Open RAN telecom networks need testing for each disaggregated component, but that’s not enough. End-to-end testing is also necessary. In How do Open RAN interfaces work?, we covered how Open RAN redefines traditional RAN architecture by disaggregating it into three primary components: the radio unit (RU), distributed unit (DU), and centralized unit (CU). This paradigm…
Exfo rejects another Viavi takeover bid
Communications test-equipment choices would get still fewer if Exfo’s board accepts an offer, but that’s highly unlikely.
Load Testing: An important function in Open RAN deployment
Video: VIAVI Solutions has added load testing to its 5G network test equipment, but load testing is just one part of interoperability and compliance testing of the open RAN. 5GTW interviewed VIAVI’s Owen O’Donnell to learn about testing Open RAN.
Optical networks gear up for 5G
5G is bringing higher bandwidth to mobile users, which pushes more data on the optical networks. Optical networks need greater capacity and more flexibility. Every mobile phone user expects 5G to let them download movies faster and more reliably than LTE networks. Plus, 5G will open the door to new use cases we haven’t conceived…
VIAVI, Rohde introduce 5G site test tools
You know 5G is in deployment when two companies introduce installation and maintenance test tools in the same week. That’s what happened recently as both VIAVI Solutions and Rohde & Schwarz introduced portable test equipment for 5G site installation, though the companies emphasize different tests. VIAVI, known for its network-testing products, introduced the OneAdvisor-800, a…