Gonçalo Queirós, Paulo Correia, André Coelho, Manuel Ricardo
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Abstract
Over the years, mobile networks were deployed using monolithic hardware based on proprietary solutions. Recently, the concept of open Radio Access Networks (RANs), including the standards and specifications from O-RAN Alliance, has emerged. It aims at enabling open, interoperable networks based on independent virtualized components connected through open interfaces. This paves the way to collect metrics and to control the RAN components by means of software applications such as the O- RAN -specified xApps. We propose a private standalone network leveraged by a mobile RAN employing the O-RAN architecture. The mobile RAN consists of a radio node (gNB) carried by a Mobile Robotic Platform autonomously positioned to provide on-demand wireless connectivity. The proposed solution employs a novel Mobility Management xApp to collect and process metrics from the RAN, while using an original algorithm to define the placement of the mobile RAN. This allows for the improvement of the connectivity offered to the User Equipments.
多年来,移动网络一直使用基于专有解决方案的单片硬件进行部署。最近,出现了开放式无线接入网(RAN)的概念,包括 O-RAN 联盟的标准和规范。其目的是实现基于通过开放接口连接的独立虚拟化组件的开放、可互操作网络。这为收集指标和通过软件应用程序(如 O-RAN 指定的 xApps)控制 RAN 组件铺平了道路。我们建议采用 O-RAN 架构的移动 RAN 利用专用独立网络。移动 RAN 由移动机器人平台(Mobile Robotic Platform)携带的无线节点(gNB)组成,可自主定位以提供按需无线连接。建议的解决方案采用新颖的移动性管理 xApp 来收集和处理来自 RAN 的指标,同时使用一种原始算法来定义移动 RAN 的位置。这样就能改善为用户设备提供的连接。