The i14y Lab will be a venue of the O-RAN Global PlugFest – Spring 2023. This PlugFest will be focused on accelerating the maturity of products and solutions based on O-RAN specifications and verifying and validating multi-vendor interoperability and conformity to O-RAN specifications. The Spring event in Berlin is going to be supported by Deutsche Telekom and EANTC.
This PlugFest is part of the new, bi-annual schedule for Global PlugFests, which will include spring and fall events. The O-RAN ALLIANCE has decided to expand the offering due to the continued growth in participation.
This year's Spring PlugFest testing focus at i14y Lab:
- Testing of multi-vendor O-RAN ALLIANCE-based end-to-end solutions including products and solutions aligned with TIP requirements documents
- Evaluation of Near-RT RIC xApps in standalone emulation scenarios
- Demonstration/Evaluation of Non-RT RIC rApps in standalone emulation scenarios
- SMO north-bound management plane testing
- Demonstration of RICs implementing the O-RAN specified A1/E2 interfaces
- Verification of O-RAN based O-RU, O-DU/ O-CU implementations for Open Fronthaul functions and performance