The O-RAN Certification and Badging Program represents a comprehensive mechanism to ensure confidence in O-RAN based products and solutions.
O-RAN Certification and Badging Program uses O-RAN tests to verify that O-RAN-based products, groups of products and systems comply with O-RAN specifications and with minimum functional requirements, including conformance, interoperability, end-to-end functionality, security, and use-case testing.
O-RAN certificates and badges can only be awarded by Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) and only to O-RAN Members and Participants.
Benefits to vendors
O-RAN Certification and Badging Program establishes industry-accepted testing to minimize repetition of fundamental and common tests to verify and validate O-RAN-based products and systems. It reduces complexity and duration of pre-deployment testing by providing an opportunity to “test once and deploy many”. It helps to promote and improve confidence in vendors’ O-RAN-based products and systems.
Benefits to operators
O-RAN Certification and Badging Program streamlines testing of O-RAN-based products and systems, reduces complexity and duration of pre-deployment testing, and increases efficiency of subsequent steps.
For more details, please read our white paper and “Certification and Badging Processes and Procedures” published at O-RAN specifications.
Overview of Open Testing and Integration Centre (OTIC) and O-RAN Certification and Badging Program - White Paper, April 2023
Read the White PaperTo 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.
