diff --git a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
index 795fe48eaee7c0e604ab2ed2969f638c95c4b86c..83b9eb7c2f02646e663d232f7efed57f78bb8678 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake_targets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1636,9 +1636,25 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # Atlas is required by some packages, but not found in pkg-config
-if(EXISTS "/usr/include/atlas/cblas.h")
+# So, here are some hacks here. Hope this gets fixed in future!
+if(EXISTS "/usr/include/atlas/cblas.h" OR EXISTS "/usr/include/cblas.h")
   include_directories("/usr/include/atlas")
-  list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES cblas atlas lapack)
+  LINK_DIRECTORIES("/usr/lib64")
+  LINK_DIRECTORIES("/usr/lib64/atlas") #Added because atlas libraries in CentOS 7 are here!
+  
+  if(EXISTS "/usr/lib64/libblas.so" OR EXISTS "/usr/lib/libblas.so") #Case for CentOS7
+     list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES blas)
+  else() # Case for Ubuntu
+     list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES cblas)
+  endif()
+
+  if(EXISTS "/usr/lib/atlas/libtatlas.so" OR EXISTS "/usr/lib64/atlas/libtatlas.so") #Case for CentOS7
+     list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES tatlas)
+  else()
+     list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES atlas) #Case for Ubuntu
+  endif()
+
+  list(APPEND ATLAS_LIBRARIES lapack)
 else()
   message("No Blas/Atlas libs found, some targets will fail")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake_targets/build_oai b/cmake_targets/build_oai
index 2640f5957b7824d660dc92b544e8b423641a7163..d4ced88c31d66b979942bffaa3838e52fc661d9a 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/build_oai
+++ b/cmake_targets/build_oai
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ BUILD_DOXYGEN=0
 T_TRACER="False"
 DISABLE_HARDWARE_DEPENDENCY="False"
 CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=""
+CMAKE_CMD="$CMAKE"
 UE_AUTOTEST_TRACE="False"
 UE_DEBUG_TRACE="False"
 UE_TIMING_TRACE="False"
 DISABLE_LOG_X="False"
 BUILD_ECLIPSE=0
-CMAKE_CMD='cmake'
 trap handle_ctrl_c INT
 
 function print_help() {
diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index a57040449c7223d191be4df7c928ed036b4e5d62..29d839b5431ee95ca7e8f50e750361423f70f6ad 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@
 # authors Laurent Thomas, Lionel GAUTHIER
 #
 #######################################
+if [ ! -f /etc/os-release ]; then
+  echo "No /etc/os-release file found. You're likely on an unsupported distro."
+  exit -1
+fi
+OS_DISTRO=$(grep "^ID=" /etc/os-release | sed "s/ID=//" | sed "s/\"//g")
+OS_RELEASE=$(grep "^VERSION_ID=" /etc/os-release | sed "s/VERSION_ID=//" | sed "s/\"//g")
+case "$OS_DISTRO" in
+  fedora) OS_BASEDISTRO="fedora"; INSTALLER="dnf"; CMAKE="cmake" ;;
+  rhel)   OS_BASEDISTRO="fedora"; INSTALLER="yum"; CMAKE="cmake3" ;;
+  centos) OS_BASEDISTRO="fedora"; INSTALLER="yum"; CMAKE="cmake3" ;;
+  debian) OS_BASEDISTRO="debian"; INSTALLER="apt-get"; CMAKE="cmake" ;;
+  ubuntu) OS_BASEDISTRO="debian"; INSTALLER="apt-get"; CMAKE="cmake" ;;
+esac
+KERNEL_VERSION=$(uname -r | cut -d '.' -f1)
+KERNEL_MAJOR=$(uname -r | cut -d '.' -f2)
+
 SUDO='sudo -E'
 
