ritt7Layers Becomes Newest O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Testing and Integration Center
Case Studies
Radio access network (RAN) deployments have traditionally relied on proprietary network equipment from a single vendor. Service providers are now adopting an Open RAN model for 5G, mixing and matching network elements from different vendors to gain flexibility and cost savings. But Open RAN also presents significant conformance and interoperability challenges, which is why the O-RAN ALLIANCE introduced its Certification and Badging program through Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs) to ensure Open RAN equipment works as intended in operator networks.
Keysight enabled ritt7Layers to join the O-RAN ALLIANCE community of OTICs in the Asia-Pacific region, using Keysight's wireless network emulation and testing solutions to verify the conformity, functionality, and performance of Open RAN equipment.
While Open RAN provides flexibility and cost savings, it also presents significant conformance and interoperability challenges. Recognizing these challenges, the 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 needed a comprehensive set of wireless network emulation and testing solutions to verify the conformity, functionality, and performance of Open RAN equipment.
ritt7Layers also wanted to add this capability to its existing 5G cellular device certification for the Global Certification Forum (GCF) and PTCRB, becoming the only test laboratory qualified to certify both Open RAN equipment and user equipment (UE).