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Carlos Antonio De Lima Filho authoredCarlos Antonio De Lima Filho authored
Installation and deployment of 5G Core (5GC) of Open Air Interface (OAI)
Objectives
- Install and configure the 5GC of OAI in a virtual machine Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)
- Deploy 5GC Core
- Inspec 5G Core Docker containers by means of command line instructions
- Install and configure Portainer tool
- Inspec 5G Core Docker containers by means of Portainer browser
Minimum hardware requirements for OAI UE, according to doc/NR_SA_Tutorial_COTS_UE.md · develop · oai / openairinterface5G · GitLab (eurecom.fr):
- Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS;
- CPU: 4 cores x86_64;
- 8 GB RAM.
Minimum hardware requirements for OAI 5GC and OAI gNB, according to doc/NR_SA_Tutorial_COTS_UE.md · develop · oai / openairinterface5G · GitLab (eurecom.fr):
- Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS;
- CPU: 8 cores x86_64 3.5 GHz;
- 32 GB RAM.
However, if you do not have such hardware specifications, you may use the one below for both devices (tested for us, you may face some lags, but it works):
- Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS;
- CPU: 4 cores x86_64;
- 4 GB RAM.
5GC Installation
In a Linux Terminal, follow the steps below:
Step 0: Setup your VM or Baremetal Machine, after install Useful Software:
sudo su
apt update -y
apt upgrade -y
apt install -y python3-pip git curl cmake tree golang vim net-tools build-essential nfs-common openssh-server
Step 1: Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo apt-get install gnupg
sudo apt-get install lsb-release
Step 2: Enable packet forwarding
sudo sysctl net.ipv4.conf.all.forwarding=1
sudo iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
Step 3: Install docker and docker-compose
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list*
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.29.2/docker-compose-`uname -s
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uname -m` -o /usr/local/bin/docker-composesudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
Step 4: Clone OpenAirInterface 5G Core repository
git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/cn5g/oai-cn5g-fed.git
cd oai-cn5g-fed
git checkout slicing-spring-of-code
5G RAN Installation
Objectives
- Install and configure the OAI gNB
- Deploy a gNB together a previous configured 5GC
- Inspect gNB status in 5GC Core
gNB Installation
To install OAI RAN 5G, go back for /home/
Step 0: go back to /home/
sudo su
cd /home/
your user
5G RAN Installation
Step 1: Install dependencies
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ettusresearch/uhd
sudo apt-get install libuhd-dev uhd-host -y
sudo apt-get install libuhd4.6.0 -y
sudo apt-get install ccache -y
sudo apt-get install net-tools
Step 2: Fix problem in the libuhd. When you run the commands below, if you get the error "cannot access archive", you can continue to the next step. sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/libuhd4.6.0_4.6.0.0-0ubuntu1~focal1_amd64.deb
Step 3: Clone OpenAirInterface 5G RAN repository
git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/openairinterface5g.git
cd /home/
your user/openairinterface5ggit checkout slicing-spring-of-code
Step 4: Run the installation script
source oaienv
cd cmake_targets
sudo ./build_oai -I
sudo ./build_oai -I --install-optional-packages
sudo ./build_oai -w USRP --ninja --gNB --eNB --UE --nrUE -C --build-lib "uescope nrscope telnetsrv"
RIC Installation (FlexRIC)
Objectives
- Install and configure the gNB and FlexRIC
To install OAI FlexRIC, go back to /home/
Step 0: go back to /home/
sudo su
cd /home/
your user
Step 1: Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install -y autotools-dev automake g++ make libpcre2-dev byacc cmake python3-dev libsctp-dev pcre2-utils bison
Step 2: Install swig:
git clone https://github.com/swig/swig.git
cd swig
git checkout release-4.1
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix=/usr/
make -j8
sudo make install
Step 3: Clone FlexRIC repository:
git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/mosaic5g/flexric flexric
cd flexric/
git checkout slicing-spring-of-code
Step 4: Build FlexRIC:
mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make -j8
sudo make install
Deployment
For this task, open another terminal using crtl+Alt+T.
Step 1: Core deployment
cd /home/
your user/oai-cn5g-fed/docker-composesudo python3 core-network.py --type start-basic --scenario 1
Expected result:
After running the above command, nine containers are expected to be in the "Up (healthy)" state as shown in figure below.