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19 Front Haul Interface Library Release Notes
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22 Version FH oran_f_release_v1.0, June 2022
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25 * Update to DPDK 20.11.3
26 * oneAPI compiler support
27 * core optimizations for massive mimo scenarios
29 Version FH oran_e_maintenance_release_v1.0, March 2022
30 ------------------------------------------------------
32 * Update to DPDK 20.11.1.
33 * Static Compression support which reduces overhead in user plane packets.
34 * QoS support per configuration table 3-7.
35 * DDP Profile for O-RAN FH.
36 * VPP like vectorization of packet handling.
38 * Support for Measurement of dummy payloads in the range of 40 to 1400 bytes per user.
39 * CVL(Columbiaville) measured transport implementation including timing parameters adjustment
40 prior to C/U plane traffic.
42 Version FH oran_release_bronze_v1.1, Aug 2020
43 ------------------------------------------------
45 * Add profile and support for LTE.
46 * Add support for the 32x32 massive mimo scenario. Up to 2 cells demo showed with testmac
47 * mmWave RRH integration. Address regression from the previous release.
48 * Integrate block floating-point compression/decompression.
49 * Enhance C-plane for the Category B scenario.
52 Version FH oran_release_bronze_v1.0, May 2020
53 ------------------------------------------------
55 * Integration and optimization of block floating point compression and decompression.
57 * Add support for alpha and beta value when calculating SFN based on GPS time.
58 * Support End to End integration with commercial UE with xRAN/ORAN RRU for both mmWave and
61 Version FH oran_release_amber_v1.0, 1 Nov 2019
62 -------------------------------------------------
63 * Second version released to ORAN in support of Release A
64 * Incorporates support for 5G NR sub 6 and mmWave
65 * Support for Application fragementation under Transport features was added
66 * This release has been designed and implemented to support the following numerologies defined in the 3GPP |br|
68 * Numerology 0 with bandwidth 5/10/20 MHz with up to 12 cells
69 * Numerology 1 with bandwidth 100MHz with up to 1 cell
70 * Numerology 3 with bandwidth 100MHz with up to 1 cell
71 * The feature set of xRAN protocol should be aligned with Radio Unit (O-RU) implementation
72 * Inter-operability testing (IOT) is required to confirm correctness of functionality on both sides
73 * The following mandatory features of the ORAN FH interface are not yet supported in this release
74 * RU Category Support of CAT-B RU (i.e. precoding in RU)
75 * Beamforming Beam Index Based and Real Time BF weights
76 * Transport Features QoS over FrontHaul
79 Version FH seedcode_v1.0, 25 Jul 2019
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81 * This first version supports only mmWave per 5G NR and it is not yet
83 * It is a first draft prior to the November 2019 Release A
84 * The following mandatory features of the ORAN FH interface are not yet
85 * supported in this initial release
86 * RU Category Support of CAT-B RU (i.e. precoding in RU)
87 * Beamforming Beam Index Based and Real Time BF weights
88 * Transport Features QoS over FrontHaul and Application Fragmentation