Operational User Guide¶
1. Introduction¶
This guide describes how to operate the Accelleran ORAN 5G Platform and the different network components (RIC, CU, DU and L1). The scope of this document is therefore to cover only the operational aspects of the platform, including the basic configuration and examples of some test cases.
2. Releases¶
This document is released together with the system release 2023.3.0. The release contains:
| component | version |
|---|---|
| DRAX/RIC | 7.0.0 |
| CU CHART | 7.0.0 |
| CU APP | R4.3.12_leffe |
| cell wrapper config | 0.2.4 |
| Effnet-DU | 2024-01-31-q3-patch-release-01-8.7.4 |
| Phluido-UL1 | 8.7.4 |
| BNTL650 | 0.7.0 |
| BNTL550 | 0.7.1 |
| NodeH-DU/RU | 5.2.0.32092 |
3. Dashboard¶
The dashboard can be accessed via https://"DRAX_VM_IP":31315
3.1. Cell Monitoring¶
From the Home tab the cell status can be monitored and the UEs attached to it.
Furthermore, from the Kubernetes Overview tab, the status of the RIC/CU/CellWrapper pods and services can be monitored.
The DRAX dashboard also uses grafana to view measurements and counters.
- This can be accessed via
https://"RIC_CU_VM_IP":30300 - A number of reports will be readily available on this release for example:
- Radio Condition and Throughput can be viewed in the 5G UE Monitoring dashboard. The dashboard includes:
- UE Measured RSRP.
- UE Measured RSRQ.
- UE Measured SINR
- DL Throughput on the NG-Interface per UE.
- UL Throughput on the NG-Interface per UE.
- Accessibility and Mobility Counters (e.g. Number of RRC Attempts or Number of Handover Execution Successes) can be viewed in the 5G CUCP PM Counters dashboard.
PS: The definition of these counters are included in 3GPP TS 28.552 .
- A live view of the RIC/CU/CellWrapper Logs can be viewed using the Loki Log Dashboard.
- Radio Condition and Throughput can be viewed in the 5G UE Monitoring dashboard. The dashboard includes:
Example 5G UE Monitoring report:
3.2. Basic Cell Operations¶
Basic cell operation like start, stop, restart. Or locking and unlocking the CU can all be done through the dashboard.
- From the dashbord go to RAN Overview then select 5G.
Using the Configuration button, the cell and CU parameters can be easily modified. (More on this will be explained in the other sections of this document)
4. Advanced Operations¶
Below sections will give more information on how to change some of the RAN parameters to enable features or modify RAN behavior.
5. Accelleran Customer Support Desk¶
In case of of bugs, request for support or feature requests. Please use the customer portal available at the below address.
Please contact Accelleran to get access to the customer portal.