Aerial RAN CoLab Over-the-Air - ARC-OTA 1.3
v1.3

Part 4. Install ARC-OTA Using SDK Manager

You can use NVIDIA SDK Manager to install directly on the target machine or from a remote machine. SDKM uses SSH to connect to the server where it installs the gNB.

Steps to install ARC-OTA using SDK Manager can be found in the SDK Manager documentation

You can download the installer athttps://developer.download.nvidia.com/sdkmanager/redirects/sdkmanager-deb.html

Use the Aerial cuBB Installation Guide for the following steps:

  1. Configure BIOS Settings

  2. Install Ubuntu 22.04 Server

  3. Install the Low-Latency Kernel

  4. Configure Linux Kernel Command-line

  1. Configure OAI L2.

    IP addresses of the CN and the gNB must be configured using one of the following:

    • the gnb_cn5g_network_config.ini file and gnb_apply_network_config.sh script

    • the ARC-OTA installation guide steps to do it manually

  2. Build the OAI L2+ image.

    Follow the steps in the ARC-OTA Installation Guide.

  3. Start the Aerial container.

    See the ARC-OTA Installation Guide for recommended Docker run parameters. SDKmanager will start the Aerial container.

  4. Start the OAI L2+ container.

    See the ARC-OTA Installation Guide for recommended Docker run parameters.

  5. Build the Aerial container.

    Follow the instructions in the ARC-OTA Installation Guide.

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