5G Cloud-Native: Network Management & Automation
Osama Arouk, Navid Nikaein
Abstract
In this demo, we present 5G network automation in cloud-native environment. Our proposition is to demonstrate the network automation using Kubernets as container orchestration and automating application deployment, while using Openshift Operator as a tool to manage complex services, such as 5G services. For this purpose, we use the containerized OpenAirInterface (OAI) to deploy the network and demonstrate the automatability, such as dynamic switch of RAN between monolithic base station and disaggregated RAN (i.e. Distributed Unit-DU and Centralized Unit-CU), and auto-configuration.
Topics & Concepts
OrchestrationCloud computingContainer (type theory)AutomationComputer scienceSoftware deploymentComputer networkVirtualizationRadio access networkDistributed computingOperating systemBase stationEngineeringVisual artsMusicalMechanical engineeringMobile stationArtSoftware-Defined Networks and 5GAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesIoT and Edge/Fog Computing