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March 16, 2021

O-RAN ALLIANCE Announces New Board Member and Introduces Minimum Viable Plan to Expedite the Delivery of Essential O-RAN Functions

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By John (Jack) Murray, Jinri Huang & Su Gu.

On December 15, 2020 the O-RAN Software Community (OSC), working with the Linux Foundation, published its 3rd open software release within 18 months, dubbed “Cherry”.

The goal of the O-RAN Software Community is to advance the Radio Access Network (RAN) with a focus on open interfaces and embedded intelligence, followed by implementations that leverage new capabilities enabled by the O-RAN specifications.

Cherry release top contributors are AT&T, Nokia, Ericsson, Radisys, WindRiver, Highstreet Technologies, HCL Technologies and many more.

Cherry moves the O-RAN ecosystem closer to commercial deployments in mobile networks around the globe. On top of new functions aligned with the latest O-RAN specifications, such as the E2, A1 and O1 interfaces, this release also features significant advancements in the end-to-end integration of O-RAN Architecture components to meet the needs of early adopters. In addition, new software projects in the area of Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) have been initiated to drive the development of auto-configuration and management of O-RAN elements.

To access the Cherry release code, check out the O-RAN Software Community website

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Fig. 1: O-RAN Logical Architecture
FIG. 1: O-RAN LOGICAL ARCHITECTURE

Components of the OSC Cherry release
Use cases:

RICAPP

Near-RT RIC

Non-RT RIC

ODU

SIM

OAM

INF

SMO

If you would like to learn more about the O-RAN Software Community or get involved please visit https://www.o-ran.org/software.

Thank you to all the contributors to the O-RAN Software Community and our Linux Foundation partner. We look forward to continued growth and success in creating and promoting the next generation of the Radio Access Network.