 ###############################
@@ -66,12 +82,11 @@ echo_info()    { cecho "$*" $blue         ;}
 # If we can't check the distribution, it returns "Unknown"
 # This function return always true as exit code by design
 # Examples:
-#   Ubuntu16.04
-#   Debian8.5
+#   ubuntu16.04
+#   debian8.5
 get_distribution_release() {
-    local distributor
-    if distributor=$(lsb_release -si 2>/dev/null) ; then
-        echo $distributor$(lsb_release -sr)
+    if [[ ! -z "$OS_DISTRO$OS_RELEASE" ]]; then
+        echo "$OS_DISTRO$OS_RELEASE"
     else
         echo Unknown
     fi
@@ -80,8 +95,11 @@ get_distribution_release() {
 check_supported_distribution() {
     local distribution=$(get_distribution_release)
     case "$distribution" in
-        "Ubuntu16.04") return 0 ;;
-        "Ubuntu14.04") return 0 ;;
+        "ubuntu16.04") return 0 ;;
+        "ubuntu14.04") return 0 ;;
+        "fedora24")    return 0 ;;
+        "rhel7")       return 0 ;;
+        "centos7")     return 0 ;;
     esac
     return 1
 }
@@ -200,6 +218,9 @@ install_protobuf_c_from_source(){
     protobuf_c_install_log=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/protobuf_c_install_log.txt
     echo_info "\nInstalling Google Protobuf_C from sources. The log file for Protobuf_C installation is here: $protobuf_c_install_log "
     (
+    if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "rhel" ]] || [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "centos" ]]; then
+        export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
+    fi
     cd /tmp
     echo "Downloading protobuf-c"
     rm -rf /tmp/protobuf-c
@@ -214,7 +235,29 @@ install_protobuf_c_from_source(){
     ) >& $protobuf_c_install_log
 }
 
+install_usrp_uhd_driver_from_source(){
+    uhd_install_log=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/uhd_install_log.txt
+    echo_info "\nInstalling UHD driver from sources. The log file for UHD driver installation is here: $uhd_install_log "
+    (
+    cd /tmp
+    echo "Downloading UHD driver"
+    rm -rf /tmp/uhd
+    git clone git://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd.git
+    cd uhd
+    git checkout tags/release_003_010_001_001
+    mkdir -p host/build
+    cd host/build
+    $CMAKE ../
+    echo "Compiling UHD"
+    make
+    make test
+    $SUDO make install
+    $SUDO ldconfig
+    ) >& $uhd_install_log
+}
+
 check_install_usrp_uhd_driver(){
+    if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         #first we remove old installation
         $SUDO apt-get remove -y uhd || true
         $SUDO apt-get remove libuhd-dev libuhd003 uhd-host -y
@@ -225,27 +268,72 @@ check_install_usrp_uhd_driver(){
         $SUDO apt-get update
         $SUDO apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated install  python python-tk libboost-all-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev
         $SUDO apt-get -y --allow-unauthenticated install libuhd-dev libuhd003 uhd-host
+    elif [[ "$OS_BASEDISTRO" == "fedora" ]]; then
+        $SUDO $INSTALLER -y install python boost libusb-devel libusbx-devel boost-devel python-mako python-docutils cmake
+        if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "rhel" ]] || [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "centos" ]]; then
+            # until EPEL repo hasn't bumped UHD driver to >=3.10 in EPEL, build driver from source
+            $SUDO $INSTALLER -y remove uhd uhd-devel uhd-firmware
+            install_ursp_uhd_driver_from_source
+        else
+            $SUDO $INSTALLER -y install uhd uhd-devel uhd-firmware
+        fi
+    fi
 }
 
 install_usrp_uhd_driver() {
+    if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
         # We move uhd-host apart because it depends on linux kernel version
         # On newer kernels, it fails to install
         $SUDO apt-get -y install uhd-host
-        if [ -z $1 ]; then
-          $SUDO uhd_images_downloader
-        else
-          $SUDO uhd_images_downloader -i $1
-        fi
+    fi
+    if [ -z $1 ]; then
+      $SUDO uhd_images_downloader
+    else
+      $SUDO uhd_images_downloader -i $1
+    fi
+}
+
+install_bladerf_driver_from_source(){
+    bladerf_install_log=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/bladerf_install_log.txt
+    echo_info "\nInstalling BladeRF driver from sources. The log file for BladeRF driver installation is here: $bladerf_install_log "
+    (
+    cd /tmp
+    echo "Downloading BladeRF driver"
+    rm -rf /tmp/bladeRF
+    git clone https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF.git
+    cd bladeRF
+    git checkout tags/2016.06
+    mkdir -p build
+    cd build
+    $CMAKE ../
+    echo "Compiling BladeRF driver"
+    make
+    $SUDO make install
+    $SUDO ldconfig
+    echo "Downloading FPGA and firmware images"
+    cd /tmp/bladeRF
+    wget https://www.nuand.com/fx3/bladeRF_fw_latest.img
+    wget https://www.nuand.com/fpga/hostedx40-latest.rbf
+    sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF
+    sudo mv bladeRF_fw_latest.img /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF/bladeRF_fw.img
+    sudo mv hostedx40-latest.rbf /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF/hostedx40.rbf
+    ) >& $bladerf_install_log
 }
 
