11-04, 17:40–18:10 (US/Central), ROOM 2
Join us as we demonstrate deploying a completely open source, reproducible, cloud native, 5G RAN in order to facilitate a phone call on stage using Kubernetes. We will be using a faraday cage, a universal radio, SRSRan, and Open5gs as the 5G core. When we are done you will have the steps, code, and the list of equipment needed to build, test, and debug a 5G network.
Up until now, the development of 5G technologies for the edge has been cost prohibitive, requiring the use of proprietary hardware and software. With the advent of ORAN and open source 5G cores, these barriers are being removed. Reproducible examples of open cloud native 5G components are needed for the move to 5G and private 5G. It has been very difficult to compile all of the moving pieces needed to safely work on 5G technology for the average open source developer. As the community embraces the edge, developers will benefit from using examples such as the reproducible cloud native 5G RAN to build and test edge networks safely and inexpensively.
W. Watson has been professionally developing software for 30 years. He has spent numerous years studying game theory and other business expertise in pursuit of the perfect organizational structure for software co-operatives. He also founded the Austin Software Cooperatives meetup group and Vulk Coop as an alternative way to work on software as a group. He currently works on the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Certification and the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Test Suite.