The O-RAN Alliance, which is driving open RAN specifications, said its recent 'plugfest' allowed member companies to test their open RAN products. #pressrelease
December 5, 2024
The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) today announced successful completion of its ninth PlugFest: the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2024.
O-RAN ALLIANCE co-sponsors semi-annual Global PlugFests, hosted by operators, Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs), and academic and research institutions, to enable efficient progress of developing products and solutions based on O-RAN specifications. Any company with O-RAN membership is free to participate and benefit from well organized testing and integration in a neutral, cooperative environment. Efforts at O-RAN PlugFests are prioritized in themes to maintain focus on key areas.
Each O-RAN PlugFest advances the development of innovative O-RAN based technologies and solutions. Participants at the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2024 demonstrated progress in diverse areas, including:
Performance improvements of open and interoperable RAN in combination with intelligent network management functions, based on Near-Real-Time and Non-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC)
RIC solutions newly developed by providers, operators and academic institutions
Network energy savings measured according to ETSI energy efficiency test specifications
Using open source software to deliver RAN functions
Test automation and delivery of repeatable results consistent across different test labs
Point-to-Multipoint Open Fronthaul transport for reducing network power consumption and the number of required devices
Multi-operator Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) to enhance adaptability, security, and resilience of the RAN for public safety and peacekeeping missions
O-RAN conformance and interoperability testing of products from an increasing number of providers
Read the full press release here.
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