a broad understanding of the mobile and standardization ecosystem, interfacing with the CTO office, product development, licensing, and legal teams. A recognized industry figure with a long history in 5G standards leadership, Lorenzo has significantly impacted cellular roadmaps. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from Turin Polytechnic, Telecommunications from the EURECOM Institute, and Philosophy from Rome University, and is the author or co-author of over 40 approved patents. Based in Barcelona he frequently travels to California.

Arpit Joshipura – LINUX FOUNDATION: Arpit Joshipura (General manager of networking, IOT & EDGE) is an executive leader and open source software evangelist across carriers, cloud, and enterprise IT – spanning networking, orchestrations, operating systems, security, AI, edge, hardware, and silicon. He was recently voted among the Top 5 Movers and Shakers in the Telecom Industry. At the Linux Foundation, Arpit leads open-source networking, orchestration & edge/IOT, including LF Networking projects (ONAP, OPNFV, ODL, FDIO, OvS, DPDK, OpenSwitch, Akraino/Edge/IOT, etc.) as well as major industry disruptions including VNFs to CNFs (Cloud Native Network functions), 5G, AI, etc. Arpit brings 30 years of networking expertise and vision to The Linux Foundation with both technical depth and business breadth. He has orchestrated and led major industry disruptions across enterprises, carriers, and cloud architectures, including IP, broadband, optical, mobile, routing, switching, L4-7, cloud, disaggregation, SDN/NFV, and open networking. He has been an early evangelist for open source. Arpit has served in CMO, VP, and Engineering roles within startups and larger enterprises.

Workshop sponsor

The workshop is organized with the sponsorship of Qualcomm.

Agenda

Day 1 (2024/09/12):

Time Slot (CET)	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
08:30 – 09:00	*REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST*
09:00 – 09:30	Raymond Knopp David Gesbert Christian Bonnet	OpenAirInterface EURECOM OAI Founding President	Welcome and Introduction to the Workshop
09:30 – 10:15	Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez	Ericsson	The Road of Artificial Intelligence Towards 6G Air Interface
10:15 – 11:00	Cédric Gégout	Canonical	Open Source in Telecoms
11:00 – 11:30	*COFFEE BREAK*
Special Session: O-RAN Testing
11:30 – 11:45	Tommaso Melodia	Northeastern University	Open 6G: Orchestration, Automation, Conflict Management, and Explainability in nextG Wireless Systems
11:45 – 12:00	Hongwei Zhang	Iowa State University	End-to-End Open-Source O-RAN Prototyping in ARA for Low-Latency Agriculture Applications
12:00 – 12:15	Fransiscus Asisi Bimo Ray-Guang Cheng	NTUST	O-RAN Interoperability Testing: From Functionality to End-to-End Integration
12:15 – 12:30	Ian Wong	VIAVI	O-RAN Test and Integration: Latest Progress
12:30 – 13:30	*LUNCH BREAK*
Special Session: Business Cases with OAI
13:30 – 13:45	Bartolo Scanavino Cédric Thienot	Firecell	Deploying Private 5G with OpenAirInterface
13:45 – 14:00	Paulo Marques	Allbesmart	OAIBOX Open RAN: Open-source Platform for Interoperability Testing
14:00 – 14:15	Navid Nikaein	BubbleRAN	Where is BubbleRAN Taking OpenAirInterface?
14:15 – 14:30	Stefan Spettel	Phine.tech	Simplify OAI & Enable Use Case Development through the Virtual5GLab
14:30 – 14:45	Neel Pandeya & Dr. Amr Haj-Omar	NI	USRP 5G & 6G Reference Architectures: Enabling Wireless Innovation
14:45 – 15:45	Jimmy Ahlberg Ultan Mulligan Jonne Soininen Tommaso Melodia Doug Knisely	Ericsson ETSI Nokia Northeastern University Qualcomm	Panel: Standards and Open Source Software: Investigating and Shaping the Relationship Moderator: Raymond Knopp – OpenAirInterface
15:45 – 16:15	*COFFEE BREAK*
16:15 – 18:00	*POSTER SESSION & DEMO VISITS*
	Demos
. . .	. Paulo Marques & Matthias Mehlhose . Navid Nikaein . Navid Nikaein . Filippo Rebecchi . Adeel Malik & Florian Kaltenberger . Philipp Jeschofnik . Damien Saucez . Hongwei Zhang . Yuki Susukida . Karim Boutiba .	. Allbesmart & Fraunhofer HHI . BubbleRAN . BubbleRAN . Ericsson . Firecell & EURECOM . Fachhochschule Kärnten . Inria . Iowa State University . Kozo Keikaku Engineering . EURECOM	. OAIBOX mmWave Research Platform . 5G Digital Twin Network with OAI . Auto-RAN: Automated Application-Driven RAN Slicing with OAI . A Practical Demonstration of RRC Signaling Attacks with OAI . Demonstrating 3GPP UL-TDoA Positioning in OAI on the EURECOM Testbed . Comparing Latency: Centralized vs. Distributed UPF in 5G Networks . How the SLICES Research Instrument Leverages OAI to Reach Reproducible Research . ARA-Enabled End-to-End Open-Source Prototyping of 5G/O-RAN Solutions for Predictable Low-Latency Communications . 5G Simulation/Emulation using Deterministic Channel Models with OAI and Sionna . AI FR2 with LiteON O-RU
18:00	*SOCIAL EVENT* *CLOSING OF DAY – 1*

