ORAN聯(lián)盟認(rèn)證規(guī)劃技術(shù)白皮書 Overview of OTIC and O-RAN Certification and Badging Program-white paper-2023-04

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OverviewofOpenTestingandIntegrationCentre(OTIC)andO-RANCertificationandBadgingProgram

WhitePaper,April2023

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Introduction

TheO-RANALLIANCE’smissionistore-shapetheRANindustrytowardsmoreintelligent,open,virtualized,andinteroperablenetworks.Toachieveitsmission,itembarksonthreemainstreamsofwork:

1.Specificationeffort

2.O-RANSoftwareCommunity

3.TestingandIntegration

AspartoftheTestingandIntegrationstream,OpenTestingandIntegrationCentres(OTICs)andtheO-RANCertificationandBadgingprogramarekeypillarsthatsupporttheecosysteminachievingthemissionofO-RAN.Thiswhitepaperprovidesanoverviewofthesetwokeypillars,whattheyare,howtheyoperate,andtheirkeyobjectives.

OpenTestingandIntegrationCentre(OTIC)

TheO-RANALLIANCEqualifiedOpenTestingandIntegrationCentre(OTIC)providesacollaborative,open,vendor-independent,andimpartialworkingenvironmenttoanypotentialclient/customerthatisinterestedintestingitsproductsandsolutions.

AnyO-RANMemberand/orContributorthatexhibitvendorneutralitycanapplytohostanOTIC,andeachOTICmaybehostedbyoneormorehosts.Thehost(s)coordinatesandisfullyresponsibleforalltheactivitiesinanOTIC.

EachOTICmayfocusondifferentactivitiesandservicessuchas:

?AwardingO-RANcertificatesand/orbadges

?HostingO-RANPlugFeststoacceleratethematurityofproductsandsolutionsbasedonO-RANspecifications[2]

?Conformance,interoperabilityand/orend-to-endtestingofO-RANproductsandsolutions

?Referencesetupsandtestbed

?SupportingwideadoptionofO-RANspecificationsandpromotetheopennessoftheO-RANecosystemviademos,communityevents(e.g.,speakersessions,workshops,tutorials),labandfieldtrials,etc.

?FosteringanddevelopingtechnicalskillsoftheO-RANcommunityviaworkshops,tutorials,etc.

?ProvidingfeedbacktotheO-RANcommunityabouttheexperienceswithO-RANspecificationsacquiredduringthetesting,toencourageandenableimplementation-drivenspecifications

ThereisnominimumsetofactivitiesandservicesrequiredfromanOTIC,andeachOTICmayselectanycombinationofservicesbasedonitsowncapabilityandbusinessobjectives.

Currently,thereareelevenqualifiedOTICsworldwideasshowninFigure1.

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EuropeanOTICinBerlin

EuropeanOTICinTorino

AurayOTICandSecuritylab

EuropeanOTICinParis

EuropeanOTICinMadrid

Asia&PacificOTICinPRC

KyrioO-RANTestandIntegrationLab

NorthAmericanOTICinNYCMetroArea/East(COSMOS)

JapanOTIC

Asia&PacificOTICbyritt7layers

Asia&PacificOTICinSingapore

Figure1.ListofOTICsworldwide

Thebasic(non-sensitive)informationaboutallqualifiedOTICsislistedinthepubliccatalogueat

https://www.o-

.ThesubmittedOTICapplicationsareavailabletoallO-RANentitiesandcanbefoundintheO-RANinternalwiki.

FurtherdetailsaboutOTICscanbefoundintheCriteriaandGuidelinesofOpenTestingandIntegrationCentre[1]whichispublishedbytheO-RANALLIANCE.

O-RANCertificationandBadgingProgram

TheO-RANcertificationandbadgingprogramrepresentsacomprehensivemechanismtoensureconfidenceinO-RANbasedproductsandsolutionsforboththeoperatorandvendorcommunities.TheO-RANcertificationandbadgingprogramaimstominimizerepetitionoffundamentalandcommontestsperformedtoverifyandvalidateO-RANbasedproductsandsolutionsbeforetheirdeploymentinoperatornetworks.Thiswillhelpreducetesteffortsconductedbynetworkoperatorsandpromotevendors’O-RANbasedproductsandsolutions.Additionally,itwillcreateanopportunityforinteroperabilityamongdifferentvendorsandacceptancefromothervendors.

O-RANcertificationandbadgingshouldnotbeusedasasubstituteforoperator-specifictestingofO-RANbasedproductsandsolutionspriortodeploymentinoperatornetworks.AO-RANcertificateandbadgedonotmeanallthenecessarytestshavebeenperformedandpassed,andanO-RANcertified/badgedproductorsolutionshouldnotbeassumedtobeautomaticallydeployableinanoperatornetworkwithoutanyadditionaltesting.Rather,O-RANcertificationandbadgingcanimproveoperatorconfidenceintheirchosenO-RANbasedblueprintandcanreducethecomplexityanddurationofpre-deploymenttesting.

TheO-RANcertificationandbadgingdefinesandunifiesprocesses,procedures,templates,dataformat,etc.whichareprovidedtoensuresharingofthetestresultsandrepeatabilityoftheexecutedtests.TheO-RANcertificationandbadgingdoesnotdefineanyspecificcertificationorbadgingtestbutreferstotestsdefinedinO-RANtestspecificationsproducedbyrelatedO-RANWork/FocusGroups.TheO-RANcertificationandbadgingdescribetheprocessesandassociatedtechnicalproceduresinconformancecertification,IOTbadgingandE2Ebadgingwhicharediscussedfurtherinthefollowing.

