O-SENSE: Open Source Enhanced 5G Networking Solutions Ecosystem

Kryptowire and MMB Solutions will build Open Source Enhanced 5G Networking Solutions Ecosystem (O-SENSE). O-SENSE is designed as a framework that provides a 5G testbed which meets industry performance requirements and supports use case-driven network slicing deployments with Quality of Service (QoS). The testbed aims to enable subscriber and profile configuration through a unified management platform. To achieve this, O-SENSE will utilize existing and proven solutions, Aether and srsRAN. Aether is an open source private 5G platform that provides a cloud optimized solution to offer an end-to-end 5G network implementation that relies on SD-Core as the Core Network base and supports a variety of RAN options. Aether also provides its own Aether Management Platform (AMP) which includes Runtime Operational Control (ROC), that allows administrators to configure subscriber and profile information, as well as implement policies related to those profiles. The Kryptowire team will integrate Aether's Core Network and Management Platform with srsRAN. srsRAN is a fully virtualized, O-RAN native CU/DU solution. It is fully portable across x86 and ARM architectures, designed as modular and easy to integrate with third-party components. srsRAN supports both open source and enterprise level RAN deployments, and is targeted to both on-premise servers and cloud infrastructure. Moreover, the Kryptowire team will provide a resource optimization framework. Resource consumption measurements performed on various individual 5G Core Network Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) will be used to find optimal network slice deployments that will minimize CPU and memory usage while meeting the use case requirements for a specified number of users. The testbed will also provide performance and resource consumption measurements for various use cases to aid experimentation and future research. With Aether and srsRAN as its base, O-SENSE will provide an enterprise-grade 5G testbed with streamlined configurability offered through a Graphical User Interface (GUI). To further promote its utilization, the testbed will offer remote access. The entire testbed will be installed on New Mexico Tech (NMT) Playas Training and Research Center (PTRC) infrastructure.