Viavi Solutions Inc. announced that Kyrio(R), a subsidiary of CableLabs(R), has chosen VIAVI to be part of its O-RAN Test and Integration Lab in Colorado, USA. VIAVI is now the only test & measurement company to be present in all seven O-RAN ALLIANCE approved Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) globally. In addition, VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz support several OTICs with their joint solution for O-RAN radio unit (O-RU) conformance testing, and recently enabled Auray OTIC in Taiwan in awarding O-RAN conformance certification for international markets.

An OTIC provides a collaborative, open, and impartial working environment, ensuring that both equipment and function conform to O-RAN specifications. The Kyrio facility is the first and only OTIC approved by the O-RAN ALLIANCE in the Americas. Kyrio's parent company, CableLabs, was recently selected by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to host an industry-based 5G Challenge established to measure the compliance of O-RAN vendors with O-RAN standards.

Within the lab, Kyrio will be supporting vendors and operators seeking to test and certify conformance with O-RAN standards, verify interoperability and measure performance metrics. To that end, they will be providing an emulated VIAVI 5G test system, two Standalone 5G cores, and two virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRANs). Additionally, the lab can emulate up to 128 UEs and 128 connections across a 10Gb/s interface.

The 5G core can support up to 10,000 subscribers and connections. O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) conformance testing is enabled via an integrated solution from VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz. The Kyrio O-RAN Test and Integration Lab is the seventh for the O-RAN ALLIANCE, which already has four in Europe and two in Asia Pacific.

The presence of VIAVI in all seven OTICs has been made possible the company's breadth and depth of O-RAN testing capabilities and the positive reputation it has earned among the global O-RAN community. VIAVI offers the most comprehensive test suite on the market for lab validation, field deployment, and service assurance of O-RAN networks. With vast experience validating network products for operators and manufacturers worldwide, VIAVI enables testing on premise, in the cloud or as a service.