VIAVI VALOR and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Open RAN Testing Capabilities
Joint Framework Expands Testing Services, Driving Industry-wide Adoption of Open RAN Solutions
- Advancing Industry Standards Through Collaboration : TIP partners with VIAVI to expand VALOR's testing for Open RAN.
- Streamlined Testing : Establishes VALOR as the first TIP-authorized test lab, reducing testing duplication.
- Industry-wide impact : Accelerates Open RAN adoption and drives global industry alignment.
TIP, a global consortium dedicated to advancing and adopting open and disaggregated networks, thrives on the collective contributions of its member companies. These contributions are critical to bringing innovation to the industry and facilitating a collaborative environment where innovative technologies are developed, tested, and certified, ready for deployment.
VIAVI's involvement with TIP exemplifies this collaborative spirit. By bringing VALOR's test-as-a-service capabilities to TIP, VIAVI advances the mission of TIP's
TIP-authorized labs expand on the success of TIP's network of
Strategic Collaboration Overview:
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Key Benefits and Contributions: VALOR offers cloud-based and virtual testing capabilities critical for modern, scalable network performance assessments. These capabilities will be incorporated into TIP's system performance certification program, providing a robust and flexible testing framework for component vendors and operators.
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Enhancing Testing Capabilities: VIAVI and TIP will enhance VALOR's testing capabilities that build on top of the O-RAN test specifications. This comprehensive approach will support the TIP community by ensuring that Open RAN systems meet high-performance standards and are robust enough to handle real-world network complexities.
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Establishing VALOR as the first
Authorized Test Lab : VALOR will become the first of TIP's network of authorized test labs, streamlining the certification process, reducing duplication of efforts, and accelerating the time-to-market for Open RAN solutions. Additionally, establishing VALOR as one of TIP's authorized test labs ensures a high standard of testing and certification processes.
- Developing a System Performance Certification Framework: TIP's community will leverage VALOR's testing capabilities to help build a robust system performance certification framework, promoting innovation and industry alignment.
VIAVI and TIP's collaboration to expand VALOR's testing capabilities for Open RAN is poised to significantly reduce integration time and costs and improve data reliability and performance, resulting in the collective progress of open and disaggregated networks globally.
Supporting Quotes
Dr. Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI, said, "The collaboration between VIAVI and TIP enhances Open RAN system maturity by addressing multi-vendor deployment challenges, ensuring end-to-end system level performance testing from different vendors. VIAVI's participation in TIP's OpenRAN PG and
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