F release plan (<date>):

• New xApps
  • KPIMON-GO by HCL
• Improved xApps:
  • RC (RAN Control) by Mavenir - implements subset of E2 SM RC Ver2.0
    
  • AD (Anomaly Detection) by HCL: Will identify a new anomaly type (area anomaly), use geo-location as a feature. Dependency on Data Stream from KPIMON to influxDB. (Currently AD is working on Static data).
    
  • QP (QoE Predictor) by HCL: Include prediction for current serving cell, incorporate predicted load as a feature, provide sequence of predictions.
  • TS (Traffic Steering) by UTFPR (University, Parana, Brazil): Call RC xApp to trigger UE handover, improvements in traffic steering logic.
  • Bouncer by HCL: Increase performance and functional testing capabilities; continue identifying RIC platform bottlenecks.
  • HW (HelloWorld) demo xApps in C++, go and python by AT&T and Samsung: Add usage of more platform features, update usage of platform features that are evolving.

F release highlights/accomplishments (<date>):

• TODO

F release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Code Coverage Reports : Latest reports can be found at the following Link: Projects - O-RAN Software Community (sonarcloud.io).

Mission: E2 updates with first E2APv2.0 support and improvements in subscription interface in xapp frameworks.

Original primary goals: TODO

Planned F release highlights

Status 2022-02-09: TODO

F release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Code coverage: Code coverage reports (current coverage and list of components that need to set up Jenkins job for auto-generation of the reports as part of CI)

• TODO

E Feature Scope / Achievements:

• TODO

F release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Code coverage: https://sonarcloud.io/organizations/o-ran-sc/projects?search=nonrtric&sort=name

• Wiki: https://wiki.o-ran-sc.org/display/RICNR
• JIRA: https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/projects/NONRTRIC/issues
• Gerrit:
  
  • nonrtric : https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric
  • portal/nonrtric-controlpanel : https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/portal/nonrtric-controlpanel
  • sim/a1-interface : https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/sim/a1-interface
  • nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/a1policymanagementservice
    
  • nonrtric-plt-dmaapadapter: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/dmaapadapter
    
  • nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/informationcoordinatorservice
  • nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/rappcatalogue
  • nonrtric-plt-dmaapmediatorproducer: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/admin/repos/nonrtric/plt/dmaapmediatorproducer
    
• Docs:
  • nonrtric : https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric
  • portal/nonrtric-controlpanel : https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-portal-nonrtric-controlpanel
  • sim/a1-interface : https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-sim-a1-interface
  • nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-a1policymanagementservice
  • nonrtric-plt-dmaapadapter: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-dmaapadapter
  • nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-informationcoordinatorservice
  • nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-rappcatalogue
  • nonrtric-plt-dmaapmediatorproducer: https://docs.o-ran-sc.org/projects/o-ran-sc-nonrtric-plt-dmaapmediatorproducer
• Testing:
  • Function Tests
• Weekly Meetings:
  • Meetings

Primary Goals:

According to the O-RAN-SC-OAM-Architecture document, all ManagedElements (near-real-time-RIC, O-CU-CP, O-CU-UP, O-DU and O-RU) implement the O1-interface.

F Feature Scope: 

• Providing and abstract topology for rApp and CNF deployment
• Enhancing automated test cases validating the end-to-end message flows related to OAM interfaces (O1, OpenFronthaul M-Plane)

• In the absence of O-CU, Radisys commercial CU image to be used for E2E testing

D Release Feature Scope: 

• Radisys Commercial CU being used as a test fixture for E2E testing

D release source code, container images and deployment instructions

not applicable

Primary Goals: 

O-DU new Feature Development

1. HARQ framework support and scheduler enhancement to prioritize retransmission

2. Enhancement of Scheduler

1. Multiple UEs/TTI

3. Mobility mode Support (Intra-CU handover)

4. Support for Idle Mode Paging

Feature verification

1. Closed-Loop Automation

2.16QAM and 64 QAM (Spillover from D release)

End to End Integration support

1.TDD/Mu1/100MHz

2.FDD/Mu0/20MHz * (Spillover from D/E release)

