Demo -- Closer to Cloud-RAN: RAN as a Service

Nikaein, N.; Knopp, R.; Gauthier, L.; Schiller, Eryk Jerzy; Braun, Torsten; Pichon, D.; Bonnet, C.; Kaltenberger, F.; Nussbaum, D. (7 September 2015). Demo -- Closer to Cloud-RAN: RAN as a Service. In: Proceedings of the 21st ACM Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM MOBICOM) Demonstrations (pp. 193-195). ACM 10.1145/2789168.2789178

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Commoditization and virtualization of wireless networks are changing the economics of mobile networks to help network providers (e.g., MNO, MVNO) move from proprietary and bespoke hardware and software platforms toward an open, cost-effective, and flexible cellular ecosystem. In addition, rich and innovative local services can be efficiently created through cloudification by leveraging the existing infrastructure. In this work, we present RANaaS, which is a cloudified radio access network delivered as a service. RANaaS provides the service life-cycle of an ondemand, elastic, and pay as you go 3GPP RAN instantiated on top of the cloud infrastructure. We demonstrate an example of realtime cloudified LTE network deployment using the OpenAirInterface LTE implementation and OpenStack running on commodity hardware as well as the flexibility and performance of the platform developed.

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