Practical Survey on Deploying and Troubleshooting O-RAN SMO Systems: Case Study and Lessons Learned

Ju Hee Shin; Hyun Min Yoo; Een Kee Hong

doi:10.1109/ICTC66702.2025.11388012

Practical Survey on Deploying and Troubleshooting O-RAN SMO Systems: Case Study and Lessons Learned

Ju Hee Shin
, Hyun Min Yoo
, Een Kee Hong

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic examination of the concepts and architecture of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN), with a comprehensive analysis of the failure factors and corresponding solutions encountered during the practical deployment of O-RAN Service Management and Orchestration (SMO), its core management platform. Through the systematic identification of recurring errors that emerged during OSC SMO implementation in Docker and Helm environments, this study conducts an in-depth analysis of Pod architecture to propose effective mitigation strategies for Helm dependency conflicts, PVC binding failures, and authentication errors. The research contributes a practical operational model for real-world O-RAN SMO deployment and establishes a technical foundation for constructing automated operational frameworks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2025
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	498-499
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331556785
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTC66702.2025.11388012
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2025 - , Korea, Republic of Duration: 14 Oct 2025 → 17 Oct 2025

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Name	International Conference on ICT Convergence
ISSN (Print)	2162-1233
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-1241

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Conference	16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2025
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
Period	14/10/25 → 17/10/25

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© 2025 IEEE.

Keywords

Non-RT RIC
O-RAN
RAN Applications
SMO

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Shin, J. H., Yoo, H. M., & Hong, E. K. (2025). Practical Survey on Deploying and Troubleshooting O-RAN SMO Systems: Case Study and Lessons Learned. In 2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2025 (pp. 498-499). (International Conference on ICT Convergence). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTC66702.2025.11388012

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Practical Survey on Deploying and Troubleshooting O-RAN SMO Systems: Case Study and Lessons Learned. / Shin, Ju Hee; Yoo, Hyun Min; Hong, Een Kee.
2025 16th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence, ICTC 2025. IEEE Computer Society, 2025. p. 498-499 (International Conference on ICT Convergence).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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