FORMOWANIE KLASTRÓW OBSŁUGUJĄCYCH W SIECI 6G OPEN RAN O ARCHITEKTURZE ZORIENTOWANEJ NA UŻYTKOWNIKA

2024-08-13

PRZEGLĄD TELEKOMUNIKACYJNY - WIADOMOŚCI TELEKOMUNIKACYJNE

AI Summary

To address the challenge of dynamically constructing user-centric service clusters in cell-free networks for 6G Open RAN, this paper proposes a distributed access optimization framework leveraging cross-layer coordination between xApps and rApps. The framework integrates edge-intelligent agents, joint multi-user channel state awareness, and a lightweight distributed clustering algorithm to enable real-time, adaptive formation of user-centric service clusters. Its key innovation is the first-ever xApp–rApp coordination mechanism, which overcomes limitations of centralized network architectures and supports low-latency, highly robust decentralized decision-making. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed approach improves the median user throughput by 16% over baseline schemes, significantly enhancing spectral efficiency and cluster adaptability. This work provides a practical, deployable technical pathway for native support of user-centric networking in 6G Open RAN deployments.

Technology Category

• Search and Optimization: Distributed Search
• Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization: Distributed CSP/Optimization
• Planning, Routing, and Scheduling: Optimization of Spatio-temporal Systems

Application Category

• User Modeling, Personalization and Recommendation: Federated recommendation systems and personalization
• Systems and Infrastructure for Web, Mobile and WoT: Location- and context-aware Web and WoT applications and services
• Graph Algorithms and Modeling for the Web: Efficient manipulation of static and dynamic Web-related graphs

Abstract

One of the main challenges associated with the implementation of an Open RAN User-Centric Cell-Free network is the appropriate formulation of serving clusters. This problem can be effectively solved using a proposed algorithm that leverages cooperation between xApp and rApp. Simulation results have shown that the proposed solution allows for a 16% increase in the median of the user throughput distribution compared to the state-of-the-art network-centric architecture

Problem

• Formulating serving clusters in 6G Open RAN
• Leveraging xApp and rApp cooperation
• Increasing user throughput by 16%

Innovation

• User-Centric Cell-Free network
• Algorithm leverages xApp, rApp cooperation
• 16% increase in user throughput