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The O-RAN ALLIANCE Global #PlugFest Fall 2024 was our 6th PlugFest at the i14y Lab. We were one of 11 venues and this time we had 16 participating vendors cooperating on 10 test setups: - Two O-RU conformance tests - Six end-to-end scenarios with O-RU/O-DU/O-CU, - Two network optimization scenarios. One big focus this year was energy efficiency and the measurement of energy consumption. We also took it upon ourselves to host an event where participants of the PlugFest were encouraged to gather in an open social setting to expand upon the industry connections and relationships that they now have. To get the full picture of what we did this time around, we created this recap video - Enjoy! #opentogether #plugfest2024 #openran A special thanks to those featured throughout the video: Veeramani Rajasekaran Rohde & Schwarz Carsten Rossenhövel EANTC AG Dirk Hetzer Thomas Kummetz CommScope Capgemini Engineering Deutsche Telekom VIAVI Solutions

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2024 has now been officially and successfully completed. We at the i14y Lab, supported by Deutsche Telekom, EANTC AG, and i14y Lab consortium partners, and as part of the Joint European Venue alongside Vodafone, Orange, TIM, and EURECOM, are happy to have been one of the 11 venues hosting the PlugFest. Our thanks go out to all our partners and of course the 16 participating vendors! We’re looking at you AiVader, Analog Devices (ADI), Capgemini Engineering, CommScope, Ericsson, Future Connections, IS-Wireless, Juniper Networks, Keysight Technologies, Nokia, Radisys, Rohde & Schwarz, SRS, VIAVI Solutions, VVDN Technologies, and Zinkworks. You cooperated on 10 test setups, generating results that advance the development of innovative O-RAN based technologies and solutions. We have some more details on what they did in the article linked below. It’s been great, you’ve been great, and now we’re looking forward to more to come in 2025. #OpenRAN #Plugfest https://lnkd.in/eXpJS5Vt

O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2024, the ninth O-RAN Global PlugFest, successfully concluded at the end of November.   Participants demonstrated progress in diverse areas of open and intelligent RAN solutions. The PlugFest was co-hosted by 29 operators, OTICs, and academic and research institutions in 28 labs around the globe. A total of 115 companies and institutions participated, with some involved in multiple venues. Read the full press release at: https://lnkd.in/e7z2c9aJ Thank you to PlugFest hosts and labs for enabling a cooperative environment and to all participants for their progress in developing O-RAN based products and solutions! O-RAN ALLIANCE co-sponsors semi-annual Global PlugFests, hosted by operators, Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs), and academic and research institutions, to enable efficient progress of developing products and solutions based on O-RAN specifications. Any company with O-RAN membership is free to participate and benefit from well organized testing and integration in a neutral, cooperative environment. Efforts at O-RAN PlugFests are prioritized in themes to maintain focus on key areas. #ORANAlliance #ORAN #OpenRAN #ORANPlugFest #PlugFest #Interoperability #ORANOTIC #OTIC #TestingAndIntegration #CertificationAndBadging #GlobalOTICNetwork #telecoms #energyeffciency #ORANRIC #RIC #rApps #xApps #automation

Carsten Rossenhövel, Managing Director of EANTC AG, shares insights on the maturing SD-WAN market and SASE's progress at Upperside Conference's 9th SD-WAN and SASE Summit 2024. Learn how independent testing is informing proof-of-concept decisions for enterprises in this complex landscape. https://lnkd.in/gUCyRvNA Download the complimentary industry report on Carrier NaaS here: https://lnkd.in/ge8reRfB #SDWAN #SASE #NetworkTesting

5G/6G Cybersecurity & Digital Sovereignty Workshop of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Dresden today: Olaf Bonness and Reiner Stuhlfauth participated in a panel, explaining the technical requirements and lab capabilities for advanced security testing of disaggregated 5G networks. At the i14y Lab, partners Deutsche Telekom, Rohde & Schwarz, Technische Universität Berlin, and EANTC AG are conducting 5G RAN security tests, helping vendors, operators, and integrators to protect 5G radio access networks. In an earlier high-level introductory keynote, Gerhard Fettweis challenged the audience, claiming that O-RAN would have major security shortcomings by design. He hoped that 6G would introduce formal verification and "trustworthiness" principles from ground up to achieve secure solutions. In contrast, at the i14y Lab, we believe that a lot can be already done to harden 5G RANs. We work hard contributing to O-RAN ALLIANCE security standards and preparing for efficient and in-depth system validation. This includes not only the very basic set of 3GPP 33.511 SCAS tests, but also more advanced threat emulation and fuzzing, as well as security tests for cloud platforms.

