P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution

O-RAN.WG4.CONF.0-v05.00

O-RAN Fronthaul Working Group Conformance Test Specification M-Plane Measurements of O-RU as the DUT and Type 1-C UC-Plane FR1 Conducted FDD/TDD Test Cases of O-RU as the DUT

3GPP TS 38.141-1 NR Base Station

Conformance Test Specification Type 1-C and Type 1-H FR1 Conducted and Hybrid Test Cases for Chapters 6 and 7 (both for gNB and O-RU as the DUT) as well as Type 1-C FR1 Conducted Test Cases for Chapter 8

3GPP TS 38.141-2 NR Base Station

Conformance Test Specification Type 2-O FR2 Radiated Test Cases for Chapters 6, 7, and 8

This configuration guide contains information to help quote and configure the  Keysight P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution.

Overview of the Keysight P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution

The Keysight P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution consists of integrated software and hardware to accelerate the development of automated test on 5G NR Base Stations (gNB) according to the 3GPP Technical Specification 1 38.141-1 and 3GPP Technical Specification 38.141-2 for Chapter 6, 7, and 8; this same solution is used to test an O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) according to the O-RAN.WG4.CONF Conformance Test Specification 2.

Tests defined by O-RAN.WG4.CONF for an O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU)

M-Plane automated toolset (plug-in)

P7051A0000 O-RAN Radio Unit M-Plane automated toolset (plug-in) with PathWave Test Automation and the P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution provides M-Plane conformance  test automation.

UC-Plane FR1 conducted FDD/TDD base automated toolsets (plug-ins)

The P7050A1CNF O-RAN Radio Unit UC-Plane FR1 conducted FDD base automated toolset (plug-in) and P7050A1CNT O-RAN Radio Unit UC-Plane FR1 conducted TDD base automated toolset (plug-in) with PathWave Test Automation and the P7000A Base Station Measurement Automation Solution are parts of integrated software and hardware that create a solution to accelerate the development of automated test for Conformance and Design Verification Test (DVT) of an O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU).

All tests for an O-RAN Radio Unit run on the PathWave Test Automation architecture, which is centered around a Test Automation Engine, built on OpenTAP, and allows configuration and execution of test plans through a Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Tests for an O-RAN Radio Unit do not require any additional packages and therefore does not utilize the Package Manager. See the Keysight P705xA User’s Guide for an O-RAN Radio Unit (P7050-90002).

Software, licenses, and plug-in packages

Depending on the type of test being performed, software, licenses (if required), and plug-in packages  can be used (after download, installation, and licensing) from the Test Automation Editor Tools menu. Check marks in the following tables, indicate requirements.

2. Select Base Software

Whether you test 3GPP TS 38.141-1 & 3GPP TS 38.141-2 for gNB Chapter 6, 7, and 8 or test  O-RAN.WG4.CONF for an O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU), a version of base software is required for every computer running test cases. This base software provides basic measurement features as well as DUT and Positioner APIs. If you already have purchased the base software for a computer, it is possible to purchase test cases without having to re-purchase the base software. To include this required selection with your quote and configuration, select base software and select a license type and subscription.