5G Open RAN Summit and 6G Workshop

Open RAN (O-RAN) is a key enabler of 5G and Beyond technologies that will make the Radio Access Network of an end-to-end 6G system more distributed and disaggregated. In addition to disaggregation of various RAN components, namely, the centralized unit and the distributed unit, Open RAN technologies will introduce additional functionalities namely, software-defined networking, virtualization, programmability, closed-loop automation, orchestration in the RAN that will make the network more resilient, enable dynamic resource scheduling, dynamic spectrum sharing, and implement edge security monitoring. This summit will provide a platform for the vendors, operators, academics, and regulators to discuss topics related to research, standardization, trials, and deployment. The Open RAN summit will cover the topics related to the standardization of Open RAN including O-RAN alliance, 3GPP, IEEE, various deployment scenarios, testing and integration, Open RAN security, RAN slicing, and RAN optimization among others. The summit will provide a platform to discuss various opportunities and challenges associated with the Open RAN, ongoing research, trial, and deployment by various operators. This summit will give an opportunity to take a look at experimental results from various trials and deployment, testing, and integration methodologies and discuss potential solutions to various challenges associated with Open RAN deployment. The summit will also discuss various opportunities associated with Open RAN and how the operators and enterprises can use Open RAN technologies to make their networks more optimized, scalable, and cost-efficient. This summit will further explore research opportunities and will pave the way for further collaboration for next-generation Radio Access Networks.

• Researchers & students
• Telecommunications service providers
• Operators
• Vendors
• Start-ups
• Enterprises
• Policymakers & government agencies
• Other interested stakeholders

• RAN Disaggregation with CU and DU
• Programmability and Resilience
• Dynamic Resource Scheduling
• Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
• Edge Security Monitoring
• Closed-Loop Automation
• Enhanced Security
• Virtualization and SDN
• Front-haul, Mid-haul, and Back-haul
• Testing and Integration
• Scalability
• Edge Detection and Mitigation
• RAN Slicing
• RAN Optimization

• Introduction Purva Rajkotia/Ashutosh Dutta, Ivan Seskar, and Mithun Mukherjee
• Chih Lin I, China Mobile
• Mari Silbey, US Ignite
• Venki Ramaswamy, MITRE
• Murat Torlak, NSF
• Padma Sudarsan, VMWare
• Brian Daly, AT&T
• Haseeb Akhtar, Ericsson
• Nicholas Karter, Analog Devices
• Raymond Shen, Keysight
• Scott Poretsky, Ericsson
• Kevin Bross, Intel
• Amit Malhotra, Viavi Solutions
• Sassan Ahmadi, Mavenir
• Michele Polese, North Eastern
•  Irfan Lateef, NEC
• Vishwamitra Nandlall, Dell
• Murali Ranganathan, Facebook
• Ivan Seskar Rutgers, WINLAB
• Sanjiv Katwala, JHU/APL
• Closing Ashutosh Dutta

If you want to prepare yourself to build practical, and fully open telecom equipment, software programs, and end-to-end 4G/5G systems alternative and competitive to those produced by conventional Telecom companies, such as NOKIA, HUAWEI, SAMSUNG, ERICSSON, ZTE, etc., or want to learn how to build private 4G/5G networks, then this course is just for you. In this course, you will learn in detail most technical aspects of building end-to-end 4G and 5G systems including eNodeB/gNodeB, UE, and EPC/5GC.

Private networks, no matter who you ask (see: here, here, or here) have transitioned from lab toys to a multi-billion dollar industry. Open source too has left the lab and solutions from the likes of RedHat, OpenStack, O-RAN Alliance, and the Telecom Infra Project are a growing presence in operators’ networks globally. As the footprint of open source grows, and network operators see the benefits of deploying open-source, the industry is responding by developing open source solutions moving up the stack. Now with the introduction of the Magma project, open-source is moving into complex network functions like the core of the 4G and 5G mobile networks.

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