IEEE WCNC WORKSHOP ON Open-RAN: Open Road to Next Generation Mobile Networks

Event Dates

Apr 06, 2020 - Apr 06, 2020

Location

Seoul, South Korea

Submission Deadline

Dec 31, 2019

Next Generation Radio Access Network provides a mechanism to interact with individual devices through radio-enabled advanced 5G network infrastructure. This robust network facilitates consumers with several types, and one of them discusses a unique feature called Open RAN that discusses the interoperability foundation between remote and centralized units of 5G base stations manufactured by diverse partners. Open RAN aims to evolve the infrastructure through enhancing its foundation with virtualized network elements, open interfaces that enable Intelligence in RAN. Also, an ecosystem of new products is almost ready to streamline the underpinnings of the multi-vendor functionality with additional software features of interoperability and autonomous access through Intelligence.

The main objective of this workshop is to bring out the research problems with possible solutions in Open RAN with the deployment of its main objectives and standardization for advanced 5G and networks beyond it. For that purpose, we are targeting an audience from both industry and academia to collect a variety of on-going research issues under a broad scope of Open-RAN. Also, we aim to facilitate the participants with on-going useful tutorials as well as a deep understanding of business directions, revenue generation, and industrial trends of these technologies.

This workshop is seeking conceptual, empirical, and technical papers that would eventually offer novelty to following topics, but is not limited to them:

Open-RAN Infrastructure:

Next-generation heterogeneous radio access networks

Cell coordination evaluation in Open-RAN

Advanced waveform and channel coding through Open-RAN

Tier and layered division multiplexing in Open-RAN

Loading balancing and traffic steering in Open-RAN

Architectural Optimization techniques in Open-RAN

Cloud-based Open-RAN architectures

Virtualization in Open-RAN architectures

Fronthaul Interfaces in Open-RAN architectures

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) based novel Open-RAN architectures

Openstack, Kubernetes, and ONAP distributed cloud architectures

Modeling and analysis:

Modeling and impact analysis of Open-RAN

Broadcasting through next-generation intelligent radio access networks

Theory and implementation for inter-operable convergence of Open-RAN alliance devices

Ultra-low latency modeling techniques of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for Open-RAN

Ultra-high throughput modeling techniques for consumer appliances for Open-RAN

Voice and data-based scaling techniques of transactions

Coverage capacity optimization modeling in Open-RAN

Mobility Robustness Optimization modeling in Open-RAN

Paging Optimization modeling in Open-RAN

RACH optimization modeling in Open-RAN

Network slice modeling in Open-RAN

Split modeling for NFVI/VIM in Open-RAN

Lightweight and real-time modeling for Open Source Communities (QEMU, OpenStack, k8S, Akriano, ONAP, and OPNFV)

Role of Mobile Edge Computing in Open-RAN

Congestion control modeling in Open-RAN

Scheduling techniques in Open-RAN

QoS and mobile management aspects in Open-RAN

Edge integration in Open-RAN

Intelligent Machine Learning:

Open-RAN efficient signaling and control management techniques

5G and networks beyond channel estimation techniques

Robust inter-operable transceiver architecture

Real-time and non-real-time Intelligent Controllers

Machine learning use cases for Open-RAN

Virtualized scaling techniques of Open-RAN

Cloud-centric Open-RAN intelligent controllers

Machine-type communication (MTC) in Open-RAN

Inter-operator Orchestration in Open-RAN

Intelligent Network Slicing techniques

Intelligent Mobile Edge node computing

Deep Learning aspects in Open-RAN

Intelligent Radio Connection Management

Submission link: https://www.edas.info/newPaper.php?c=26944&track=100043