Collaborative Research: CCRI: New: Open AI Cellular (OAIC): Prototyping Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Control and Testing Systems for Cellular Communications Research

合作研究：CCRI：新：开放人工智能蜂窝 (OAIC)：为蜂窝通信研究构建人工智能控制和测试系统原型

• 批准号: 2120442
• 负责人: Vuk Marojevic
• 金额: $ 84.35万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120442&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CCRI; New; Open

This collaborative project brings together investigators from Mississippi State University (MSU) and Virginia Tech (VT) to develop a software infrastructure that spurs research and development on artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cellular radio networks. The main contribution is Open AI Cellular (OAIC), the first fully open-source software architecture, library, and toolset that encompass both the AI controllers (OAIC-C) as well as an AI testing framework (OAIC-T) for enabling research on 6G Open Radio Access Networks. This project puts the U.S. in the leading position of research, development, and testing of AI-enhanced cellular networks, initiated and organized by a group of academics and their collaborators and maintained by the wireless research community. The project (1) specifies the methodology along with the technical requirements, a reference architecture and design to facilitate collaborative software development; (2) designs and develops the fundamental OAIC-C software library for common software-defined radio (SDR) platforms; (3) facilitates systematic and exhaustive testing with the OAIC-T framework on community wireless research testbeds that are accessible to researchers; (4) develops verification tools and resources to facilitate rapid prototyping and testing as well as offers a variety of user services, such as mailing lists, code repositories, and learning material; and (5) implements a variety of community engagement and outreach processes, including the organization of workshops to engage with and leverage the community for long-term maintenance and sustainability.OAIC enhances lecture material by introducing hands-on laboratory sessions at MSU, VT, and collaborating universities. Industry, standardization bodies, and regulators are regularly informed about OAIC resources and projects, which can be leveraged for determining important standardization and regulatory decisions related to 6G. Other US agencies will be able to leverage OAIC and the community around it to develop AI-enhanced cellular technology and systems for purposes such as transportation and smart grid applications. The code repositories, documentation, and other material are maintained by the OAIC team with contributions from the research community. The project website (https://sites.google.com/msstate.edu/oaic) consolidates the OAIC project information and provides links to all project deliverables and related resources. The project repository/website maintenance is planned for several years beyond the initial project timeline through the community ecosystem and follow-up projects.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

项目成果

O-RAN Perspective on Industrial Internet of Things: A SWOT Analysis

• DOI: 10.1109/icit58465.2023.10143032
• 发表时间: 2023-04
• 期刊: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT)
• 作者: T. Rahman;Minglong Zhang;V. Marojevic

Actor-Critic Network for O-RAN Resource Allocation: xApp Design, Deployment, and Analysis

用于 O-RAN 资源分配的 Actor-Critic 网络：xApp 设计、部署和分析

• DOI: 10.1109/gcwkshps56602.2022.10008713
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps
• 作者: Kouchaki, Mohammadreza;Marojevic, Vuk
• 通讯作者: Marojevic, Vuk

Toward Secure and Efficient O-RAN Deployments: Secure Slicing xApp Use Case

实现安全高效的 O-RAN 部署：安全切片 xApp 用例

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF
• 作者: Moore, Joshua;Adhikari, Nisha;Abdalla, Aly S.;Marojevic, Vuk
• 通讯作者: Marojevic, Vuk

AI Testing Framework for Next-G O-RAN Networks: Requirements, Design, and Research Opportunities

Next-G O-RAN 网络的人工智能测试框架：要求、设计和研究机会

• DOI: 10.1109/mwc.001.2200213
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: IEEE Wireless Communications
• 影响因子: 12.9
• 作者: Tang, Bo;Shah, Vijay K.;Marojevic, Vuk;Reed, Jeffrey H.
• 通讯作者: Reed, Jeffrey H.

Deep Q-Network for 5G NR Downlink Scheduling

• DOI: 10.1109/iccworkshops53468.2022.9814547
• 发表时间: 2022-05
• 期刊: 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)
• 作者: Walaa AlQwider;T. Rahman;V. Marojevic