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OpenAirInterface: A Flexible Platform for 5G Research

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Mahesh K. Marina,

Saravana Manickam,

Christian BonnetAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 44, Issue 5

Pages 33 - 38

https://doi.org/10.1145/2677046.2677053

Published: 10 October 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Driven by the need to cope with exponentially growing mobile data traffic and to support new traffic types from massive numbers of machine-type devices, academia and industry are thinking beyond the current generation of mobile cellular networks to chalk a path towards fifth generation (5G) mobile networks. Several new approaches and technologies are being considered as potential elements making up such a future mobile network, including cloud RANs, application of SDN principles, exploiting new and unused portions of spectrum, use of massive MIMO and full-duplex communications. Research on these technologies requires realistic and flexible experimentation platforms that offer a wide range of experimentation modes from real-world experimentation to controlled and scalable evaluations while at the same time retaining backward compatibility with current generation systems. Towards this end, we present OpenAirInterface (OAI) as a suitably flexible platform. In addition, we discuss the use of OAI in the context of several widely mentioned 5G research directions.

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OpenAirInterface: A Flexible Platform for 5G Research
1. Networks
  1. Network types
    1. Mobile networks
    2. Wireless access networks

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cover image ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 44, Issue 5

October 2014

40 pages

ISSN:0146-4833

DOI:10.1145/2677046

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Konstantina Papagiannaki
Telefonica Research, Barcelona, Spain
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Katerina Argyraki
EPFL, Switzerland
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Hitesh Ballani
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
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Northwestern University, USA
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Joseph Camp
SMU, USA
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Augustin Chaintreau
Columbia University, USA
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Phillipa Gill
Stony Brook University, USA
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Marco Mellia
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
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IIT Bombay, India
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Joel Sommers
Colgate University, USA
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INRIA, France

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