Keysight Enables ritt7Layers as Newest O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Testing & Integration Center
May 03 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Solution validates conformance, performance, and
interoperability needed to provide equipment with O-RAN
certification and badging
- Expansion of capabilities makes ritt7Layers the only test
laboratory in the industry qualified to provide certification for
Open RAN equipment and user equipment
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has enabled ritt7Layers
to join the O-RAN ALLIANCE community of Open Testing &
Integration Centers (OTICs) in the Asia-Pacific region to provide
O-RAN certification and badging for open radio access network (Open
RAN) components.
Radio access network (RAN) deployments have traditionally relied
on proprietary network equipment from single vendors. However,
service providers are now adopting an Open RAN model for 5G,
allowing them to build a RAN by mixing-and-matching network
elements from different vendors. While Open RAN provides
flexibility and cost savings, it also presents significant
conformance and interoperability challenges. Recognizing these
challenges, O-RAN ALLIANCE introduced the O-RAN Certification and
Badging program through its OTICs to ensure Open RAN equipment
works as intended in operator networks.
To provide vendors with O-RAN certification and badging,
ritt7Layers is using Keysight’s comprehensive set of wireless
network emulation and testing solutions to verify the conformity,
functionality, and performance of Open RAN equipment. The lab setup
includes the Keysight Open RAN Architecture (KORA) and Network
Emulation Solutions to provide end-to-end testing for 5G and 4G/LTE
networks. In addition, the Keysight S8705A RF/RRM Conformance
Toolset and S8704A Protocol Conformance Toolset are being used to
certify UE while the WaveJudge Wireless Analyzer provides
troubleshooting for complex multi-vendor interoperability testing
processes.
ritt7Layers added the Keysight-enabled O-RAN certification and
badging to its existing 5G cellular device certification for Global
Certification Forum (GCF) and PTCRB to become the only test
laboratory qualified to provide certification for Open RAN
equipment and user equipment (UE). This combination accelerates
product time-to-market, ensures interoperability of Open RAN
equipment, reduces testing time, and ensure compliance with the
latest 5G and LTE standards.
Yu Shi, General Manager for ritt7Layers, said: “Our
expertise in testing Open RAN equipment and user equipment,
combined with Keysight’s comprehensive solutions for network and
device testing, will enable customers to achieve the highest level
of interoperability and performance. Thanks to Keysight's solution,
we have successfully added the scope of O-RAN certification and
badging from our existing 5G cellular device certification for GCF
and PTCRB.”
Peng Cao, Vice President and General Manager for Keysight's
Wireless Test Group, said: “We are proud to collaborate with
ritt7Layers, a leading testing service provider, to help them
achieve the only laboratory qualification for both RAN and UE
certification testing. Our end-to-end test solutions portfolio
enables ritt7Layers to expand its service offerings to include
critical testing services for private network industries.”
Resources
- Keysight Open RAN Architecture (KORA)
- P8800S UeSIM UE Emulation RAN Solutions
- P8822S RuSIM – UE/O-RU Emulation Over the O-RAN Fronthaul
- P8850S CoreSIM — Core Simulation RAN Solutions
- U5040BSCB Open RAN Studio for O-RU Testing and Validation
- Network Emulator 3
About Keysight Technologies
At Keysight (NYSE: KEYS), we inspire and empower innovators to
bring world-changing technologies to life. As an S&P 500
company, we’re delivering market-leading design, emulation, and
test solutions to help engineers develop and deploy faster, with
less risk, throughout the entire product lifecycle. We’re a global
innovation partner enabling customers in communications, industrial
automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, semiconductor, and
general electronics markets to accelerate innovation to connect and
secure the world. Learn more at Keysight Newsroom and
www.keysight.com.
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