Full name of OTIC:  North American OTIC in the Boston Area (Northeastern University)

Northeastern University – Burlington Campus Building 5 Room 250, 141 South Bedford St, Burlington, MA01803

wiot.northeastern.edu/otic

Northeastern University/Open6G

The North American OTIC in Boston, hosted at Northeastern University's Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things, is a premier hub for Open RAN innovation. It facilitates the development and testing of next-generation wireless networks utilizing Open RAN technology and artificial intelligence. Offering comprehensive testing services—including compliance, interoperability, performance, and functional testing—the OTIC provides access to state-of-the-art facilities like RAN and RIC emulators, private 5G RANs, and Colosseum, the world's largest wireless network emulator. Open to researchers and industry partners, it supports end-to-end full-stack testing and advances Open RAN research.

OTIC provides a comprehensive range of testing services for Open RAN products, facilitating compliance, interoperability, performance, and functional testing. Clients have access to state-of-the-art facilities like RAN and RIC emulators, private 5G RANs with programmable protocol stacks, and Colosseum—the world's largest wireless network emulator serving as an Open RAN Digital Twin. The center supports end-to-end full-stack testing in both emulated and real-world environments, digital twinning for virtualized testing, network energy efficiency evaluations, interoperability and conformance testing of disaggregated base stations and RICs, and massive MIMO radio testing to enhance spectral efficiency.