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ORAN 23.4 continues to build on our O-RAN testing capabilities across all the network functions and configurations. This includes key capabilities such as user plane ciphering & integrity protection and emergency services for CU testing. For RIC testing, 23.4 introduces the O1 interface for non-RT RIC testing, while continuing to build on the E2 interface for near-RT RIC testing.

Spirent O-RU test solution version 23.4 is the industry’s first and only “wraparound” solution that enables you to perform application layer testing of the O-RU in an O-RAN architecture. All of the solution’s components are real-time state machine emulators that implement from the physical layer to the application layers in 3GPP. Using the O-RU test solution, you can benchmark O-RU performance under different conditions, configurations, and live scenarios.

This release aims to support: Carriers, SI, and OEMs

• Allows users to test CU for user data ciphering and integrity protection
• Associated control plane can be verified along with impact of cipher/integrity on throughput

• Enables testing CU for emergency services
• Includes emergency registration, VoNR call and location reporting for comprehensive testing

• 15 new test cases added to the growing L5AP CU test library
• Accelerates testing and time to market with fully automated testing

• Allows users to test non-RT RIC for O1 interface from emulated CU/DUs
• More comprehensive testing of non-RT RIC to complement the already supported A1 interface from emulated near-RT RIC

• Adds CCC (Cell Configuration & Control) and RC (Radio Control) service models to E2 interface from emulated CU/DU
• Extends the near-RT RIC testing capabilities with more comprehensive coverage of E2 interface

• All TIFG performance and functional tests, RF performance tests, Sensitivity tests, Near-Far dynamic tests, and advanced channel fading tests now support 5G SA FDD.

• All reports now include the results and plotting for the test.

• This release introduces improvements to the Near-Far test procedures, including the ability to reduce the power level until the call is dropped. You can now configure the following parameters:
•  Start and stop power level
• Step size
• Duration for each level
• BLER limit to stop the test
• Number of iterations to finalize the result

• Integrated Simnovus RUsim with O-DU WA test solution
• The benefit includes
  • All software-based O-DU WA implementation, which is very flexible for deployment,
  • Cost-effective thanks to the all-software solution,
  • Very scalable since each RUsim can offer up to 128 UEs emulated.

• Provide real-world application tests, e.g. Facebook, TikTack, Google, etc., through RUsim to validate O-DU performance,
• Landslide External Data feature is a mature product, which has been used by the industry for many years, proven to be stable, powerful, cost-effective

• Provide real-world application tests, e.g. Facebook, TikTack, Google, etc., through UEsim to validate gNB performance,
• Landslide External Data feature is a mature product, which has been used by the industry for many years, proven to be stable, powerful, cost-effective.

• Each UEsim can be connected with 2 cells to test HO performance of a gNB
• Each UEsim can provide up to 256 UEs emulated,

The latest O-RAN software can be downloaded from the CSC via the Download tab by selecting:  
General Release > O-RAN > O-CU Test Solution  
General Release > O-RAN > E2E Test Solution  
General Release > O-RAN > RIC Test Solution  
General Release > O-RAN > RU Test Solution  

Associated technical documentation, including release notes, can also be found under the Related Resources link for that software version