O-RAN in B5G/6G

The 5G O-RAN project is a groundbreaking initiative to revolutionize mobile networks through open and interoperable architectures. By eliminating vendor lock-in and embracing virtualization and intelligence, the project enables modular and flexible network deployments, seamless interoperability among diverse vendors, and optimizing network performance through advanced technologies like AI and machine learning. With the potential to enhance connectivity, speed, and efficiency, the 5G O-RAN project represents a transformative step towards a future of open and intelligent mobile networks.

講者

Ian Joseph Chandra

IAN JOSEPH CHANDRA was born in Indonesia in 1998. He received his B.S. degree in engineering from Universitas Indonesia (UI), Depok, Indonesia, in 2020. He received his M.S. degree from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) in 2022.

He is a full-time research assistant in the Broadband Multimedia Wireless Laboratory at NTUST, handling the B5G project management from Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). His interests include blockchain, information security, and Wireless communication.

In this event, I plan to share various topics related to the AI/ML platform we developed and its application in 5G ORAN architecture. Our goal is to automate, data-driven processes and intelligent systems. To achieve these goals, our discussions will span platform design and data collection, training, inference and deployment of end-to-end AI models.

講者

莊雨樵

JHAUNG, YU-CHIAO(莊雨樵), Ph.D. candidate Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering(ECE) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Phone: +886-979255572 TEL: +886-2-2733-3141 #7212

本議程將簡介開放基站架構 (O-RAN)，同時介紹實現 AI/ML Cloud Native O-RAN 相關的網路功能 (NFs) 和組件 (Components)。

除此之外，本議程也將講解 O-Cloud 平台自動化管理與編排的開源工具 (Nephio)。 Nephio 是基於 Kubernetes 的雲原生自動化管理工具，以雲原生的方法配置底層雲基礎設施 (NF Infra)，以及用於 O-Cloud 平台的 NF Deployment 和 NF LCM，用以實現 RAN 的 Intent-Based Networking (IBN) 意圖自動化部屬，和零接觸管理 Zero touch network and Service Management (ZSM)，來提高電信服務可靠性和運營敏捷性 ，同時降低電信基礎設施的維運成本。

希望能透過本次演講的分享，鼓勵更多有志青年投入開放基站開源軟體的開發。

講者

蔡秀吉

O-RAN B5G/6G（自介）：

蔡秀吉(Hsiu-Chi Tsai)，土生土長南部囝仔，現漂泊北棲於新竹風城讀書，所以也可稱我為「風城秀吉」！ 現為大學二年級，目前就讀於陽明交大百川學士學位學程（人工智慧-生醫組）和 清大電資學院學士班。 有榮收到教育部獎學金和我國友邦訪問研究邀請，下一步將赴查理大學第二醫學院、捷克理工大學進行訪問研究，並專注於開放性電信網路技術 O-RAN 和 電信網路雲原生的開發。 - O-RAN 科普教育: http://o-ran.at.tw/ - 個人網站：https://www.thc1006.cc/

開放教育議程（自介）：

本人出身討海漁家，家境弱勢，就學間半工半讀，以敷闔家之溫飽。我深知自已不是含著金湯匙出生，但是今日得以接受高等教育，也算含著金湯匙的了，擁有最多機會選擇和最多資源的我們，力所能及的話，就試著回饋些什麼給社會。 因此，學術研究是我的終生職志，「教學、研究、服務」受國家之栽培，當國家有需要的時候，我樂於回饋自己的能力與專長，並致力於開源，因為我相信知識開源是加速我國產業創新的重要推手之一。 所以開源不難不要怕，即使是偏鄉高中生，也可以成為開源貢獻者！

現職：Google Developer Student Club NYCU Lead、陽明交通大學學生會交通分會副分會長

聯絡方式：

• hctsai@linux.com
• thc1006@ieee.org
• www.fb.com/thc1006/

This presentation focuses on achieving high-speed packet forwarding using DPDK, SR-IOV, and Linux eBPF, while reducing resource consumption. The speaker will discuss separating the control and forwarding planes and designing a controller to handle routing and firewall functions. Topics covered include why Linux is used, how to process packets by DPDK, the control and forwarding planes, and how to verify the results. This presentation is applicable to data centers, IDCs, hosting, and edge networks.

在這個議程中，你將會了解如何透過 DPDK, SR-IOV 及 Linux eBPF 實現高速的封包轉發，同時降低資源消耗。此外，也會提到如何分離控制平面及轉發平面，並設計一個控制器來處理路由及防火牆功能。議程內容包含使用 Linux 作為路由器的起源、透過 DPDK 處理封包、控制平面及轉發平面，以及如何驗證結果。

講者

Tsung-Yi Yu

Tsung-Yi is a person who is very passionate about network technology. He has a border network system and operates it through AS7480. He is also a former APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) Fellow and TWSIG member.

In the cloud, the high-availability of K8S clusters is ensured by cloud providers. When one node crashes, the cloud provider automatically replaces the node and load balancers redirects the network traffic to other pod replicas in the cluster, without the end-user noticing downtime.

For on-prem k8s clusters, high-availability of the k8s control plane and services is a major challenge. To solve high-availability, Kube-vip can be used to assign virtual IPs for control plane and Metallb can be used to create load-balancers on-prem.

In this talk, I will demonstrate how to build a three-node on-prem k8s HA cluster using Kube-vip and Metallb, how to use Kong proxy as loadbalancers, and why HA is important in the 5G scenario.

講者

Guanru Huang

Guan-ru is a cloud DevOps engineer at Atayalan, a startup providing universal connectivity platform for industry 4.0. He previously worked as a tech consultant in hybrid cloud at HPE, and wrote his master thesis on cloud migration at SAP in Germany. His technical interests include hybrid cloud infrastructure, automation tooling and security.