End To End Open Source 5G Stack
Challenge
Opaque, proprietary and vertically-integrated technology provided by a small number of dominant vendors, including foreign/adversarial suppliers
- Hardware and software decoupling
- Security at scale
- Operating over untrusted nodes and nets
- Adaptive adversaries at tera-node scale
Approach
Deployable, transparent, open source technology
- Speed open source development
- Built-in, cost-effective 5G node and network security
- Secure slices operate over untrusted infrastructure
- Programmable defences for quick and flexible response
Transition
A decoupled, secure, 5G stack
- Leveraging existing Linux Foundation open source networking, edge, and IoT projects representing multi-billion dollar shared R&D investments
- The Linux Foundation for technology transfer path to military and civilian users
- Nationwide network to enhance D0D ability to test 5G Core security (Multisite OPS-5G Joint Independent Testing Option (MOJITO))
How Linux Foundation and OPS-5G relate to MOJITO (Multisite OPS-5G Joint Independent Testing Option)
DARPA OPS-5G
Focus on 5G core security, and creating open source software and systems enabling secure 5G.
- Speed open source software development
- Built-in, cost-effective 5G node and network security
- Secure slices operate over untrusted infrastructure
- Programmable defenses for quick and flexible response
OUSD (R&E) DoD 5G
A nationwide testbed to enhance DoD ability to test security attributes of 5G networks
- Equip US military bases for experiments to enable 5G networks
- Many uses for 5G, but one constant across all is security
- Leverage and accelerate innovation of US 5G industry
