OCUDU Ecosystem Developer Summit

OCUDU has earned the title “Linux kernel of RAN”: an open, carrier-grade CU/DU. But the Linux kernel alone never shipped a router. OpenWrt did – by turning the kernel into an opinionated, deployable appliance with configuration, lifecycle management, UI, packaging, upgrades, and extensibility.

OCUDU is at the same point. It provides the RAN core, but teams moving from lab to field still rebuild the same surrounding layers: SMO/orchestration, zero-touch O-RU onboarding, timing automation, multi-vendor radio profiles, upgrade/rollback, security/compliance, application infrastructure, and air-gapped packaging.

This talk proposes an “OpenWrt for RAN”: a community-maintained, batteries-included distribution around unmodified OCUDU that can be deployed as a ready-made appliance, while remaining open to extension and customization. Drawing on hands-on integration of upstream OCUDU with an open-source packet core and multi-vendor O-RUs, I will present a practical reference architecture and the minimum platform services needed to turn CU/DU software into a secure, compliant, field-deployable private 5G system.