XhaulCore: Облачно-нативная архитектура Xhaul Core и орбитальные микросервисы UPF

XhaulCore переносит компоненты User Plane Function (UPF) непосредственно на спутниковые платформы, снижая круговую задержку за счет устранения двойных скачков через наземные станции.

XhaulCore Disaggregated 5G/6G Non-Terrestrial Core Architecture

Kubernetes-orchestrated control plane and FPGA-accelerated onboard user plane

Central System: Terrestrial 5GC Control Plane - AMF, SMF, and UDM microservices on high-assurance kubernetes

Network Nodes

Terrestrial 5GC Control Plane
Onboard Lightweight UPF
Cryptographic N3/N4 Transport
Terrestrial Breakout Gateway

Architectural Protocol Layers

Spaceborne PHY/MAC Layer (3GPP Rel-17 TS 38.300): Doppler compensation, HARQ disabling, and timing advance extension.
Orbital Mesh Routing (CCSDS / Delay-Tolerant Networking): Dynamic topology routing over intermittent laser crosslinks.
Regenerative Core Processing (OpenRAN / 3GPP CU-DU Split): Onboard user plane function (UPF) local breakout.

Key Metrics: < 18ms (LEO Orbit-to-Ground Roundtrip) | 100 Gbps (Optical Crosslink Throughput) | ±48 kHz (Doppler Shift Compensation) | 99.999% (Orbital Constellation Availability)

Cloud-Native Xhaul Core, Disaggregated User Plane Functions (UPF) & Multi-Orbit Slicing

Core Engineering Areas

eBPF/XDP Hardware-Accelerated Spaceborne UPF — Core engineering and protocols for eBPF/XDP Hardware-Accelerated Spaceborne UPF.
End-to-End Multi-Orbit 5G Network Slicing — Core engineering and protocols for End-to-End Multi-Orbit 5G Network Slicing.
Resilient PFCP State Synchronization Across Solar Eclipses — Core engineering and protocols for Resilient PFCP State Synchronization Across Solar Eclipses.

Technical Articles

Related Cluster Architecture Specifications

NonTerrestrialNetwork — 3GPP 5G/6G NTN Satellite Architecture, Direct-to-Cell & Non-Terrestrial Infrastructure
NonTerrestrialNetworks — Multi-Orbit Heterogeneous Constellation Interworking (LEO / MEO / GEO / HAPS)
AirspaceSync — Doppler Compensation, Relativistic Timing & Airspace-Space Synchronization
FSOComm — Free Space Optics, High-Bandwidth Space Laser Communications & Atmospheric Mitigation