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ORAN Fronthaul

The ORAN Fronthaul serves as an open interface between the Distributed Unit (O-DU) and Radio Unit (O-RU), utilizing the eCPRI protocol for transport. It defines various planes including Control, Management, Synchronization, and User planes, each serving distinct functions such as real-time control and management operations. The architecture emphasizes the importance of time synchronization in 5G networks to maintain high throughput across multiple RUs.

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ORAN Fronthaul

The ORAN Fronthaul serves as an open interface between the Distributed Unit (O-DU) and Radio Unit (O-RU), utilizing the eCPRI protocol for transport. It defines various planes including Control, Management, Synchronization, and User planes, each serving distinct functions such as real-time control and management operations. The architecture emphasizes the importance of time synchronization in 5G networks to maintain high throughput across multiple RUs.

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ORAN Fronthaul

The ORAN Fronthaul is an interface between DU (Distributed Unit) & RU (Radio unit).In ORAN this
interface is open and the protocol used in ORAN for transport is eCPRI.

Open RAN open fronthaul architecture defines the O-DU and O-RU elements as follows:

Open RAN Distribution Unit (O-DU) is a logical node hosting RLC/MAC/High-PHY layers based on a
lower layer functional split.

Open RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) is a logical node hosting a Low-PHY layer and RF processing based on
a lower layer functional split.

ORAN Fronthaul Protocol Split

The Open Fronthaul includes the Control User Synchronization (CUS) plane and the Management (M)
plane over Low Layer Split interfaces. Open RAN defines these interface planes as follows.
Control Plane refers to real-time control between O-DU and O-RU, not including the IQ sample data
(part of the User Plane).
Management Plane refers to non-real-time management operations between the O-DU and the O-
RU.
Synchronization Plane refers to traffic between the O-RU or O-DU to a synchronization controller
which is generally an IEEE-1588 Grand Master.
User Plane refers to IQ sample data transferred between O-DU and O-RU.

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ORAN Fronthaul
The Fronthaul C/U Planes

The C-and U-plane Ethernet stack commonly uses a UDP (User Datagram Protocol) to carry eCPRI or
RoE. If RoE is selected, it is carried over Ethernet L2 with a VLAN; eCPRI can be carried over Ethernet
L2, or UDP. The C- and U-plane both have the highest priority via the VLAN (priority 7) and within the IP
layer are defined as Expedited Forwarding.

The Fronthaul S Plane

The S-plane Ethernet stack uses Ethernet to carry PTP (Precision Time Protocol) and/or SyncE
(Synchronous Ethernet) traffic so that end mobile elements are time-synchronized. In 5G networks, it
is very important that each RU, especially RUs in the same segment or adjoining segments (locations
where UE (User Equipment) may be in contact with multiple RUs), is time-synchronized, allowing the
5G network to maintain high throughput while downloading data from multiple RUs at once, or while
transferring from one RU to another.

The Fronthaul M Plane

The M-plane Ethernet stack uses TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) to carry the management
messages between the RU and DU. ORAN defines a NETCONF/YANG profile to be carried over this layer
via SSH (Secure Shell), allowing communication between the RU and DU.

Stay Tuned to see the eCPRI logs in the next post !!

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