This section describes the supported configurations, test-vector configurations, and limitations for this release of Aerial cuPHY.
Important Terms
This section defines common acronyms, abbreviations, and terms that are used in this Aerial cuBB documentation.
Term or Abbreviation |
Definition |
|---|---|
| Aerial | Software suite that accelerates 5G RAN functions with the GPU |
| cuBB | CUDA GPU software libraries/tools that accelerate 5G RAN compute-intensive processing |
| cuPHY | CUDA 5G PHY layer software library of the cuBB |
| cuPHY-CP | cuPHY control-plane software |
| HDF5 | A data file format used for storing test vectors. The HDF5 software library provides functions for reading and writing the test vector files |
| CMake | CMake is a software tool for configuring the makefiles for building the CUDA examples |
| DPDK | Data Plane Development Kit |
| CX6-DX | Mellanox ConnectX6-DX NIC |
| CDM/FDM/TDM | Code-division multiplexing, Frequency Division Multiplexing, Time-Division Multiplexing |
| MU-MIMO | Multi-User Multiple Input - Multiple Output |
| SU-MIMO | Single-User Multiple Input - Multiple Output |
| RB | Resource Block |
| PRB | Physical Resource Block |
| RE | Resource Element |
| REG | Resource Element Group |
| CORESET | Control Resource Set |
| DCI | Downlink Control Information |
| DMRS | Demodulation Reference Signal |
| eCPRI | Enhanced Common Public Radio Interface |
| MIB | Master Information Block |
| O-RAN | Open Radio Access Network |
| SIB/SIB1 | System Information Block |
| TTI | Transmission Time Interval |
| LDPC | Low-Density Parity Check Code |
| PDCCH | Physical Downlink Control Channel |
| PDSCH | Physical Downlink Shared Channel |
| PUCCH | Physical Uplink Control Channel |
| PUSCH | Physical Uplink Shared Channel |
| PRACH | Physical Random Access Channel |
| UCI | Uplink Control Information |
| UE-EM | UE Emulator Test Equipment |