Anritsu Corporation joined the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2024 organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE, to help implement and verify the O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN*1) specifications and establish the ecosystem. Eighteen labs across Asia, North America, and Europe participated in this PlugFest to help accelerate O-RAN adoption.
Anritsu joined the Joint North America PlugFest held at COSMOS/WINLAB, Rutgers University, NJ to test O-RU (O-RAN Radio Unit) compliance with the O-RAN fronthaul specification. The tested O-RU was provided by the LITE-ON Technology Corporation offering commercial O-RAN 5G private network solutions.
Overview
Partner: LITE-ON Technology Corporation
This Anritsu conformance test used CU-Plane*2 test scenarios defined by the Open Fronthaul Interfaces Workgroup (O-RAN WG4), while also measuring the 3GPP TS38.141-1 BLER*3 required for uplink testing. Anritsu helped reduce O-RAN test times.
Test Instruments: Anritsu provided the O-DU emulator to communicate with the tested O-RU, as well as its popular Network Master Pro MT1000A, Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A, and control PC running the required software.
Anritsu is developing other O-RAN test solutions to facilitate faster rollout of open and secure mobile networks.
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About LITE-ON Technology Corporation
LITE-ON Technology Corporation (2301.tw) was established in 1975. As a pioneer of LED in Taiwan, it is the first electronics company listed on TAIEX. Over the past 50 years, LITEON has secured a strong position in the global market with its leading opto-electronic and power management technology. As it successfully ventures into power supply for computing, optoelectronics, auto electronics, 5G and AIoT in recent years, LITEON aspires to power its mid and long-term development with green data center, clean mobility, and efficient infrastructure as its growth engines. Given the environmental and climate change worldwide, LITEON started to follow relevant global initiatives 20 years ago to develop next-generation products that meet sustainability requirements in collaboration with the suppliers, fulfilling its social responsibilities with concrete actions.
Technical Terms
*1 O-RAN
Refers to the O-RAN ALLIANCE, a global community of mobile network operators, vendors, and research institutions, promoting scalable open radio access networks, or the specifications defined by its community.
*2 CU-Plane
Abbreviation for C-Plane (Control Plane) and U-Plane (User Plane). The C-Plane is responsible for real-time control between the O-DU (O-RAN Distributed Unit) and the O-RU (O-RAN Radio Unit); the U-Plane efficiently transfers data between the O-DU and the O-RU within specified time limits.
*3 BLER (Block Error Rate)
Ratio of blocks containing errors to total number of blocks.
