[6gip] Re: Should we add some O RAN Text?

[Marie-Jose Montpetit <[e-mail]>]

Hmm look at the xAPPs. 

There is a AI/ML white paper in progress that covers all the network layers.

mjm
Marie-José Montpetit, Ing. Ph.D.
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> On Nov 19, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Behcet Sarikaya <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> Marie-Jose, Hesham, and all:
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> It seems like AI-RAN research is more about hardware solutions development, as such it is attracting chip companies like NVDA's interest, as in here (from Linkedin posts):
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> the realization of a high-performance, carrier-grade virtual Radio Access Network (vRAN) on the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, the development of an orchestrator capable of operating both vRAN and AI on the same virtualized platform, and an AI-RAN solution called “AITRAS” for deployment within its own commercial network and to telecommunications operators, both domestically and internationally.
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> So from the draft's point of view, i.e. AI/ML networking, it is not much in  scope.
>  Based on all this, we will add some text to Rev. 4 which will come out hopefully soon.
> 
> Behcet
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> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 11:52 AM Marie-Jose Montpetit <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>> There is also an AI-RAN Alliance.
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>> Many of us are both O-RAN ans AI-RAN.
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>> mjm
>> Marie-José Montpetit, Ing. Ph.D.
>> [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
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>>> On Nov 18, 2024, at 12:25 PM, Behcet Sarikaya <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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>>> I found this overview of O RAN:
>>> Open RAN is a recent trend in the telecommunications market (especially in the 5G area), aiming at the realization of the following key objectives:
>>> 
>>> splitting of a base station into several functional components, including central unit (CU), distributed unit (DU), and a remote unit (RU);
>>> opening interfaces to enable interoperability (especially Open Fronthaul);
>>> disaggregating software from hardware in the RAN domain;
>>> introducing advanced automation into the RAN system by means of an abstracted entity to manage the radio networks, i.e. RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) which serves as a platform for xApps (optimization applications in the RAN domain) and rApps (optimization applications in the management plane) using AI/ML.
>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 3:24 PM Marie-Jose Montpetit <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>>>> Well if you want telco AI there O-RAN.
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>>> 
>>> From the above overview, I think you are right.
>>> Concentrating on networking  issues, can anybody please make some text addition proposals to the above overview?
>>> 
>>> Behcet
>>>> mjm
>>>> Marie-José Montpetit, Ing. Ph.D.
>>>> [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
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>>>>> On Nov 5, 2024, at 4:20 PM, Hesham ElBakoury <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
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>>>>> This episode discusses how telco deploy AI:
>>>>> https://www.telecomtv.com/content/4-in-4/how-is-ai-currently-being-deployed-in-telecoms-networks-51682/?utm_source=Marketing&utm_source=TelecomTV&utm_medium=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4in4-HPE-051124&utm_campaign=4in4%20sponsored%20by%20HPE%20-%20Episode%231%20-%20051124
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>>>>> Hesham
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>>>>> On Tue, Nov 5, 2024, 8:22 AM Behcet Sarikaya <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> The slides for today's meeting are posted in Github, this is the link:
>>>>>> https://github.com/bsarikaya/6gip/blob/main/AIMLietf121.pdf
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Due to a scheduling mixup, we may have a short meeting and will try to squeeze the presentations.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Behcet
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