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| 3 | In the Energy Efficiency research project, we are interested in Open RAN wireless networks based on [https://www.o-ran.org/ O-RAN Alliance] specifications. |
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| 5 | Figure 1 shows the overall O-RAN Architecture. The Radio Access Network (RAN) consists of the O-RU, O-DU, O-CU and Near-RT RIC. When energy savings optimization is applied, most of the energy savings comes from the RAN. |
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| 7 | Figure 2 shows the system architecture to be used for O-RAN Energy Efficiency testing. Each of the VNF/CNF components are hosted on servers depicted with dotted lines. All servers and physical equipment (such as O-RU) have electric power supplied via Power Distribution Units (PDU) which can measure the power consumption. |
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| 9 | Figure 3 shows the system architecture to be used at Winlab using the BubbleRAN installation leveraging OpenAirInterface (OAI) and Amarisoft software. Note that some servers host multiple components. |
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