Linux Foundation Launches OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation
Linux Foundation Launches OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/ocudu-ecosystem-foundation-launch-ai-6g-ran
Publish Date: 2026-03-02 17:09:00
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The Linux Foundation has launched the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit, or OCUDU, Ecosystem Foundation to drive open source artificial intelligence-radio access network, or AI-RAN, innovation and accelerate 5G and early AI-native 6G deployments.
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LF said Sunday the foundation will operate as an open collaboration hub focused on developing, scaling and sustaining open source software for the centralized unit and distributed unit layers of Open RAN architectures while establishing a foundational reference platform that incorporates AI-based algorithms to support software-defined RAN deployments.
Arpit Joshipura, general manager of networking, edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation, said the effort aligns global stakeholders under an open, trusted and secure framework to power the next decade of wireless innovation.
What Are the Objectives of the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation?
The OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation seeks to establish a public-private ecosystem to develop and sustain an open source CU and DU software stack within Open RAN. It will host the OCUDU project and related initiatives under a collaborative governance model while promoting global coordination across RAN domains and end-to-end platforms. The foundation also plans to support documentation, testing, integration and other resources to facilitate development, deployment and adoption of the open source project.
OCUDU originated from an investment by the National Spectrum Consortium and the Pentagon’s FutureG Office, which awarded funding to DeepSig and Software Radio Systems to develop the initial software stack for 5G, 6G and AI-RAN in collaboration with the Linux Foundation.