 check_install_bladerf_driver(){
-	if [ "$(get_distribution_release)" == "Ubuntu14.04" ] ; then
-		$SUDO add-apt-repository -y ppa:bladerf/bladerf
-		$SUDO apt-get update
-	fi
-	$SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated  bladerf libbladerf-dev
-	$SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated bladerf-firmware-fx3
-	$SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated bladerf-fpga-hostedx40	
+    if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
+        if [ "$(get_distribution_release)" == "ubuntu14.04" ] ; then
+            $SUDO add-apt-repository -y ppa:bladerf/bladerf
+            $SUDO apt-get update
+        fi
+        $SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated  bladerf libbladerf-dev
+        $SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated bladerf-firmware-fx3
+        $SUDO apt-get install -y --allow-unauthenticated bladerf-fpga-hostedx40	
+   elif [[ "$OS_BASEDISTRO" == "fedora" ]]; then
+        install_bladerf_driver_from_source
+   else
+        echo_error "BladeRF Installer for OAI does not support automatic build. Install BladeRF compiling sources manually from BladeRF website"
+   fi
 }
 
 flash_firmware_bladerf() {
@@ -268,8 +356,9 @@ check_install_lmssdr_driver(){
 }
 
 check_install_additional_tools (){
-    $SUDO apt-get update
-    $SUDO apt-get install -y \
+  $SUDO $INSTALLER update -y
+  if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
+    PACKAGE_LIST="\
 	check \
 	dialog \
 	dkms \
@@ -298,13 +387,73 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
         bc \
         ntp \
         python-scipy \
-        python-matplotlib
+        python-matplotlib"
+  elif [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "rhel" ]] || [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "centos" ]]; then
+    PACKAGE_LIST="\
+      check \
+      dialog \
+      dkms \
+      gawk \
+      boost-devel \
+      openvpn \
+      pkgconfig \
+      pexpect \
+      sshfs \
+      swig  \
+      wireshark \
+      unzip  \
+      valgrind  \
+      vconfig	  \
+      ctags \
+      ntpdate \
+      iperf3 \
+      wvdial \
+      numpy \
+      sshpass \
+      nscd \
+      python2-paramiko \
+      python-pyroute2 \
+      python-netifaces \
+      scipy \
+      python-matplotlib"
+  elif [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "fedora" ]]; then
+    PACKAGE_LIST=" \
+      check \
+      dialog \
+      dkms \
+      gawk \
+      boost-devel \
+      openvpn \
+      pkgconfig \
+      python-pexpect \
+      sshfs \
+      swig  \
+      wireshark \
+      unzip  \
+      valgrind  \
+      vconfig	  \
+      ctags \
+      ntpdate \
+      iperf3 \
+      wvdial \
+      python-numpy \
+      sshpass \
+      nscd \
+      python2-paramiko \
+      python-pyroute2 \
+      python-netifaces \
+      python2-scipy \
+      python2-matplotlib"
+  fi
+    $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y $PACKAGE_LIST
+    
+    $SUDO rm -fr /opt/ssh
+    $SUDO GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/ssh.git /opt/ssh
 
+  #The packages below are already installed for Redhat distros (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)
+  if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
     $SUDO pip install paramiko
     $SUDO pip install pyroute2 colorama
-    $SUDO rm -fr /opt/ssh
-    $SUDO GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true git clone https://gitlab.eurecom.fr/oai/ssh.git /opt/ssh
-    
     log_netiface=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/netiface_install_log.txt
     echo_info "Installing Netinterfaces package. The logfile for installation is in $log_netiface"
     (
@@ -315,6 +464,7 @@ check_install_additional_tools (){
     $SUDO python setup.py install
     cd -
     ) >& $log_netiface
+  fi
 }
 
