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, providers and institutions 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 PaperOTIC application, qualification process and other details are described in “Criteria and Guidelines of Open Testing and Integration Centre” published at O-RAN specifications. Qualified OTICs are authorized to award O-RAN Certificates and 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.
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 feature package/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.
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.
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.
