Evaluation of the Control Cycle of a Network Slicing xApp in an Experimental Environment with Software Defined Radio

• Grant number: 24/13783-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2024
• End date: August 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Telecommunications
• Principal Investigator: Tereza Cristina Melo de Brito Carvalho
• Grantee: Gabrielle Siqueira Moreira Leão
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/23097-3 - SFI2: slicing future internet infrastructures, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project will investigate the 5G radio access network (RAN), particularly the open RAN architecture (O-RAN), in a network slicing scenario. Experiments will be carried out in the laboratory with Software Defined Radio (SDR) equipment to evaluate the slicing control cycle performed by an xApp, an application running on the intelligent control platform of the radio access network in near-real time (Near-RT RIC) to optimize the virtualized radio functions.