4G Radio Access Network Simulator for Lab as a Service: Operation, Administration and Maintenance Scenarios in Indonesia

Sinta Novanana, Alfin Hikmaturokhman

Abstract

The 4th Generation of Mobile Cellular Communication is known for its connectivity the all-IP based network infrastructures. The infrastructure of 4G consists of radio access network, core network and transport network. 4G (Long Term Evolution – LTE) is the foundation of the 5th Generation where the infrastructure would be based on Software defined. The software defined technology is the key to this generation as the virtualization, modularity and abstraction become more popular in the implementation and that the cloud computing is nowadays becoming the trend of technology. To catch up with the latest technology in the higher education environment there’s a need to have Lab as a Service in education to simulate the real network experience. In this paper, there will be scenarios explained using the Open5GS opensource program to have the lab simulation implemented.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/jeeict.5.1.68748

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