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VIAVI Provides Benchmarking and Validation at Spring 2024 O-RAN PlugFest as U.S. NTIA Calls for O-RU Commercialization
CHANDLER, Ariz., June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today shared the company's role in the Spring 2024 PlugFest
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[{"type":"text","content":"CHANDLER, Ariz., June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today shared the company's role in the Spring 2024 PlugFest organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE. Participating in its eighth consecutive PlugFest, VIAVI contributed its solutions and expertise to validate new products, specifications and use cases in order to improve deployment outcomes. In particular, VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz conducted conformance testing of O-RAN Radio Units (O-RUs) from multiple vendors, based on a joint testbed focused on Open Radio Commercialization and Innovation.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThis year's Spring PlugFest is particularly significant, as the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (PWSCIF) has recently published a Second Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO 2), which focuses on Open Radio Unit (O-RU) Commercialization and Innovation.\n\"VIAVI is proud to be a leader within the O-RAN ALLIANCE and to have contributed to every PlugFest the organization has ever sponsored,\" said Dr. Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI. \"Over time, testing has evolved from conformance of new products to higher order needs such as security and energy savings. However, the recent announcement from U.S. NTIA on Open Radio commercialization and innovation makes it clear that fundamental performance and interoperability remain critical.\"\nFrom February through May, VIAVI participated in testing in nine labs across six countries: the United States; United Kingdom; Japan; Korea; Singapore and Taiwan. By providing an open, collaborative, and neutral environment, the labs test and verify the conformity, interoperability, functionality, and performance of RAN equipment based on O-RAN test specifications. Major outcomes included:\nO-RU Testing. Fronthaul conformance tests ensure that O-RUs are interoperable with the O-RAN Distributed Unit (O-DU). VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz conducted conformance testing of an Eridan O-RU at CableLabs (U.S.A), LITEON and VVDN O-RUs at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and Actiontec and LITEON O-RUs in Taiwan. VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz also conducted energy efficiency testing of the Actiontec and LITEON O-RUs in Taiwan.End-to-End and Subsystem Testing. VIAVI validated conformance and interoperability o...