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VIAVI Expands Open RAN Lab-as-a-Service Facility with Industry's First Test-as-a-Service Offering for Massive MIMO OTA Performance Testing
Expansion includes new RF chamber and two additional customer labs CHANDLER, Ariz., April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV)
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[{"type":"text","content":"Expansion includes new RF chamber and two additional customer labs\nCHANDLER, Ariz., April 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VIAVI Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it has expanded its VIAVI Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN (VALOR™) testing facility with an RF-shielded anechoic chamber and two additional customer labs. Based in Chandler, Arizona, the VALOR Lab offers a highly automated, open and impartial Lab-as-a-Service / Test-as-a-Service suite for Open RAN interoperability, performance and security. The project is funded by the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe new RF Chamber is the industry's first test-as-a-service offering for Massive MIMO and beamforming over-the-air (OTA) validation, including system-level Massive MIMO performance testing for up to 16 parallel spatial layers. An evolution of Multiple-In Multiple-Out (MIMO) technology for previous generations of wireless technology, Massive MIMO utilizes large arrays of antennas to support the increased data rates and spectral efficiency of 5G. Compared to traditional testing using electrical cabling between test instruments and the device under test (DUT), OTA streamlines the testing process by placing the DUT in a chamber shielded from outside interference and testing it with wireless signals to further emulate real-world scenarios.\nIn addition to the RF chamber, two additional labs are now available. Customers can access over 500 test cases compliant with O-RAN WG4, WG5, WG11, TIFG and 3GPP specifications.\n\"This expansion addresses the growing demand for our innovative Open RAN Lab-as-a-Service offering, which helps democratize Open RAN testing for technology vendors by providing them with a comprehensive, on-demand test suite throughout the entire product lifecycle,\" said Erik Probstfield, Senior Director, VALOR, VIAVI. \"With the new RF Chamber, we are excited to offer OTA testing that will help accelerate O-RU commercialization and innovation.\"\nThe RF chamber is provided by ETS-Lindgren, a world leader in wireless over-the-air (OTA) performance testing.\n\"Congratulations to VIAVI on the successful expansion of the VALOR Lab,\" said Andy Warner, President, ETS-Lindgren. \"We are proud to support the team with this state-of-the...