Enhancement

1.E2 AP upgrade 2.0

F Feature Scope: 

• HARQ framework support

• Scheduler enhancement
• Mobility (Inter-DU handover) support
• Idle mode paging support
• E2AP upgrade to v2.0
• End to end integration support

HCL's updates

O1 Enhancements

https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/browse/ODUHIGH-430: In Review

https://jira.o-ran-sc.org/browse/ODUHIGH-431: In Progress 

Primary Goals:  

The O-DU Low F release adds support for Massive MIMO, URLLC and it is based on the commercial FlexRan 21.11 release. This release is an incremental improvement over the E-maintenance reelase code released on March of this year and that still needs to be integrated with the RSYS O-DU High code.

The F release can be used for end to end testing and it is based on the E maintenance release that was used for the 2021 November US O-RAN Plugfest and tested in conjuction with 2 stack partners and 2 different Test equipment vendors. The Front Haul Interface was also tested for compliance using Keysight's Front Haul Test equipment.

Container images and deployment instructions TBD

E Release Feature Scope: 

O-DU Low  E maintenance release was provided in March, 2022 and it is based on the code used in the November 2021 US O-RAN Plugfest. There are additional changes in the vendor specific portion of the API to support Massive MIMO and URLLC.

Since the code was deployed in the US O-RAN Plugfest using the commercial versions of the stack partners O-DU High code, the open source version from the partners need to be integrated as well. 

The validation done prior to the release used the timer-mode and the test-mac to check all the new features.

Provided O-DU Low E-Maintenance Release on March 2022 to the O-RAN gerrit repo, documentation was updated. Binary blobs for the FlexRan L1 and testmac codes were also provided in github in March.

E release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Source code and documentation including deployment instructions have been provided to the O-RAN documentation siite

Primary Goals:

• Keep alignment with latest O-RAN specifications (O1, E2)

F Feature Scope:

• Provide topology-service image
• Implement code-coverage tests

Status:

• topology-service docker image available
• code-coverage in progress

F release source code, container images and deployment instructions

Source code: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?p=sim%2Fo1-interface.git;a=shortlog;h=refs%2Fheads%2Fe-release

Container images are described here: TODO

Instructions: Network Slicing Use Case TODO update

Code coverage: in progress (sonar for C/C++ code in LF repos)

Primary Goals: 

• Implement the O-Cloud reference design, provide the real time performance to allow the O-DU and other components running on top of it.
• Provide interaction capabilities with other components.

F release Feature Scope:  

• Enhance INF O2 implementation
• Validate integration with various O-RAN SC components in open labs
• Align with StarlingX 5.0/6.0 add new components
• Enable the multiple deployment scenarios: Distributed Cloud (stretch goal)

Test status:

Code coverage:

• INF platform
  •  Code coverage report: o-ran-pti-rtp - (sonarcloud.io)
  • INF is a downstream project of StarlingX and Yocto Project, the above coverage report may not reflect the real code coverage so we also need to refer to the status from upstream projects.
• O2
  • TODO

Release Note:

• TODO

E release source code, images and deployment instructions

• TODO-update
• Each repository has a branch named "e-release" that can be accessed using git:
  • For pti/rtp repo[gitweb]: git clone --branch e-release "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/pti/rtp" 
  • For pti/o2 repo[gitweb]: git clone --branch e-release "https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/pti/o2"
• Images for INF project
  • ISO image for INF:  inf-image-aio-installer-intel-corei7-64.iso
  • Container image for o2: TODO
• Deployment instruction: 
  • Installation Guide — pti-rtp master documentation (o-ran-sc.org)
  • Getting Started /Sample test process - Infrastructure - Confluence (o-ran-sc.org)

Feature Scope: 

• TODO

F release source code, container images and deployment instructions

not applicable

Jira: Count of Epics, User Stories, Tasks, and Issues:

D release source code, container images and deployment instructions

not applicable

F Feature:

• TODO.

Jira: Count of Epics ( 0 issues ), User Stories,

Tasks:

and Issues:  6 issues