The 24 server rack “Technical Heart” of the i14y Lab.
Here, devices can be installed and interconnected for testing.
The interoperability/conformity of the components is tested against testplans during plugfests or standalone device tests - this can be done on-site, remotely or both.
The demo presents an O-RAN Mobility Load Balancing use case in a 5G actual scenario, where the load of Radio Units (i.e.,the number of UEs attached to it) can be balanced by an application. Load balancing can be critical to achieve the needed performance requirements of UEs. An UE, User Equipment. is a commercial handset. This development is in collaboration with ONF.
An application can oversee the status of the amount of UEs connected to a Radio Unit (RU) and balance such load among the RUs. This is enabled via a closed control loop between the RAN equipment (i.e., O-RAN CU) and the near real time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) where the application performs its operations.
The current setup is maintained inside i14y lab, visible by two indoor Radio Units (RU) and a cellphone. The other local RAN components (DU) are hosted in the lab/server room and on a local edge cloud site. Further key components (5G Core) run in a centralized Google Cloud instance.
The components are executed via software interfaces, remotely accessible.
All the needed equipment is already in place.
An area to implement openness in real life. Working together in a like-minded environment.
Also, with the opportunity to book private meeting rooms for those confidential conversations.
GENERAL FACTS
30 fully equipped workstations
5 Meeting Rooms
