O-RAN ALLIANCE defines overall approach to testing and integration of O-RAN products and solutions, including:
O-RAN Global PlugFests are periodic events organized and co-sponsored by O-RAN ALLIANCE to enable efficient progress of the O-RAN ecosystem through well-organized testing and integration. Vendors and providers come together to test, evaluate and verify their products and solutions.
Discover PlugFest Virtual ShowcaseOpen Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) provide an open, collaborative, vendor independent, and impartial working environment to support the progress of the O-RAN industry ecosystem, including:
Overview of Open Testing and Integration Centre (OTIC) and O-RAN Certification and Badging Program - White Paper, April 2023
Read the White PaperContribute to O-RAN softwareApplication, qualification process and further details about OTICs are described in Criteria and Guidelines for OTIC, published among O-RAN specifications. Approved OTICs are authorized to issue Certificates or Badges in the O-RAN Certification and Badging Program.
Learn more and engage in cooperation with any of the qualified OTICs:
The O-RAN certification and badging program represents a comprehensive mechanism to ensure confidence in O-RAN based products and solutions.
It aims to minimize repetition of tests before deployment and to reduce test efforts conducted by network operators.
O-RAN certification helps vendors to promote their O-RAN based products and solutions. It creates an opportunity for certified interoperability among different vendors and acceptance from other vendors.
O-RAN certification and badging can only be performed by qualified Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC). O-RAN certificates and badges can only be awarded to O-RAN members or participants.
For more details on O-RAN Certification and Badging program, please read our white paper.
To verify that a product is compliant to O-RAN specifications, using O-RAN conformance tests.
O-RAN certificate is awarded to a product for one or more O-RAN interfaces.
To prove interoperability of a pair of products connected via an O-RAN interface or O-RAN profiled 3GPP interface, using O-RAN interoperability tests.
O-RAN IOT badge is awarded to both products in the pair and is applicable for a concrete O-RAN interface.
To demonstrate and validate that an end-to-end system or subsystem meets minimum requirements on functionality and security, using O-RAN end-to-end tests. It can also provide an indication of performance or other end-to-end functionalities.
O-RAN E2E badge is awarded to all products in the end-to-end system or subsystem.
