---
license: other
license_name: otel-2.5-contributors
license_link: https://huggingface.co/datasets/SysNetS/otel-data/blob/main/TERMS.md
pretty_name: POWDER / local-testbed cellular network data for OTel 2.5
language:
- en
tags:
- telecommunications
- 5g
- lte
- open5gs
- srsran
- network-telemetry
- anomaly-detection
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
---

# POWDER and local-testbed cellular network data for OTel 2.5

Operational cellular-network records collected by the UT Dallas / Purdue team for the OTel 2.5 training effort:
the data classes the OTel 2.0 model card lists as absent from its training mix (event data, network-performance
KPIs, RF/signal-quality measurements, 5G core control-plane and inter-NF signalling).

Three collections, each a versioned tarball with a per-file `MANIFEST.csv` (sha256), plus browsable
run records, summaries and documentation:

| Collection | Content | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| `powder-lte-v1` | 63 LTE runs on the POWDER testbed (srsRAN_4G), benign vs. fake base station: S1AP/NAS/RRC events, MAC byte counts, EPC measurement reports (RSRP/RSRQ/SINR), eNB/UE log events, frame-level malicious labels, detector outputs (kept separate), run records, derived summaries | measured, real radios |
| `powder-5g-core-sim-v1` | 7 standalone-5G runs on POWDER (Open5GS 2.8.0 + UERANSIM): NGAP, 5G NAS, SBI, PFCP, GTP-U counters, NF logs, RADIUS, injected NF restarts and link impairment with ground-truth timelines | real core software, simulated radio |
| `zmq-5g-core-sim-v1` | 87 local runs (Open5GS 2.7.7 + ocudu gNB + srsUE over ZMQ): NGAP, 5G NAS, NR RRC, SBI, PFCP, GTP-U/MAC-NR counters, gNB scheduler metrics, per-second UE radio metrics (RSRP, SNR, MCS, BLER, bitrates), iperf/ping/HTTP results, NF restarts/outages, scheduler MCS caps, TCP/UDP load, ground-truth timelines | real core/gNB/UE software, simulated radio |

## Record format

One JSON object per line (`.ndjson`). Every record carries `run_id`, `scenario_label` (run-level ground truth),
`capture_point`, `provenance` (`measured` / `derived` / `simulated`), `parser`, `source_file`, and a UTC `ts`
where the source clock is trustworthy. Subscriber identities are keyed pseudonyms (`ue-…`); no raw IMSI/SUPI/IMEI.
Schema: `docs/event.schema.json` in each collection. Field meanings: `docs/data_dictionary.md`.

## Rules the data follows

- Provenance label on every record; simulated-radio values are never presented as over-the-air measurements.
- Injected conditions (ground truth) live in each run record's `scenario.timeline`, separate from any detector output.
- Train/test splits must keep whole runs together (`train_test_split.single-ue.json` in the LTE collection).
- Raw packet captures are not included (45 GB for the local runs, 10.7 GB for the LTE archive); they are
  catalogued with sha256 in the run records and available from the owner on request.
- Third-party material (operator captures, drive tests) is excluded.

## Layout

```
powder-lte-v1/              README.md, MANIFEST.csv, TERMS.md, run_records/, summaries/, docs/, catalog/
powder-lte-v1.tar.gz        full collection incl. processed/ NDJSON
powder-5g-core-sim-v1/      README.md, MANIFEST.csv, TERMS.md, run_records/, summaries/, docs/, runs/ (timelines, app results, configs)
powder-5g-core-sim-v1.tar.gz
zmq-5g-core-sim-v1/         same, plus runs/<run>/ran/metrics (UE metrics CSV)
zmq-5g-core-sim-v1.tar.gz
```

Owner: Mashroor Hasan Bhuiyan (UT Dallas). Collection and tooling: SysNetS Lab; pipeline at
`github.com/mahabhu/otel-data-collection`.