arxivcs.NI2026-07-02
Enabling Real-Time AI in O-RAN: Deploying and Measuring AI Inside a Near-RT RIC xApp
Lawrence Obiuwevwi, Krzysztof J. Rechowicz, Sampath Jayarathna, Safdar Hussain Bouk, Fahmida Afrin, C. Nicolas Barati, et al.
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architectures introduce programmable Near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controllers (Near-RT RICs) that support closed-loop control through xApps at timescales from 10 ms to 1 s. Although AI has been widely studied for RAN optimization, fewer works d…