1. Akraino Edge Stack Overview
Kandan Kathirvel
TSC-Chair, Akraino Edge Stack
Director, AT&T Labs
May, 2019

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10. A Paradigm shift – 5G
The RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
The telecom industry is experiencing a profound transformation and 5G is expected to radically change how we live, work, and play. To make networks more agile and open, AT&T and Nokia are leading the creation of open-source RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC).
The RIC allows RAN control on a per device (UE) basis with a delay as low as 10ms*. This allows the RIC to perform fine grained optimizations that were never possible before.
Built as an open platform, the RIC enables Telco to deploy customizations, in the form of apps, that tailor the cellular network for specialized needs of our customers’ own industries and foster the creation of new network services.
So what: The RIC will enable customizations of the cellular network based on location, device, application, and urgency of service to emphasize different, often competing characteristics such as bandwidth, latency, security, priority, ubiquity, range, and battery life.
What: 5G brings the benefits of cellular networks to new domains - smart factories, smart cities, automotive, AR/VR, and healthcare. The network will adapt to you rather than you adapting to the network.
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11. Mobility Core to RAN Virtualization
Akraino Blueprint (REC) to support RAN Intelligent Controller from O-RAN
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12. Akraino Community Progress
Akraino Release 1 Highlights
8+ Blueprint Families with 19+ Blueprints under development to support variety of Edge use cases.
Community Development started in Jan’19 and 1st release targeted in 2Q2019
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13. Akraino Community Lab Lab Collaboration
Akraino blueprints are validated in the dedicated validation labs
Akraino hosts community lab for additional validation of blueprints
Automated testing of blueprints
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14. Akraino Edge Stack Technical Community
Technical Community Collaboration
Akraino Technical Community Calls take place once a week as a platform to discuss:
New Project Proposals
Collaborate with other communities
Discussion on several Edge Technical topics
Community Calls Occur weekly on Thursdays’ at 11:00am-12:00pm ET
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15. How to get involved.. Key Links:
Join Akraino Community Events and calls
Join the projects’ mailing lists and participate in the discussions
Key Links:
Website:
Wiki:
Gerrit:
Mail Lists:
Blueprints:
Calendar:
The Linux Foundation Internal Use Only
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