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O-RAN ALLIANCE Awards Seed Funding for Next Generation Open RAN Research Platforms

#6G--The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) today announced the result of its Call for Proposals for seed funding of platforms that support research and development of next generation open Radio Access Network (R...

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  • $200,000 research seed funding awarded to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, USA
  • Winning proposal is developing an O-RAN digital twin platform to automate end-to-end AI/ML development, integration, and testing
  • Honorable mentions go to two proposals from EURECOM with OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with George Mason University

 

BONN, Germany: #6G--The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) today announced the result of its Call for Proposals for seed funding of platforms that support research and development of next generation open Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure.

Seed funding of $200,000 has been awarded by O-RAN ALLIANCE to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University for their proposal to develop an O-RAN digital twin platform based on the Colosseum network emulator, with the capability to automate end-to-end AI/ML development, integration, and testing.

“Openness, programmability, and intelligence are key to wireless innovation,” said Tommaso Melodia, Director of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, “We are excited to work with the O-RAN ALLIANCE to develop future architectures, algorithmic, and software frameworks that leverage Colosseum – the Open RAN Digital Twin – and our OpenRAN Gym toolset to enable end-to-end testing of AI/ML closed-loop control in programmable networks.”

The funding initiative was led by O-RAN ALLIANCE's next Generation Research Group (nGRG). Its objective is to provide a forum to facilitate O-RAN related 6G research efforts and determine how O-RAN may evolve to support mobile wireless networks in the 6G timeframe and beyond, by leveraging industry and academic 6G research efforts worldwide. The purpose of the seed funding is to be a significant enabler for broader funding of research platforms for next generation infrastructure.

Academic and other research organizations were invited to submit their proposals related to next generation infrastructure for evolving O-RAN architecture. 17 applications were submitted by academic and research organizations from North America, Europe, and Asia. The evaluation and final selection were based on three criteria:

  • Potential impact in advancing O-RAN nGRG’s goals for research and development for next generation infrastructure
  • Ability to leverage the provided funding for future research efforts benefiting next generation infrastructure, including funding from other sources
  • A track record in successful development of research platforms as well as any existing lab infrastructure that may be utilized for projects using current and future funding

In addition to the winning proposal, the O-RAN ALLIANCE also recognized two other proposals with honorable mentions for their excellent quality and value for the industry:

  • EURECOM and OpenAirInterface Software Alliance – Evolving 5G End-to-End Network Platform towards a Next Generation Infrastructure
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and George Mason University – FEMO-CLOUD: Federated, Multi-site O-Cloud Platform for Next generation RAN Research and Experimentation

“The O-RAN ALLIANCE continues to focus on developing a stable and mature specification framework for open and intelligent RAN, enabling the RAN industry to deliver commercial products and solutions,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, Chair of the Board of O-RAN ALLIANCE, and SVP Network Technology at Deutsche Telekom. “It’s great to see such high interest and cooperation in research for open innovations in future RAN generations, which will provide the basis for upcoming detailed specifications by the O-RAN ALLIANCE to enable even higher-performing and more feature-rich mobile networks.”

About O-RAN ALLIANCE

The O-RAN ALLIANCE is a world-wide community of more than 300 mobile operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions operating in the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry. As the RAN is an essential part of any mobile network, the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s mission is to re-shape the industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable mobile networks. The new O-RAN specifications enable a more competitive and vibrant RAN supplier ecosystem with faster innovation to improve user experience. O-RAN based mobile networks at the same time improve the efficiency of RAN deployments as well as operations by mobile operators. To achieve this, the O-RAN ALLIANCE publishes new RAN specifications, releases open software for the RAN, and supports its members in integration and testing of their implementations.

For more information, please visit www.o-ran.org.

Contacts

O-RAN ALLIANCE PR Contact

Zbynek Dalecky
pr@o-ran.org
O-RAN ALLIANCE e.V.
Buschkauler Weg 27
53347 Alfter/Germany

Fonte: Business Wire

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