RIC Dashboard Overview

The O-RAN SC RIC Dashboard provides administrative and operator functions for a radio access network (RAN) controller. The web app is built as a single-page app using an Angular (version 8) front end and a Java (version 11) Spring-Boot (version 2.1) back end.

Project Resources

The project uses the following Linux Foundation resources.

Managed Resources

The RIC Dashboard is used to manage the following RIC Platform and RIC xApplication components.

Application Manager

The Dashboard interfaces with the Application Manager. This platform component is accessed via HTTP/REST requests using a client that is generated from an API specification published by the Application Manager team.

The Application Manager supports deploying, undeploying and configuring applications in the RIC. The Dashboard UI provides screens for these functions.

E2 Manager

The Dashboard interfaces with the E2 Manager. This platform component is accessed via HTTP/REST requests using a client that is generated from an API specification published by the E2 Manager team.

The E2 Manager platform component supports connecting and disconnecting RAN elements. The Dashboard UI provides controls for operators to create “ENDC” and “X2” connections, and to disconnect RAN elements.