Posters list

Demos day 1

Day 2 (2024/09/13):

Time Slot (CET)	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
08:30 – 09:00	*REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST*
09:00 – 09:45	Lorenzo Casaccia	Qualcomm	Perspectives on 6G
09:45 – 10:45	Ciaran Johnston Timo Perälä Alexandre François Hanen Garcia	Ericsson Nokia Orange Red Hat	Panel: Orchestrating End-to-End 5G with Nephio and Sylva: Showcasing with OAI Moderator: Sagar Arora – OpenAirInterface
10:45 – 11:15	*COFFEE BREAK*
11:15 – 11:30	Silvia Almagia	ETSI	ETSI SDGs: Collaborative Software in Support of Standardization
Special Session: FR2
11:30 – 11:45	Raymond Knopp	EURECOM	mmWave R&D Activities at EURECOM
11:45 – 12:00	Dr Amr Haj-Omar Neel Pandeya Luis Pereira	NI \| Emerson & Allbesmart	mmWave Research Platform based on OAI and USRP
12:00 – 12:15	Matthias Mehlhose	Fraunhofer HHI	An Open-source 6G Testbed for FR2 Sidelink as well as Joint Communication and Sensing Research
12:15 – 12:30	Aleksandar Ichkov	RWTH Aachen University	Towards Integration of Multi-Modal Sensing for FR2 Beam Management in OAI
12:30 – 13:30	*LUNCH BREAK*
13:30 – 14:15	Arpit Joshipura	Linux Foundation	LF Networking: Open Collaboration for the Next Era – Core to RAN
14:15 – 14:30	Abhimanyu Gosain	PAWR Program Office	Open Architectures and Neutral Test Infrastructures in NSF Platforms as Future G Research Enablers
14:30 – 14:45	Florian Kaltenberger	OpenAirInterface	OpenAirInterface: Recent Developments & News
Special Session: NTN
14:45 – 15:00	Thomas Schlichter	Fraunhofer IIS	OAI 5G NR NTN – PHY and MAC Layer Contributions
15:00 – 15:15	Daniel Zirmer	Lasting Software	An SMEs Journey Towards 5G/6G NTN Disruptive Technologies
15:15 – 15:30	Alexander Dorosenco	Qualcomm	5G-6G NTN: A hardware perspective
15:30 – 16:00	*COFFEE BREAK*
16:00 – 18:00	*POSTER SESSION, DEMO VISITS & NETWORKING*
	Demos
. . .	. Daniel Zirmer . Neel Pandeya . Davide Villa . Rajeev Gangula . Bruno Mongazon & Laurent Thomas . Teodora Vladic . Mina Yonan . Andreas Ingo Grohmann . Omid Esrafilian .	. Lasting Software . National Instruments . Northeastern University . Northeastern University . Nokia Bell Labs/Open Cells . OpenAirInterface . Orange Egypt . TU Dresden . EURECOM .	. SIB19 enabled 5G NTN connectivity . 5G O-RAN O-RU Reference Architecture on the USRP X410 . X5G: An Open, Programmable, Multi-vendor, End-to-end, Private 5G O-RAN Testbed with NVIDIA ARC and OAI . Novel RTT Method in 5G . Compliance of OAI Soft UE to Nokia gNB . Demo of OAI O-RAN Architecture with RT Data Monitoring and Accelerator Offloading . RIC-TaaP: RIC Testing as a Platform . Cost-Efficient OpenAirInterface: Exploring the 7.2x Split sans Fronthaul Switch . 5G Connected Robotics for Control, Sensing, and Communication .
18:00	*CLOSING*

