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Quantum-Secure Aether SD-Core: Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Open 5G Core Networks
Contributed by coRAN Labs (CRL) The 5G evolution is accelerating, unlocking new capabilities across every sector of the global economy. But this progress comes with an equally rapid expansion of...
Community Member Profile – Gabriel Arrobo
This Aether community member profile features Gabriel Arrobo. Gabriel is a Senior Cloud Software Architect at Intel and is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. Gabriel has been an active contributor to...
Open Networking Foundation/Aether and Rutgers WINLAB in Collaboration with Keysight Technologies and ORCID Labs to Present Innovative RAN Energy Efficiency Research Results
Two presentations showcasing recent results on in-depth research conducted on RAN energy savings will be presented at the upcoming O-RAN Alliance Face-to-Face Meeting taking place in Dallas, Texas on October...
Lightweight Innovation in Open RAN: How Aether SMaRT-5G is Driving Real-World Energy and Traffic Optimization Without E2/A1 Interfaces
By Aether SMaRT-5G Team Aether SMaRT-5G team successfully demonstrated proof-of-concept of a new energy saving solution with technology partners in Japan As 5G networks grow, so do the challenges and...
O-RAN Energy Efficiency Testing and Modeling Paper to be Published by IEEE
We are pleased to share that our paper “Energy Efficiency Testing and Power Modeling of O-RAN Radio Units” has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE Future Networks World Forum...
Community Member Profile – Andy Bavier
This Aether community member profile features Andy Bavier who is based in Tucson, Arizona. Andy has been involved with Aether since its inception in 2020 and served for several years...
Community Member Profile – Scott Baker
This Aether community member profile features Scott Baker. Scott is a Principal Engineer, Cloud Software Architecture at Intel and is based in Oregon. Scott was a leader in operating the...
Community Member Profile – Woojoong Kim
This Aether community member profile features Woojoong Kim. Woojoong is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft in Mountain View, California. Woojoong has been actively contributing to the Aether project since...
Community Member Profile – Ajay Lotan Thakur
This Aether community member profile features Ajay Lotan Thakur. Ajay is a Cloud Software Architect at Intel Corporation and is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ajay has been an active...
Aether SD-RAN Roadmap – What’s Next?
This is the tenth and final blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction...
Journey of NgKore and Aether SD-Core
Contributed by NgKore. NgKore is an open-source community led by a group of passionate researchers, engineers, and professionals working to advance the future of 5G Advanced and 6G technologies. Our...
Code Quality and Robustness of Aether SD-RAN
This is the ninth blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction The quality...
Understanding Licensing in Aether SD-RAN
This is the eighth blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction Open source...
Project Activity in Aether SD-RAN: Momentum and Innovation
This is the seventh blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction The success...
Flexibility in Aether SD-RAN: Adapting to Modern O-RAN Deployments
This is the sixth blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction In Open...
Ease of Use Developing with Aether SD-RAN
This is the fifth blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction For developers...
GS Lab | GAVS and Aether: Spearheading 5G Innovation Across Industries
Contributed by GA Lab | GAVS The world is rapidly embracing 5G, and with it, a wave of transformative use cases is emerging, promising to reshape industries and redefine connectivity....
Scalability in Aether SD-RAN: Cloud-Native Growth for O-RAN Deployments
This is the fourth blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction As Open...
Delivering Stability and Reliability in Aether SD-RAN
This is the third blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction Stability and...
Ensuring O-RAN Compliance with Aether SD-RAN
This is the second blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction The Open...
Aether SD-RAN: Advancing Near-RT RIC in the O-RAN Ecosystem
This is the first blog in a series of weekly posts that focuses on highlights from the “Open Source Near-RT RIC Comparison v1.0” report by Rimedo Labs. Introduction The Open...
Aether Releases SD-RAN v1.5 Adding Major Enhancements to the RIC and 5G RAN
The Aether SD-RAN v1.5 release is the sixth release of the Aether SD-RAN project and adds three major enhancements to the RIC and 5G RAN: Join us for a techinar...
2025 Aether TST Election Results
We are pleased to announce the results of the recent 2025 Aether Technical Steering Team (TST) elections. Each of these individuals has been elected by the community to a 2-year...
Open-Source for Open RAN: Fostering Collaboration and Innovation
Check out this article by Ajay Lotan Thakur, Aether TST Member and Software Director, Intel Canada published in The Fast Mode, as he discusses the role of open source-software in...
Impact of Open Source 5G Projects
Check out this article by Ajay Lotan Thakur, Aether TST Member and Software Director, Intel published in the Canadian IEEE Toronto Section. He discusses the benefits and community value of...
Bringing Automation to Open Source 5G Software at Ubuntu Summit 2024
Excerpts from Blog by Canonical End-to-end Private 5G demo at the Ubuntu Summit “At this year’s Ubuntu Summit at The Hague, Netherlands, Canonical gave a live demonstration of how open...
Initial observations on SMaRT-5G project energy efficiency measurements
In this article featured in RCR Wireless News by Sarat Puthenpura, Chief Architect, Aether SMaRT-5G, he shares some of the exciting research findings to date from the Aether SMaRT-5G project....
Aether Nets Canonical Endorsement, Post ONF ‘graduation’
Excerpt Published Courtesy of ReTHINK Wireless Watch “Back in June, Canonical (the firm behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution), released Charmed Aether SD-Core, its implementation of Aether’s SD-Core as a beta...
Build your private 5G network with Charmed Aether SD-Core
– Contributed by Canonical – You might recall that we recently announced the beta release of Charmed Aether SD-Core, bringing automation to the Linux Foundation’s open source 5G software-defined core (SD-Core) networking software....
Rimedo Labs working with the Linux Foundation to help harmonize open source for Open RAN
– Contributed by Rimedo Labs – Rimedo Labs is working with The Linux Foundation (LF) to help harmonize open source for Open RAN. SMO, Non-RT RIC, and Near-RT RIC are...
5G Energy Efficiency Metrics, Models and System Tests
Check out this article published in RCR Wireless News to for an overview about the Aether SMaRT-5G initiative. This project has been building a series of PoCs that demonstrate progressively...
