Installation Guide

The following sections will guide you through the process of integrating and deploying Aerial Research Cloud (ARC) for advanced 5G and 6G research:

• Part 1 – Procure the Hardware: Procure all the required hardware based on the published BOM in this document

• Part 2 – Configure the Network Hardware: Perform setup on the required network devices.

• Part 3 – Configure gNB Server: Kernel cmdline specific to ARC.

• Part 4 – Install ARC Using SDK Manager: Use the SDK Manager to install ARC.

• Part 5 – Set up Aerial with OAI gNB and CN5G (Optional): This is an alternative to Part 4. Instead of using SDK Manager to install ARC, you can install the necessary software components manually.

• Part 6 – Valdiate the Setup: Validate the setup using bi-directional UDP.