We are pleased to announce that the #PlugFest Fall 2024 has officially concluded! All testing took place either on-site in Berlin at the i14y Lab or remotely over the course of nearly a month, from October 7 to November 15. The main themes of this PlugFest were: ◾ O-RAN Energy Consumption, Efficiency, and Savings Testing ◾ O-RAN E2E Deployment Templates, DevOps, and Test Automation The event featured six hosts across five labs, 23 participating O-RAN ALLIANCE vendor members, and one non-vendor open-source project. Stay tuned for more updates from the O-RAN Alliance, expected around mid-December! #PlugFest2024 #OpenRan #oranplugfest #i14yLab #EANTC #opentogether #networkdisaggregation

What can Lab as a Service provide for Open RAN? After a few weeks of switching gears towards promoting the activities surrounding the Fall 2024 O-RAN ALLIANCE #PlugFest, as well as this year's trip to Dublin for Telecom Infra Project's #Fyuz24, we wanted to circle back and make sure to answer this question by highlighting one of our most successful discussions from this year's i14y Lab Summit: "i14y LaaS - A practical approach to automated validation" This discussion showcased how LaaS is transforming the ecosystem through streamlined lab automation, lifecycle management, and impactful test automation. Here’s a few things that stood out: 🔹 Lab Automation: Building infrastructure as a service to simplify testing environments for interoperability, scalability, and security. 🔹 Lifecycle Management: Creating sustainable processes to maintain and evolve the lab for long-term utility. 🔹 Test Automation: Enabling consistent and repeatable testing with detailed documentation, planning, execution, and reporting—key for certification and reproducibility. A special thank you to those involved: Carsten Rossenhövel (EANTC AG) Jan Klare (BISDN GmbH) Olaf Bonness (i14y Lab) The full discussion is packed with much more information surrounding our process of building and establishing LaaS at the i14y Lab, so make sure to watch that - link in the comments!  #i14yLab #OpenRAN #LabAsAService #Innovation

Yesterday was a full day for the i14y Lab at #Fyuz24! We had team members and consortium partners all over the place! Everything from talking "Regional Updates and Case Studies" on the main stage with Petr Ledl (Deutsche Telekom) to discussing "Making Open RAN Deployment-Ready" with Holger Erkens (Deutsche Telekom), Katja Henke (i14y Lab) and Carsten Rossenhövel (EANTC AG). With Fyuz Day 1 down, you have just two more to make your way to our booth and say hi! We are at booth C09 this time around, so keep a look out because we might even have some i14y Lab socks left to give away 🧦 #Fyuz2024 #NetworkDisaggregation #OpenRAN

#SDWANSASEParis24: Carsten Rossenhövel of EANTC AG shows he can be in two places at the same time (wait, isn’t he at #FYUZ24? Yes, he is.). Here he is kicking off the tutorial session for #SASE, #SDWAN, and #ZTNA before the keynotes start - helping to get everyone on the same page on the technologies and landscape. Meanwhile the other speakers and exhibitors are getting ready to kick off the 9th Edition of Upperside Conferences #SDWAN and #SASE Summit here in Paris.

Thank you to the panelists Melissa Ness, Holger Erkens, Dritan Kaleshi, and Kalyan Sundhar for providing insightful recommendations about viable paths from lab to production deployments today! The multi-vendor Open RAN ecosystem requires different testing approaches than traditional mobile networks. These networks must become reliable, scaling, secure, and manageable. With the support from TIP and other industry initiatives, we need to collaborate to jointly develop use case requirements, test plans, and methods to execute tests consistently, repeatable, and efficient. Lots of work ahead - let's get on with it!