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Radio Access
and Core
Network Test
Accelerate wireless deployment
for open, intelligent, and cloud-native networks
Wireless networks are evolving toward virtualization, cloudification, enhanced intelligence, and increased openness.
The Keysight open radio access network architect (KORA) solutions enable conformance, interoperability, performance, security, and energy efficiency validation across the entire test life cycle, covering radio access and core network testing from subsystem to the end-to-end level. Keysight offers the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of automated test suites that covers the full wireless ecosystem for software and hardware vendors, system integrators, test labs and the O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs), and mobile operators.
Discover how Keysight can accelerate wireless deployment and explore KORA solutions for radio access network (RAN) and core network testing.
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From subsystem to interoperability
to end-to-end testing
Open RAN disaggregation requires stringent testing of each component in isolation for conformance to the standards. Testing network components in various combinations for interoperability is essential, as is validating the entire end-to-end system for overall stability and performance.
Keysight offers a comprehensive portfolio of automated test suites for the full wireless ecosystem, from testing subsystems for functionality, conformance, and performance to verifying subsystem interoperability for badging and performance, and finally, conducting end-to-end system testing.
Keysight’s close collaboration with the global O-RAN Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs) and supplier ecosystem has enabled industry firsts in O-RAN ALLIANCE and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) conformance and badging certifications.
Energy efficient networks
Meeting energy efficiency and sustainability targets has become a top priority for mobile operators worldwide. In an Open RAN environment with multiple vendors, and a virtualized, cloud-based architecture, it is crucial to test energy consumption and how it impacts network performance.
Learn how Keysight solutions can help you evaluate energy consumption and characterize energy efficiency (EE) and energy savings (ES) at both subsystem and end-to-end levels.
Unlock RAN potential with RIC validation
The radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) provides advanced control capabilities, enabling increased efficiency and better radio resource management by leveraging analytics and data-driven operations to optimize access network utilization. Successful vertical integration from radio access network (RAN) nodes to the service management and orchestration (SMO) is essential to enhance RAN conditions.
Bringing relevant systems into the lab for performance, conformance, interoperability, and use case validation, including artificial intelligence / machine learning (AI / ML) applications, is a crucial first step in addressing these challenges.
Unlock RAN potential with Keysight test and emulation solutions for RIC and SMO evaluation. Emulate O-RAN E2, A1, and O1 nodes and traffic profiles for performance, conformance, and interoperability testing.
Ensure massive MIMO performance
Modern networks require optimal capacity, coverage, and performance, with massive MIMO (mMIMO) a crucial factor in reaching such goal. In Open RAN networks, mMIMO capabilities are split into different network functions — the radio unit (RU) implements the physical beamforming, and the distributed unit (DU) manages the beams and controls the RU’s behavior. This split of network functions generates additional challenges during development and the interoperability testing stage. Interoperability between various vendors is especially critical to deliver the expected performance gains.
Discover Keysight solutions to help you secure mMIMO performance of radio access networks, ranging from RF and software development for the RU and DU to functional and conformance testing, interoperability, and end-to-end performance verification.
Guarantee radio access and core network security
The move from a monolithic to an open, multivendor, and automated radio access network generates new security risks. The expanded threat surface and vulnerabilities in functions and interfaces require thorough security testing. A more complex environment and multivendor challenges also demand rigorous testing. Evolving products and standards, along with cloud dependency, add to the need for comprehensive security measures. New risks from ML model flaws, xApps, rApps, and data sources further necessitate thorough testing. Engineers need to conduct security testing at both the subsystem and end-to-end levels to ensure robustness.
The Keysight solutions for O-RAN security testing enable the evaluation of Open RAN system service availability and performance under simulated attacks. The solution provides vulnerability assessments testing of Open RAN components, interfaces, and systems. Furthermore, it simulates real-world threat scenarios in accordance with 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE WG11 specifications.
The evolving threat landscape from the complex 5G core network architecture, including service-based interfaces, virtualization, and cloud technologies, requires robust security countermeasures. 5G core security testing encompasses multiple capabilities such as 3GPP security assurance specification (SCAS) automated testing, signaling storms, network slice validation, service-based interface fuzzing, and user equipment (UE) generated malware and attacks.
Keysight offers a full portfolio of solutions to protect the network from any security threat proactively.
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“O-RAN is a very important component of our network evolution strategy. By leveraging O-RAN radios and software-driven infrastructure with industry-leading partners like Samsung and Keysight, we continue to drive the industry towards a more open, interoperable environment which will provide greater flexibility, greater innovation and better performance for our customers.”
Steven Rice, vice president of network planning, Verizon
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"In this era of pervasive and connected intelligence, disaggregated network functions using O-RAN-compliant interfaces will help the industry realize the full potential of a virtualized network architecture. Strong technology partners who are committed to driving rapid innovation, such as Keysight with the new Open RAN Studio O-DU emulation software, allows Xilinx to accelerate the deployment of our adaptive computing technology to create highly agile platforms that support the stringent demands of 5G."
Dan Mansur, vice president, marketing, wired and wireless group, Xilinx, Inc.
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"Keysight's cutting-edge tools, developer support, and leading 5G expertise, enable Mavenir to effectively validate our radio access network solutions. Keysight's solutions improve our ability to flexibly deliver high-quality software to our telco customer base and better support the Open RAN ecosystem."
Mikael Rylander, general manager of the radio access business unit at Mavenir
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"Keysight's support and robust equipment enables our engineering teams to develop and validate O-RAN compliant radios with a wide range of complex functionalities. Through our collaborative efforts, Intel and Keysight are empowering not only emerging but also established radio vendors to channel focus on core innovations in pursuit of providing vendor-agnostic O-RAN equipment within the dynamic landscape of 5G RAN."
Mike Fitton, vice president and general manager, Intel's networking business division
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"The Pegatron O-CU/O-DU has been awarded the O-RAN E2E system integration badge, thanks to Keysight's mature O-CU/O-DU testing solution and professional technical support."
Dr. James Shue, chief technology officer at Pegatron Corporation
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"The Auray OTIC and Security lab is one of the first labs to issue O-RAN ALLIANCE certificate of conformance in 2022. Thanks to Keysight's solutions, Auray is again able log another significant milestone for Open RAN industry by issuing the first O-RAN E2E system integration badge to Pegatron."
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"NTT DOCOMO is committed to delivering open and virtualized RAN to global operators through the 5G Open RAN ecosystem. Keysight is a leading contributor to test and integration for 5G development, and we expect their test equipment and capabilities will help to accelerate Open RAN to the next stage of commercialization."
Sadayuki Abeta, Chief Open RAN Strategist at NTT DOCOMO
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