

The Asia & Pacific OTIC in Singapore (APOS) hosted the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2024 from 19 August to 22 November 2024 (including the week for O-RAN internal presentations and demonstrations). Testing at the APOS site focused on the following high-level scope:
- Demonstrate consistent and repeatable open fronthaul testing in multiple labs
- O-RU Conformance / O-DU Conformance / WG4 IOT
- O-RAN Energy Consumption, Efficiency and Savings Testing
- O-RU Energy Savings / O-DU Energy Savings / E2E Energy Savings
- Non-RT RIC / Near-RT RIC
PlugFest Themes
1. Demonstrate consistent and repeatable open fronthaul testing in multiple labs
2. O-RAN Energy Consumption, Efficiency and Savings Testing
Key highlights:
- 10 O-RAN members participated in the O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2024 at APOS.
- Together with test and measurement participants (Keysight and VIAVI), APOS successfully completed 8 testing scenarios for:
- WG4 O-RU Conformance Test:
- Zenlynx O-RU
- Viettel High Tech (VHT) mMIMO O-RU
- WG4 Open Fronthaul Inter-Operability Test:
- SynaXG O-CU/O-DU + Metanoia SoC based O-RU
- NVIDIA AI Aerial 5G + DELTA O-RU
- End-to-End Energy-savings:
- G-REIGNS O-CU/O-DU
- SynaXG O-CU/O-DU + Metanoia SoC based O-RU
- O-RU Energy-savings:
- VHT mMIMO O-RU
- WG3 E2 Conformance Test:
- Rakuten Symphony’s Near-RT RIC
- WG4 O-RU Conformance Test:
- Demonstrated consistent and repeatable testing in multiple labs with Japan OTIC on WG3 E2 Conformance Test (for Rakuten Symphony’s Near-RT RIC).
- Integrated Delta O-RU with NVIDIA AI Aerial 5G on NVIDIA A40 GPU, which is a new configuration that has not been integrated together before.
- Completed pre-certification O-RAN WG4 O-RU conformance testing for Viettel High Tech (VHT) macro mMIMO O-RU. VHT is the key research and production unit of Viettel Group, the largest telco in Vietnam. The tested O-RU has been deployed in multiple sites in Vietnam and the pre-certification tests validated the readiness of the O-RU for going through more thorough O-RAN O-RU certification testing.
- Completed pre-certification O-RAN WG4 O-RU conformance testing for Zenlynx O-RU. Zenlynx is a Singapore-based company founded in 2023, which develops advanced high-quality electronic products with a special focus on radio designs, including O-RAN products.
- Completed energy saving testing for multiple systems, including VHT mMIMO O-RU, G REIGNS O-DU/O-CU, and SynaXG O-DU/O-CU with Metanoia SoC based O-RU.
Related Links:
- PR Newswire: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/o-ran-alliance-global-plugfest-fall-2024-to-continue-supporting-the-open-ran-development-302259749.html
- O-RAN website: https://www.o-ran.org/press-releases/o-ran-alliance-global-plugfest-fall-2024-to-continue-supporting-the-open-ran-development
- LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/o-ran_oranalliance-oran-openran-activity-7244998419440709632-pU1z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop