5G-LEAP - Flexible Open RAN Platform for 5G and beyond networks

5G及以后的移动网络预计将支持各种新兴用例，如全息网真、沉浸式扩展现实、云游戏和自动驾驶。这种多样化的服务集在吞吐量、延迟和可靠性等多个维度上对移动网络提出了严格的要求。通过在公共物理基础设施上创建多个专用于不同服务的隔离端到端虚拟网络，网络切片已被设想为满足这些不同需求的关键推动因素。然而，网络切片的实施并不是没有挑战。该项目解决了阻碍在移动网络中实现端到端分片的一些基本挑战，尤其是在无线接入网络(RAN)中。建立在Open RAN技术之上的端到端网络切片的灵活和可重新配置的特性，将允许实现具有传统移动网络无法保证的严格性能要求的新用例。这项研究将促进来自不同供应商的硬件和软件的集成，并支持新的服务和业务垂直市场，从而使罗杰斯受益。

5G and beyond mobile networks are expected to support a variety of emerging use-cases, such as holographic telepresence, immersive extended-reality, cloud gaming, and autonomous driving. Such a diverse set of services imposes strict requirements on the mobile network along several dimensions, such as throughput, latency, and reliability. Network slicing has been envisaged as a key enabler to satisfy these diverse requirements, by creating multiple isolated end-to-end virtual networks dedicated to different services, on top of a common physical infrastructure. However, the implementation of network slicing is not without its challenges. This project addresses some of these fundamental challenges that are impeding the realization of end-to-end slicing in mobile networks most notably in the Radio Access Network (RAN). The flexible and reconfigurable nature of end-to-end network slices, building on Open RAN technologies, will allow for the realization of new use cases with stringent performance requirements that cannot be guaranteed by legacy mobile networks. This research will benefit Rogers by facilitating the integration of hardware and software from diverse vendors and by enabling new services and business verticals.