Full name of OTIC: North American OTIC in the Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle Park Area (AERPAW)
NC State University Engineering Building II, 890 Oval Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695
Name: Mohamed Rabeek Sarbudeen
Phone: +1-984-318-2358
E-mail: msarbud@ncsu.edu
Responsibilities / duties:
North Carolina State University
ARPW OTIC and Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless (AERPAW) is a national wireless research facility located at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, USA. ARPW OTIC will enable O-RAN testing and integration of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles and other non-terrestrial networks. In the future, the ARPW OTIC may focus on in-field testing of O-RUs with mobile aerial UEs. Testing equipment and software from Keysight are available for E2E and IOT tests (CoreSim, UESim), O-RU conformance tests (O-DU emulator and VXT), and RIC Testing. ARPW OTIC provides O-RU conformance tests, E2E badging, and IOT badging services.
As an OTIC, AERPAW has state-of-the-art facilities, test equipment, and technical staff to support the O-RAN Alliance Certification and Badging for WG4 and WG5. ARPW OTIC also supports RIC testing and research related to WG2 and WG3. ARPW OTIC is currently hosting the Fall 2024 plug fest and will be hosting future plug fests.
