2023/01/26 by Magreth Mushi, Yuchen Liu, Mushi, Magreth +13 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #UAV Applications and Optimization #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2301.11365
openalex publication_date 2023/01/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
With its promise of increasing softwarization, improving disaggregability, and creating an open-source based ecosystem in the area of Radio Access Networks, the idea of Open RAN has generated rising interest in the community. Even as the community races to provide and verify complete Open RAN systems, the importance of verification of systems based on Open RAN under real-world conditions has become clear, and testbed facilities for general use have been envisioned, in addition to private testing facilities. Aerial robots, including autonomous ones, are among the increasingly important and interesting clients of RAN systems, but also present a challenge for testbeds. Based on our experience in architecting and operating an advanced wireless testbed with aerial robots as a primary citizen, we present considerations relevant to the design of Open RAN testbeds, with particular attention to making such a testbed capable of controlled experimentation with aerial clients. We also present representative results from the NSF AERPAW testbed on Open RAN slicing, programmable vehicles, and programmable radios.