ThepurposeofO-RANcertificationistoverifythatavendor’sproductiscomplianttoO-RANspecificationsusingasetofO-RANdefinedconformancetests.TheO-RANcertificateisawardedtoaproductforoneormoreO-RANspecifiedorO-RANprofiledinterfaces(e.g.,O-RUOpenFronthaul,O-DUO1).

ThepurposeofO-RANinteroperability(IOT)badgingistoproveinteroperabilityofapairofproductsconnectedviaanO-RANinterfaceorO-RANprofiled3GPPinterfaceusingasetofO-RANdefinedinteroperabilitytests.TheO-RANIOTbadgeisawardedtobothproductsinthepairandisapplicableforanO-RANspecifiedorO-RANprofiledinterface(e.g.,O-RUandO-DUconnectedviaOpenFronthaul).

ThepurposeofO-RANend-to-end(E2E)badgingistodemonstrateandvalidatethatanend-to-endsystemorsubsystemmeetsminimumrequirementsintermsoffunctionalityandsecurityandothermandatoryend-to-end

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functionalitiesusingO-RANdefinedend-to-endtests.Inaddition,O-RANE2Ebadgingcanalsoprovideanindicationofend-to-endperformanceandotheroptionalend-to-endfunctionalities.TheO-RANE2Ebadgeisawardedtoallproductsintheend-to-endsystemorsubsystem.

AnO-RANcertificateorbadgecanbeawardedonlytoproduct(DeviceUnderTestorDUT)representingO-RANnetworkfunction(s)(suchasNear-RTRIC,O-CU-CP,O-CU-UP,O-DU,O-RU,etc.)withO-RANinterface(s)(suchasOpenFronthaul,O1,A1,etc.)asdefinedintheO-RANarchitecture[3],orto3GPPfunction(s)(suchaseNB,gNB-CU,gNB-DU,etc.)withO-RANprofiled3GPPinterfaces(suchasXn,F1,etc.).

Currently,theO-RANcertificates,IOTbadgesandE2Ebadgeshavebeendefinedforthefollowingproducts(andinterfaces),andtheseproductscanbeawardedbyO-RANcertificatesandbadges.

?O-RANcertificatesfor

oO-RUwithOpenFronthaulinterface

oO-DU(orcombinedO-DU/O-CU)withOpenFronthaulinterface

?O-RANIOTbadgesfor

oO-RUandO-DU(orcombinedO-DU/O-CU)connectedviaOpenFronthaulinterface

oeNBanden-gNBconnectedviaX2interface

ogNB-DUandgNB-CUconnectedviaF1-Cinterface

otwogNBsconnectedviaXn-Cinterface

?O-RANE2Ebadgesfor

oO-RU,O-DUandO-CU(ortheircombinations)includedintheend-to-endsystemorsubsystem

O-RANcertificatesorbadgesissuedbyOTICsarecomprisedof:

?LogooftheO-RANCertificate,IOTBadgeorE2EBadge(seeFigure2),whichtheproductthatisawardedthecertificateorbadgecandisplayontheproductorincorrespondingmarketingmaterial,e.g.,website,brochure,etc.,

?SummaryreportprovidingasummaryofO-RANcertificationorbadgingtesting.Theunifiedformatofdocumentisusedtoensurereusabilityandsharingoftheinformation,

?TestreportprovidingdetailsofO-RANcertificationorbadgingtesting.Theunifiedformatofdocumentisusedtoensurereusabilityandsharingoftheinformation,

?Detailedmeasurementresultsprovidingacollectionofdetailedmeasurementresultscollectedduringthecertificationorbadgingincludinglogs,screenshots,packetcaptures,etc.whicharecapturedfromdevicesundertestor/andfromtestandmeasurementequipmentandtools.Thefileformatofmeasurementresultsisnotspecifiedandunified.

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Figure2LogosofO-RANCertificate,IOTBadgeandE2EBadge

O-RANcertificationandbadgingcanonlybeperformedbyOTICs,andconsequentlytheO-RANcertificatesandbadgescanonlybeissuedbyOTICs.TheO-RANcertificatesandbadgescanonlybeawardedtoaproductprovidedbyO-RANentities.

Thebasic(non-sensitive)informationaboutallawardedO-RANcertificatesandbadgesarelistedinthecentralizedcataloguewhichispubliclyavailableat

.Uponrequest,theOTICshallsharethesummaryreportsandtestreports(associatedwithO-RANcertificatesandbadgesissuedbytheOTIC)onlywithO-RANmembers(i.e.,mobilenetworkoperators)andO-RANOffice.TheOTICshallnotsharethesummaryreportsandtestreportswithotherO-RANentities(i.e.,O-RANcontributorsandacademiccontributors)aswellasnon-ORANentitieswithoutthewrittenpermissionofallcopyrightholders(i.e.,theOTICandallvendorsparticipatedinthecertificationorbadgingtesting).

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Summary

InthisWhitePaper,weoutlinedthetwokeyinitiativesthatsupportthebroaderO-RANecosystemintheirtestingandintegrationefforts,namelytheOpenTestingandIntegrationCentres(OTICs)andtheO-RANcertificationandbadgingProgram.ThroughthecombinationoftheOTICsandtheO-RANcertificationandbadgingprogram,anyO-RANvendorregardlessoftheirsizecanhaveanopportunitytoshowcaset