 check_install_oai_software() {
@@ -323,16 +473,17 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
         echo_error "Your distribution $(get_distribution_release) is not supported by oai !"
         exit 1
     fi
-    $SUDO apt-get update
+    $SUDO $INSTALLER update -y
+  if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
     $SUDO apt install -y software-properties-common
     case "$(get_distribution_release)" in
-        "Ubuntu14.04")
+        "ubuntu14.04")
             specific_packages="libtasn1-3-dev"
             # For iperf3
             $SUDO add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-backports universe"
             $SUDO apt-get update
             ;;
-        "Ubuntu16.04")
+        "ubuntu16.04")
             specific_packages="libtasn1-6-dev"
             ;;
     esac
@@ -395,7 +546,8 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	python-pip \
 	pydb \
 	libyaml-dev \
-	wget
+	wget \
+	libxpm-dev
 
     $SUDO update-alternatives --set liblapack.so /usr/lib/atlas-base/atlas/liblapack.so
     
@@ -406,7 +558,86 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
     remove_gnutls_from_source
 
     $SUDO apt-get install -y libgnutls-dev
+  elif [[ "$OS_BASEDISTRO" == "fedora" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "rhel" ]] || [[ "$OS_DISTRO" == "centos" ]]; then
+      if rpm -q epel-release > /dev/null; then
+        echo "EPEL repos already present. Good."
+      else
+        echo "EPEL repos not present. Installing them."
+        $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+      fi
+      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y python-epdb
+      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y gccxml
+    else
+      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y mscgen pydb
+      # Fedora repos already contain gccxml's successor castxml.
+      $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y castxml
+    fi
     
+    $SUDO $INSTALLER install -y \
+      autoconf \
+      automake \
+      bc \
+      bison \
+      $CMAKE \
+      doxygen \
+      ethtool \
+      flex \
+      gdb \
+      git \
+      graphviz \
+      gtkwave \
+      guile-devel \
+      iperf \
+      iproute \
+      iptables \
+      iptables-devel \
+      atlas-devel \
+      blas-devel \
+      libconfig-devel \
+      libffi-devel \
+      xforms \
+      xforms-devel \
+      libgcrypt-devel \
+      gmp-devel \
+      gtk3-devel \
+      libidn2-devel  \
+      libidn-devel \
+      mariadb-devel \
+      octave-devel \
+      openpgm-devel \
+      lksctp-tools \
+      lksctp-tools-devel \
+      openssl-devel \
+      libtasn1 \
+      libtool \
+      libusb-devel \
+      libxml2 \
+      libxml2-devel \
+      libxslt-devel \
+      octave \
+      octave-signal \
+      openssh-clients \
+      openssh-server \
+      openssl \
+      patch \
+      psmisc \
+      python \
+      subversion \
+      xmlstarlet \
+      python-pip \
+      wget \
+      kernel-headers \
+      kernel-devel \
+      nettle-devel \
+      gnutls-devel \
+      libXpm-devel \
+      lapack \
+      lapack-devel \
+      blas \
+      blas-devel
+  fi
+
     install_asn1c_from_source
     $SUDO rm -fr /opt/ssh
     $SUDO git clone https://gist.github.com/2190472.git /opt/ssh
@@ -414,7 +645,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
     install_protobuf_c_from_source
 }
 
-### Remove Nettle installation which was done from sources
+### Remove Nettle installation which was done from sources (only done for Ubuntu Distro)
 remove_nettle_from_source() {
     nettle_uninstall_log=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/nettle_uninstall_log.txt
     echo_info "\nUn-Installing Nettle from sources. The log file for nettle un-installation is here: $nettle_uninstall_log "
@@ -440,7 +671,7 @@ remove_nettle_from_source() {
     ) >& $nettle_uninstall_log
 }
 
-### Remove Gnutls from source
+### Remove Gnutls from source (Only done for Ubuntu Distro)
 remove_gnutls_from_source(){
     gnutls_uninstall_log=$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/log/gnutls_uninstall_log.txt
     echo_info "\nUn-Installing Gnutls. The log file for Gnutls un-installation is here: $gnutls_uninstall_log "
diff --git a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
index e80fdeb63148be1af92fca08cb0475f1694b3a32..86abb5eab60e71315524ad3432ab193f44522a0c 100644
--- a/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
+++ b/openair2/UTIL/LOG/log.h
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#ifndef __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
+#define __STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
+#endif
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 #define _GNU_SOURCE