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Demo: OpenAirInterface: an open LTE network in a PC

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LTE 4G cellular networks are gradually being adopted by all major operators in the world and are expected to rule the cellular landscape at least for the current decade. They will also form the starting point for further progress beyond the current generation of mobile cellular networks to chalk a path towards fifth generation mobile networks. The lack of open cellular ecosystem has limited applied research in this field within the boundaries of vendor and operator R&D groups. Furthermore, several new approaches and technologies are being considered as potential elements making up such a future mobile network, including cloudification of radio network, radio network programability and APIs following SDN principles, native support of machine-type communication, and massive MIMO. Research on these technologies requires realistic and flexible experimentation platforms that offer a wide range of experimentation modes from real-world experimentation to controlled and scalable evaluations while at the same time retaining backward compatibility with current generation systems.
In this work, we present OpenAirInterface (OAI) as a suitably flexible platform towards open LTE ecosystem and playground [1]. We will demonstrate an example of the use of OAI to deploy a low-cost open LTE network using commodity hardware with standard LTE-compatible devices. We also show the reconfigurability features of the platform.

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The OpenAirInterface Platform. www.openairinterface.org/, Repository: svn.eurecom.fr/openair4G/trunk.
[2]
OpenBTS Project. www.openbts.org/.
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K. Tan and al. Sora: High-Performance Software Radio Using General Purpose Multi-Core Processors. Communications of the ACM, 2011.
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S. Shearman and al. Software Defined Radio Prototyping Platforms Enable a Flexible Approach to Design. IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2012.
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K. Amiri and al. Warp, a unified wireless network testbed for education and research. In Proceedings of IEEE MSE, 2007.
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Amarisoft. www.amarisoft.com/.
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nwEPC - EPC SAE Gateway. http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwepc/.
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Ettus USRP B210. www.ettus.com/product/details/UN210-KIT.

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      MobiCom '14: Proceedings of the 20th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
      September 2014
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      DOI:10.1145/2639108
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      2. open cellular ecosystem
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