Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI Solutions, Inc. announced support for Auray's ost and Security Lab to issue O-RAN conformance certification for international markets. Foxconn's certification of the RPQN series O-RU is carried out according to the O-RAN designation process and procedures defined by the O-RAN ALLIANCE.
The Oriot Security Lab uses a combination test bed including the VIAVI TM500 O-RU tester and Rohde & Schwarz's R&S SMW200A, R&S FSW and R&S VSE, VIAVI's O-RU Test Manager as a single point of control, providing no Sewing user experience.
The RPQN series of 5G NR wireless radio units (O-RUs) manufactured by Foxconn are fully compliant with O-RAN Alliance standards. Its 4T/4R small cell radios cover 5G NR bands n79, n78, n77 and n48. They are compact, lightweight, easy to install and provide optimal coverage for indoor applications. The design has achieved extensive 3GPP and O-RAN compliance testing and is CE, FCC, TELEC and NCC certified in most major locations in Taiwan.
O-RU verification follows the O-RAN frontal conformance test specification described in WG4, including control, user and synchronization planes (cusn-plane) and management plane (M-Plane). The goal of WG4 is to provide an open leading edge interface where interoperability between distributed units (DUs) and radio units (RUs) from multiple vendors can be achieved. To add to independent peer review, Auray odio and Safety Labs have obtained TAF ISO/IEC 17025 approval for O-RAN test results and follow ISO/IEC 17065.
All approved Open Test and Integration Centers (OTCs) worldwide collaborate with the O-RAN Alliance in the O-RAN Certification and Marking Program, which represents a comprehensive mechanism to provide industry-wide access to O-RAN solutions confidence. O-RAN is making radio access networks more open, decentralized and flexible. An open network architecture can foster innovation, meet individual needs, and improve network efficiency. As such, it is experiencing rapid advancement and growth in the technology ecosystem.
