Hi Spencer,

In the last few months I needed to make a lot of changes to this project.I need to implement 5G core but I wanted to make sure that this didn't affect the 4G source code much. As such, I changed BuildTool from autotools to MESON and freeDiameter library is applied with new version 1,3,2. So, the project name is changed from NextEPC to Open5GS. These things are almost finished today.

There are a few things left to do now, including implement GTP path management before developing 5G core, which will not have a major impact on the master branch.

Thanks a lot!

Best Regards, Sukchan

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 5:50 AM Spencer Sevilla sevilla@cs.washington.edu wrote:

Hi everyone,

I admin a couple of small-scale networks, one with ~20 users and one with ~100. They are basic, data-only LTE networks, and do not provide any voice services, 2g fallback, or interconnect at all. One has two eNBs and the other has one. We currently use the OAI EPC, but are very interested in moving over to NextEPC for reasons of stability.

I’ve tested NextEPC in our lab (with only two phones and an SDR) and it seems to work great. I’ve looked through the code, implemented a feature or two, and it is much much cleaner than OAI. I’ve also heard widely good reports of some other deployments.

Anything I should know, or any major issues I should be aware of before I go ahead and deploy the current master branch? I don’t mind finding/fixing a couple of bugs and will certainly commit any fixes upstream, just more asking about any already known fundamental problems, features unimplemented, or reasons I should postpone a rollout.

Thanks! Spencer