Open Source 5G Solution for Industrial Edge

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Explore an open source 5G solution designed for industrial edge applications, providing flexibility, scalability, and adaptability to evolving 5G technology. This solution enables customization of networks, avoids vendor lock-in, and showcases various industrial edge solutions based on open source platforms. Dive into the proposed design architecture, 5G RAN reference SW architecture, and applications for network orchestration and management.

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Open Source 5G Solution for Industrial Edge LF Edge Industry Solution Showcase

Agenda Introduction & Background Proposed Design Architecture 5G Edge Industrial Use cases Project Description Demo Conclusion Discussion / Q & A

Introduction & Background Open source 5G RAN SW Reference architecture for Industrial Edge solutions : Provides more flexibility, scalability, and adaptability to rapidly evolving 5G technology Enables MNO to customize their network more easily and cost-effectively, as well as to build virtualized network functions, such as base stations, that can be deployed in both small & macro cells Avoids Vendor lock-in situation, HW platform dependency from the commercially licensed SW SDK Especially L1 Hi-PHY layer needs for an alternative SW reference architecture in lieu of FlexRAN, opening up new open source business models that create operational value, generate new revenue streams, reduce costs and enhance competitiveness Edge applications are creating an increase in the complexity of the overall edge ecosystem, driving the adoption of open source software and meaningful standards Demonstrate various Industrial Edge solutions based open source platform infrastructure to meet the changing requirements of 5G networks

Proposed Design Architecture

Open source 5G RAN Reference SW Architecture Offering Optimized 5G Network reference SW architecture using open source based infrastructure platform for Industrial Edge application & use case 5G Service Orchestration & Network Management (OpenStack / Kubernetes OCP) 5G Networking Reference SW Application / API Libraries 5G Networking Test Infrastructure ORAN 5G L2/L3 Layer ORAN 5G Core Layer ORAN 5G L1 PHY SDK DPDK Wireless Dev (BBDev) Test App. Open source API Libraries Open source Development tools Turbo SW Driver API/LIB. User Space Driver Network Driver / PMD Linux Runtime HW Acceleration FPGA Bitstream Image Telco Cloud Platform / VMware / Hypervisor / Container FPGA CPU SmartNIC Accelerator Card DPU RFSoc GPU (x86/ARM)

[AMD Official Use Only - General] Open source 5G RAN Reference SW Architecture (AMD) Offering Optimized 5G Network reference SW architecture using open source based technology product portfolio including EPYC CPUs and FPGA accelerator card 5G Service Orchestration & Network Management (OpenStack / Kubernetes OCP) 5G Networking Reference SW Application / API Libraries 5G Networking Test Infrastructure 5G L2/L3 Layer 5G Core Layer ezRAN L1 PHY SDK ezRAN SDK DPDK Wireless Dev (BBDev) Test App. Optimized API Libraries Zen Software Studio (AOCC, Prof, Spack) Optimized API Libraries(SSE/AVX/etc) Incl. AOCL Turbo SW Driver API/LIB. User Space Driver Linux Runtime HW Acceleration FPGA Bitstream Image Telco Cloud Platform / VMware / Hypervisor / Container AMD Pensando DPU AMD Xilinx T-Series Accelerator Card AMD Xilinx RFSoc AMD Xilinx SmartNIC EPYC Embedded EPYC CPUs | 6

LF Open Source Component Projects for 5G Bringing in Innovation and Open source community to liberate Edge solutions

5G Edge Industrial Use cases Bringing in Innovation and Open source community to liberate Edge solutions 5G Low Latency Applications: 5G vRAN Edge computing will enable low latency applications such as VR/AR and gaming, with no noticeable latency or lag. Autonomous Vehicle: 5G vRAN Edge technology can be used for autonomous vehicle control, providing real-time communication between vehicles and other infrastructure. Industrial Automation: 5G vRAN Edge computing can be used for industrial automation, providing near- instantaneous control of industrial machines and robots. Smart Cities: 5G vRAN Edge can be used to create intelligent cities, with smart sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected to the network. Network Security: 5G vRAN Edge can be used to protect the network from malicious actors, providing a secure and reliable connection in a distributed network.

Project Description Make open source 5G platform infrastructure available for Industrial Edge application & use case Ready-to-use Open source based 5G Reference SW stack application Implement O-RAN test app. Package to deploy open source 5G platform infrastructure Vendor-neutral, loosely-coupled 5G Platform framework that provides the choice to plug and play from different 5G network components 5G Core : Full SA 3GPP-compliant OAI-5G Core Network (CN) project, Containerized UPF O-CU/DU : 3GPP compatible 5G gNB RAN SW stack as open source software O-RU : O-RU simulator or ORAN compatible RU Collaborate with 5G Edge HW/SW solution vendors Realize various type of commercial-ready Industrial Edge application and use cases on open source 5G platform infrastructure

Project Detail(Budgetary proposal) Make open source 5G platform infrastructure available for Industrial Edge application & use case Activity Cost 25K~100K+ Comment Our participated member company can chip in to share the cost This is bare minimum license fee Need to get special license for this public community project E2E solution and *SW stack integrator oCU/oDU wraparound testing appliance 50K~100K+ Radio Unit(RU) simulator/UE simulator 25K+ Same as oCU/oDU wrap-around testing solution * Possibly funding a SW innovator such as Wavelabs.io

Industrial Edge application & use case Make open source 5G platform infrastructure available for Industrial Edge application & use case Firecell, Unikie, Wavelabs, etc