Posters list

Demos day 2

All demos

Workshop recordings

Day One: 2024/09/12

Welcome speach

Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez - Ericsson

Cédric Gégout - Canonical

Tommaso Melodia - Northeastern University

Hongwei Zhang - Iowa State University

Fransiscus Asisi Bimo - NTUST

Ian Wong - Viavi

Bartolo Scanavino & Cédric Thienot - Firecell

Paulo Marques - Allbesmart

Navid Nikaein - BubbleRAN

Stefan Spettel - Phine.tech

Neel Pandeya - NI

Panel Day 1

Day Two: 2024/09/13

Lorenzo Casaccia - Qualcomm

Panel Day 2

Silvia Almagia - ETSI

Raymond Knopp - EURECOM

Dr. Amr Haj-Omar - NI

Matthias Mehlhose - Fraunhofer HHI

Aleksandar Ichkov - RWTH Aachen University

Arpit Joshipura - Linux Foundation

Abhimanyu Gosain - PAWR Program Office

Florian Kaltenberger - OpenAirInterface

Thomas Schlichter - Fraunhofer IIS

Daniel Zirmer - Lasting Software

Alexander Dorosenco - Qualcomm

Social Event

Celebrate with us at la Villa Djunah Beach
Date: 12th September
Time: Evening (after the first day of the workshop)
Location: La Villa Djunah, Juan-les-Pins
Transportation: Round-trip transportation included

We are pleased to invite participants to join us for a special evening to celebrate the OpenAirInterface 10th Anniversary Workshop. After a productive first day, unwind and connect with fellow attendees at the exquisite la Villa Djunah Beach, a stunning venue on the French Riviera in Juan-les-Pins.

La Villa Djunah is more than just a restaurant; it is an iconic seaside villa that combines luxury, history, and Mediterranean charm. The restaurant is fully privatized for our event, ensuring an exclusive and intimate experience for our guests. Begin your evening with a cocktail reception, where you can enjoy the sunset views over the pristine beach, followed by a gourmet dinner prepared with the finest local ingredients.

This social event is an opportunity to network, share ideas, and create lasting memories with colleagues from around the world in a relaxed and elegant setting.

Important Details:
– Transportation: We’ve arranged comfortable transportation to and from La Villa Djunah.
– Dress Code: Smart casual—come prepared to enjoy an evening by the sea.
We look forward to celebrating with you at one of the most beautiful and exclusive spots on the French Riviera.

Accommodation & Access to EURECOM

Accommodation: Here are different hotel recommendations near EURECOM:
– Moxy Sophia Antipolis Hotel
– B&B Hôtel Antibes Sophia Antipolis
– Golden Tulip Sophia Antipolis – Hotel & Spa
– Mercure Antibes Sophia Antipolis
– Nemea Appart’Hotel Sophia Antipolis
– Mouratoglou Hotel & Resort

Access to EURECOM:
There are different ways to reach EURECOM. You can arrive:

1) By Car:
– A8 Motorway: Take Exit 44 for Antibes, Sophia Antipolis. Follow the signs for Sophia Antipolis from the roundabout at INRA, Route des Chappes.
Parking: Visitor parking is available at EURECOM. Please inform the reception in advance if you need parking assistance.

2) By Train:
– Antibes is the nearest railway station. Buses and taxis provide regular connections between Antibes and Sophia Antipolis.

3) By Bus:
– Get off at the “St Philippe” bus stop – Access via “Route des Colles.”
– From the airport or Nice-Ville: Line 630 is the regular service – Get off at the “Les Chappes” bus stop
– From the neighboring towns of Sophia Antipolis: Envibus
– From Grasse and its surroundings: Sillages

If you are coming to EURECOM by bus and get off at the “Les Chappes” bus stop, you will enter the campus through the gate. After the gate, climb the stairs and walk past the Campus SophiaTech buildings until you reach letter F. EURECOM is at the end of this walkway on the left.