2024/06/03 by Ruan P Alves, Ruan P. Alves, Joao Guilherme A. da S. Alves +12 · 1 voice
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Multimedia Communication and Technology #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #cs.NI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.01485
openalex publication_date 2024/06/03 · arxiv published 2024/06/03 · arxiv updated 2024/06/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A Software-Defined Radio (SDR) platform is a communication system that implements as software functions that are typically implemented in dedicated hardware. One of its main advantages is the flexibility to test and deploy radio communication networks in a fast and cheap way. In the context of the Fifth Generation (5G) of wireless cellular networks, there are open source SDR platforms available online. Two of the most popular SDR platforms are srsRAN and OpenAirInterface. This paper presents these two platforms, the characteristics of the networks created by them, the possibilities of changes in their interfaces and configurations, and also their limits. Moreover, in this paper, we also evaluate and compare both platforms in an experimental setup deployed in a laboratory.