P8820S Radio Unit Testing Toolset
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Role of Radio Units in Open RAN Networks
Open RAN (Open Radio Access Network / O-RAN) is an approach to building RANs using open and interoperable interfaces, allowing components from different vendors to work together providing following flexibility for the network providers and operators. Open Radio Unit (O-RU) plays a critical role as one of the main building blocks of O-RAN network. The O-RU handles Radio Frequency (RF) processing and Digital Front-End (DFE) functions performing tasks like transmitting and receiving radio signals between User Equipment’s (UEs), digital beamforming, and converting signals between analog and digital formats.
O-RUs are connected to the Open Distributed Unit (O-DU) via open Fronthaul Interface over eCPRI (enhanced CPRI). This interface enables vendor interoperability, a cornerstone of Open RAN. Open RAN RUs are scalable based on network load and coverage needs, optionally supporting massive MIMO and beamforming to improve spectral efficiency and user experience.
P8820S RU Testing Toolset is a scalable solution designed to meet evolving O-RU testing needs, supporting C/U/S/M-planes and ensuring comprehensive mMIMO testing capabilities. P8820S Radio Unit testing toolset (RU toolset) solutions for O-RU testing enable Network Equipment Manufacturers (NEMs) and OTIC labs to validate the functionality, protocol conformance, performance, energy efficiency and security of radio units by emulating and measuring network traffic over both radio and O-RAN fronthaul interfaces. Solution is designed to meet the range of requirem
Key features
- Support and follow the latest O-RAN Alliance WG4 CUS plane and M Plane specifications.
- Support for O-RAN fronthaul Control, User, Sync and Management (CUSM) Plane Testing towards O-RU under test.
- Massive MIMO (mMIMO) testing up to 64TRx, including O-RAN ALLIANCE WG4 uplink performance improvement (ULPI)
- Comprehensive support for different types of O-RU.
o FR1 & FR2
o TDD & FDD
o 5GNR & LTE & DSS
o Cat-A & Cat-B (including ULPI)
- Support various fronthaul e-CPRI link speeds: 10GE/25GE/50GE/100GE.
- Decodes and visualizes the O-RAN protocol information and enables measurement in both protocol and RF domains.
- O-RAN compliance test case batches running on Atlas test management center provide standard O-RU standalone test cases according to O-RAN, 3GPP and ETSI specifications. Pre-canned test cases will be executed in an accurate and consistent way by controlling and orchestrating all test equipment with test automation. Test reports can be generated automatically according to test specifications.
Who benefits from this solution?
- O-RU equipment and chipset vendors
- Mobile network operators
- System integrators
- Open Test and Integration Centres (OTIC)