EURECOM has created the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance (OSA), a
separate legal entity from EURECOM, which aims to provide an open-source
ecosystem for the core (EPC) and access-network (EUTRAN) protocols of 3GPP
cellular systems with the possibility of interoperating with closed-source
equipment in either portion of the network. In addition to the huge economic
success of the open-source model, the Alliance will be a tremendous tool used
by both industry and academia. More importantly it will ensure a much-needed
communication mechanism between the two in order to bring academia closer to
complex real-world systems which are controlled by major industrial players
in the wireless industry. In the context of the evolutionary path towards 5G,
there is clearly the need for open-source tools to ensure a common R&D and
prototyping framework for rapid proof-of-concept designs.
The OSA's EPC software is known and openairCN while the access-network
software goes under the name of openair5G. OAI currently includes a
standard-compliant implementation of a subset of Release 10 LTE for UE, eNB,
MME, HSS, SGw and PGw on standard Linux-based computing equipment (Intel x86
PC/ARM architectures). Openair5G is freely distributed by the OSA under the
terms stipulated by a new open-source license catering to the intellectual
property agreements used in 3GPP which allows contributions from 3GPP members
holding patents on key procedures used in the standard. OpenairCN is
distributed under an Apache V2.0 license, in order to ease with integration
within an OpenStack environment. The team is working closely with ETSI to
harmonize the software license with the intellectual property policy of 3GPP.
The software can be used in conjunction with standard RF laboratory equipment
available in many labs (i.e. National Instruments/Ettus USRP and PXIe
platforms), in addition to custom RF hardware provided by EURECOM, to
implement these functions to a sufficient degree to allow for real-time
interoperation with commercial devices. Some industrial users have reported
integration with commercial RF remote radio-head equipment.
The current major industrial users of OAI for collaborative projects are
Alcatel-Lucent, China Mobile, TCL, Thales, National Instruments, Orange,
Intel, TCS, Canonical, Ercom, Keysight, Telekom Malaysia, Telecom Italia,
Swisscom, ARELIS (Thomson Broadcast). Leading research centers using and
contributing to the software development include B-COM, Fraunhofer IIS,
Frauhofer FOKUS, IMST, TNO, Winlab, Idaho National Laboratory, III, ITRI,
INDT, Fundacion Sadosky and many top university labs worldwide.
译文：
EURECOM创建了OpenAirInterface（OAI）软件联盟（OSA），将EURECOM与法律实体分开，旨在提供开源3GPP的核心（EPC）和接入网络（EUTRAN）协议的生态系统
可以与闭源互操作的蜂窝系统设备在网络的任何一部分。除了巨大的经济
成功的开源模式，联盟将是一个巨大的工具使用由工业界和学术界。更重要的是，它将确保急需
两者之间的沟通机制，以使学术界更加接近由主要工业企业控制的复杂现实系统
在无线行业。在迈向5G的演进路径的背景下，显然需要开源工具来确保共同的研发和开发
用于快速概念验证设计的原型框架。
OSA的EPC软件在访问网络时是已知的和openairCN软件名为openair5G。 OAI目前包括一个
用于UE，eNB的版本10 LTE的子集的符合标准的实现，MME，HSS，SGw和PGw采用标准的基于Linux的计算设备（Intel x86PC / ARM架构）。 Openair5G由OSA自由发布
适用于知识分子的新开源许可证规定的条款3GPP中使用的属性协议，允许来自3GPP成员的贡献持有该标准中使用的关键程序的专利。 OpenairCN是在Apache V2.0许可下分发，以便于集成
在OpenStack环境中。该团队正在与ETSI密切合作协调软件许可与3GPP的知识产权政策。
该软件可与标准RF实验室设备结合使用可在许多实验室中使用（即National Instruments / Ettus USRP和PXIe平台），除了由EURECOM提供的定制RF硬件外
实现这些功能到足以允许实时的程度与商业设备互操作。一些工业用户报道
与商用射频遥控无线电头设备集成。目前OAI合作项目的主要工业用户是
阿尔卡特朗讯，中国移动，TCL，Thales，National Instruments，Orange，
Intel，TCS，Canonical，Ercom，Keysight，Telekom Malaysia，Telecom Italia，
Swisscom，ARELIS（汤姆森广播）。领先的研究中心使用和
为软件开发做出贡献包括B-COM，Fraunhofer IIS，
Frauhofer FOKUS，IMST，TNO，Winlab，Idaho National Laboratory，III，ITRI，
INDT，Fundacion Sadosky和全球许多顶尖大学实验室。
