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ONF Announces First Release of SD-RAN v1.0 Software Platform for Open RANMENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the ONF announced a major milestone for the SD-RAN open RAN project with its first software release. SD-RAN v1.0 is a cloud-native exemplar platform for software-defined RAN that is consistent with the O-RAN architecture. Background The SD-RAN community includes leading operators, vendors and other connectivity stakeholders embracing the open RAN movement and the vision of a vendor agnostic nRT-RIC to help enable multi-vendor interoperability. Current SD-RAN community members include: Aarna Networks, Airhop Communications, AT&T, China Mobile, China Unicom, Cohere Technologies, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Intel, NTT, Parallel Wireless, Radisys and Sercomm. SD-RAN v1.0 Secondly, an end-to-end solution is provided. The RAN components interact with Samsung Android handsets as well as OAI User Element (UE) emulation software. For mobile core (EPC) integration, the RAN components interact with ONF's OMEC mobile core. This release also includes the beginnings of an app-SDK which can ease the process of creating xApps that are portable across different nRT-RIC platforms. As part of ONF's commitment to supporting the O-RAN Alliance, this SDK is being shared with the O-RAN Software Community to support and promote availability of interoperable xApps and rApps that can work with a selection of nRT-RIC implementations. Finally, the solution can be instantiated in two distinct forms to create nimble development environments. SD-RAN can run on reference white-box hardware, and it can also be instantiated entirely in a virtualized form (in a VM or server) in a distribution package called RiaB (sdRan-in-a-Box). The entire distribution including xApp, µONOS-RIC components, CU/DU, UE and OMEC can be instantiated within RiaB with just a few simple commands. Taken together, this is the start of a complete development environment for xApp developers and for those wishing to integrate RU, DU and CU RAN components into an open RAN solution. This will enable vendors to begin to enhance their components to work with an O-RAN consistent solution, setting the stage for building and trialing multi-vendor open RAN solutions. Live Techinar Project & Community The public can stay updated on the project's progress by subscribing to the SD-RAN Announce mailing list, and find information about ONF's SD-RAN project on the SD-RAN webpage. About the Open Networking Foundation View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onf-announces-first-release-of-sd-ran-v1-0-software-platform-for-open-ran-301214116.html SOURCE Open Networking Foundation |