How to Validate Open RAN Performance

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Assuring Open RAN Architecture and Interoperability

The multi-vendor, disaggregated nature of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN or ORAN) introduces new complexities in testing individual components and entire systems. Successfully navigating the virtualized and ever-evolving Open RAN landscape — split into ORAN Radio Unit (O-RU), ORAN Distributed Unit (O-DU), and ORAN Central (O-CU) — requires comprehensive, automated testing and emulation to verify that Open RAN architecture supports flexible deployments and delivers new service models at scale in commercial networks.

Ensuring Open RAN launch readiness depends on thorough evaluation of network interfaces and traffic loads to validate conformance, performance, interoperability, security, and capacity — all under real-world, real-time conditions. Stakeholders want to ensure that new Open RANs will interoperate and perform as expected, while achieving reduced costs and greater innovation.

Open RAN Performance Validation Solution

Successfully deploying and operating Open RAN requires rigorous and rapid testing and emulation. The Keysight Open RAN performance validation solution accurately evaluates Open RAN under real-world and bi-directional conditions. The solution delivers wraparound testing of individual nodes and end-to-end testing of integrated networks. Designed to plug and play seamlessly into any automation pipeline, it provides pre-built test libraries across performance, resiliency, security, compliance, and more with a fully integrated system through open APIs.

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