OpenAirInterface (OAI) Remote Control Manager (RCM) is an innovative management platform which is designed and developed to enable remote and centralized configuration, operation and management of any OAI node in a flexible and adaptive way. The platform is developed to automatically generate the different configuration files for various customized test scenarios. Then it validates consistency between different related configuration parameters for different OAI nodes, and automatically operates these configurations and test scenarios with an unambiguous Graphical User Interface (GUI) for researchers.

The next figure shows the OAI-RCM platform architecture which consists of a number of Ubuntu hosts acting as slaves, in which each host represents a specific OAI component, where the related configuration files should be consistent, such that a successful OAI operation is obtained. The platform which is running on the master host will generate such validated and matched configuration files and as a result the required test scenario is achieved in a more proper and faster way. OAI-RCM platform is developed with the capability to build the configuration files of various OAI nodes such as Evolved Node B (eNB), RRU, RCC, Home Subscriber Server (HSS), Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving and Packet Gateways (S/P-GW), HSS freeDiameter (FD), and MME FD. While configuring the testbed, researchers may need to remember the definition of specific configuration parameter, format, unit, or acceptable values, so OAI-RCM platform is designed to offer tips to decide on the right value for each parameter.


Then, the platform writes these configuration files on OAI nodes and acknowledges the success configurations of the nodes by sending a review to the researcher to be checked. After the researcher reviews the test scenario and the generated configurations through the platform, the researcher operates the test scenario, and manages the results. The next figure briefly shows this process.
