Inter-DU Load Balancing in an Experimental Over-the-Air 5G Open Radio Access Network
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| author | Bashar, Fahim Tripathi, Asheesh Chowdhury, Mayukh Roy Da Silva, Aloizio Huff, Alexandre |
| author_facet | Bashar, Fahim Tripathi, Asheesh Chowdhury, Mayukh Roy Da Silva, Aloizio Huff, Alexandre |
| contents | This paper presents the first ever fully open-source implementation of Load Balancing (LB) in an experimental Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) Standalone (SA) network using Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture. The deployment leverages the O-RAN Software Community (SC) Near Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC), srsRAN stack, Open5GS core, and Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) User Equipments (UEs). The implementation extends the srsRAN stack to support E2 Service Model for RAN Control (E2SM-RC) Style 3 Action 1 to facilitate Handovers (HOs) and adds Medium Access Control (MAC) downlink (DL) buffer volume reporting to srsRAN's E2 Service Model for Key Performance Measurement (E2SM-KPM). The deployment demonstrates Near-RT RIC closed-loop control where our Mobility Load Balancing (MLB) xApp makes HO decisions based on network load metrics for LB between two Open Distributed Units (O-DUs) operating at different frequencies in the same band. |
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| spellingShingle | Inter-DU Load Balancing in an Experimental Over-the-Air 5G Open Radio Access Network Bashar, Fahim Tripathi, Asheesh Chowdhury, Mayukh Roy Da Silva, Aloizio Huff, Alexandre Networking and Internet Architecture This paper presents the first ever fully open-source implementation of Load Balancing (LB) in an experimental Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) Standalone (SA) network using Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture. The deployment leverages the O-RAN Software Community (SC) Near Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC), srsRAN stack, Open5GS core, and Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), with Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) User Equipments (UEs). The implementation extends the srsRAN stack to support E2 Service Model for RAN Control (E2SM-RC) Style 3 Action 1 to facilitate Handovers (HOs) and adds Medium Access Control (MAC) downlink (DL) buffer volume reporting to srsRAN's E2 Service Model for Key Performance Measurement (E2SM-KPM). The deployment demonstrates Near-RT RIC closed-loop control where our Mobility Load Balancing (MLB) xApp makes HO decisions based on network load metrics for LB between two Open Distributed Units (O-DUs) operating at different frequencies in the same band. |
| title | Inter-DU Load Balancing in an Experimental Over-the-Air 5G Open Radio Access Network |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02420 |