Testbed Development: An Intelligent O-RAN based Cell-Free MIMO Network
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| author | Chu, Yi Rahmani, Mostafa Shackleton, Josh Grace, David Cumanan, Kanapathippillai Ahmadi, Hamed Burr, Alister |
| author_facet | Chu, Yi Rahmani, Mostafa Shackleton, Josh Grace, David Cumanan, Kanapathippillai Ahmadi, Hamed Burr, Alister |
| contents | Cell-free multiple input multiple output (CF-MIMO) systems improve spectral and energy efficiencies using distributed access points (APs) to provide reliable service across an area equivalent to multiple conventional cells. This paper presents a novel design and implementation of a CF-MIMO network leveraging the open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture based testbed to enhance the performance of interference-prone user. The proposed prototype is developed based on open source software components and unlike many other prototypes, our testbed is able to serve commercial 5G user equipment (UE). The RAN intelligent controller (RIC) allows the cell-free (CF) network to access the embedded artificial intelligence and benefit from the network optimisation techniques that O-RAN brings. The testbed includes an intelligent antenna association xApp which determines the antenna group that serves each UE based on the live key performance measurements. The paper demonstrates the deployment and operation of the CF network and the xApp and discusses how the CF networks can benefit from the O-RAN architecture. |
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| spellingShingle | Testbed Development: An Intelligent O-RAN based Cell-Free MIMO Network Chu, Yi Rahmani, Mostafa Shackleton, Josh Grace, David Cumanan, Kanapathippillai Ahmadi, Hamed Burr, Alister Networking and Internet Architecture Systems and Control Cell-free multiple input multiple output (CF-MIMO) systems improve spectral and energy efficiencies using distributed access points (APs) to provide reliable service across an area equivalent to multiple conventional cells. This paper presents a novel design and implementation of a CF-MIMO network leveraging the open radio access network (O-RAN) architecture based testbed to enhance the performance of interference-prone user. The proposed prototype is developed based on open source software components and unlike many other prototypes, our testbed is able to serve commercial 5G user equipment (UE). The RAN intelligent controller (RIC) allows the cell-free (CF) network to access the embedded artificial intelligence and benefit from the network optimisation techniques that O-RAN brings. The testbed includes an intelligent antenna association xApp which determines the antenna group that serves each UE based on the live key performance measurements. The paper demonstrates the deployment and operation of the CF network and the xApp and discusses how the CF networks can benefit from the O-RAN architecture. |
| title | Testbed Development: An Intelligent O-RAN based Cell-Free MIMO Network |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.08529 |