Supported Systems#

This section outlines the platforms on which Aerial CUDA-Accelerated RAN has been tested.

Highlights#

  • Grace Hopper MGX system supports 20 4T4R Peak cells / 20 4T4R average BFP9 cells

  • Supports Massive MIMO: 64T64R (16DL | 8UL) @ 100MHz w/ SRS-based Beamforming

Aerial CUDA-Accelerated RAN Overall Platform Qualification#

System

Configuration

Applications

Grace Hopper MGX

  • 72-core NVIDIA Grace CPU

  • NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU

  • 480GB of LPDDR5X memory with ECC

  • Supports 96GB of HBM3

  • BF3 NIC x2

gNB, RU emulator

x86 platform

Dell R750

  • Server sku 10-AYCG

  • Intel Xeon Gold 6336Y 2.4G, 24C/48T

  • PCIe Gen4

  • Memory 512GB DDR4

  • Storage 2TB

  • BF3 NIC

RU emulator only

5G Infrastructure Integration#

5G RAN Integration#

Function

Features

Supported

gNB

Baseband functions for

  • signal processing using multiple antennas

  • signal processing for detecting and correcting errors in the wireless transmission

  • signal processing to ensure that the wireless transmission is secure

  • managing the wireless resources efficiently between different devices in the network

Y

O-RU

Radio functions to convert digital information into signals that can be transmitted wirelessly, ensuring that the transmitted signals are in the right frequency bands and have the correct power levels.

Includes antennas which radiate the electrical signals into radio waves

Y

UE

End user devices such as smartphones, routers, tablets, HMDs, CPEs

Y

5G Mobile Core (NGC) integration#

Function

Features

Supported

AMF

Core Access and Mobility Management Function

Connection and reachability management, mobility management, access authentication and authorization, location services

Y

SMF

Session Management Function

UE session, including IP address allocation, selection of associated UP function, control aspects of QoS, and control aspects of UP routing.

Y

PCF

Policy Control Function

Manage policy rules that other CP functions then enforce.

Y

UDM

Unified Data Management

Manage user identity, including generation of authentication credentials.

Y

AUSF Authentication Server Function

Essentially an authentication server

Y

UDR

Unified Data Repository

Repository of subscriber information that can be used by other microservies. For example UDM

Y

NCHF

New Charging Function

Cover all the network’s needs of charging and interaction with billing systems

Y

CP - SDSF

Structured Data Storage

“Helper” service used to store structured data.

Y

CP - UDSF

Unstructured Data Storage

“helper” service used to store unstructured data.

Y

CP - NEF

Network Exposure Function

Expose select capabilities to third-party services, including translation between internal and external representations for data. Could be implemented by an “API Server” in a microservices-based system.

N

CP - NRF

NF Repository Function

A means to discover available services.

N

CP - NSSF

Network Slicing Selector Function

A means to select a Network Slice to serve a given UE. Network slices are essentially a way to partition network resources in order to differentiate service given to different users.

N

UP - UPF

User Plane Function

Forwards traffic between RAN and the Internet. In addition to packet forwarding, it is responsible for policy enforcement, lawful intercept, traffic usage reporting, and QoS policing

Y

5G NSE Overall Network Deployment Topologies#

Aerial CUDA-Accelerated RAN supports the Campus Distributed MEC applications + colocated (gNB + UPF + CN) topology: Non-latency-sensitive applications can be distributed and leverage an existing enterprise network data stream.

Aerial E2E Reference BOM and Component Manifest#

5G Infra Component

HW and SW Revision Manifest

Supported

gNB

SMC Grace Hopper MGX Serve with BF3 NIC

Y

Capgemini L2+

Y

CN

Dell PowerEdge R750 Server

Y

Capgemini CN

Y

FH Switch

Dell PowerSwitch S5248F-ON

Y

Adva switch FSP 150 XG400

Y

Spectrum switch SN3750X

Y

Ciena switch 5164

Y

Cisco switch N9K-C93180YC-FX3S

Y

GM

QULSAR Qg 2 Multi-Sync Gatway

Y

Cables

Dell C2G 1m LC-LC 50/125 Duplex Multimode OM4 Fiber Cable - Aqua - 3ft – Optical patch cable

Y

NVIDIA MCP1650-V01AE30 DAC Cable Ethernet 200GbE QSFP28 1.5m

Y

NVIDIA MCP1600-C001E30N DAC Cable Ethernet 100GbE QSFP28 1m

Y

Beyondtech 5m (16ft) LC UPC to LC UPC Duplex OM3 Multimode PVC (OFNR) 2.0mm Fiber Optic Patch Cable

Y

CableCreation 3ft Cat5/Cat6 Ethernet Cables

Y

PDUs

Tripp Lite 1.4kW Single-Phase Monitored PDU with LX Platform Interface, 120V Outlets (8 5-15R), 5-15P, 12ft Cord, 1U Rack-Mount, TAA

Y

Transceivers

Finisar SFP-to-RJ45 Transceiver

Y

Intel Ethernet SFP+SR Optics

Y

Dell SFP28-25G-SR Transceiver

Y

Ethernet Switch

Netgear ProSafe Plus JGS524E Rackmount

Y
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