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About O-RAN Software Community (SC)

Who We Are

The O-RAN Software Community (SC) was created as a collaboration between the O-RAN Alliance and the Linux Foundation with the mission to support the creation of open software for the Radio Access Network (RAN). Now fully integrated into Linux Foundation Networking (LFN), the O-RAN SC operates under a unified governance structure that enables tighter, more streamlined collaboration with fellow LFN projects. As we tackle the next big challenge for the open source community, the O-RAN SC continues to address critical requirements in performance, scale, and 3GPP alignment.

Mission

Manage all software development, code storage, tooling, and developer integration testing aligned with the architecture specified by the O-RAN Alliance.

Vision

The telecom industry is experiencing a profound transformation, and 5G is expected to radically change how we live, work, and play. It’s critical to make network infrastructure commercially available quickly to ensure business success for operators. Turning to open source is one of the most efficient ways to accelerate product development collaboratively and cost-efficiently.

The O-RAN Software Community aligns with the O-RAN Alliance’s open architecture and specifications to achieve industry deployment solutions. Sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance, **this project—now a key initiative within Linux Foundation Networking—**develops modular, open, intelligent, efficient, and agile disaggregated radio access networks.

Get Involved

You can get started by joining the mailing list and Technical Oversight Community (TOC) meetings.

About O-RAN Software Community (SC)

Big Challenges

  • Build commercially viable solutions that meet high-performing KPI requirements for real-time systems.
  • Leverage adjacent software communities and open approaches to speed time to market.

Project Scope & Goals

  • Software development, documentation, testing, and integration.
  • Coordinate with related open source software projects and standards communities.
  • Align with O-RAN architecture.

Licensing

  • Standard Apache 2 license for Open Source software contributions.
Architecture Diagram

Architecture Diagram