5G network software provider picks Keysight UEE solutions

The mobile industry is transitioning towards virtualised RAN (vRAN) architectures using standard open RAN interfaces in order to flexibly and cost-effectively address a diverse set of demands driven by both consumers and vertical industries.

Mavenir, an end-to-end cloud-native network software provider for 4G/5G networks, is part of an expanding ecosystem of software and wireless equipment vendors that offers solutions with open standard interfaces in support of disaggregated network architectures.

"Mavenir and Keysight support an industry in transformation that needs flexible tools for validating the performance of virtualised 5G radio access and core network functionalities," said Giampaolo Tardioli (pictured), vice president and general manager of Keysight's network access test group. "Keysight's 5G UEE platforms enable Mavenir to validate the end-to-end performance of cloud-native RAN and 5GC software solutions, critical in the delivery of agile solutions that support more than twenty-five communications service providers (CSPs) committed to deploying O-RAN compliant networks."

Mavenir uses Keysight's automated and scalable 5G UEE solutions to emulate a massive number of subscribers and numerous use scenarios.

These solutions support conformance validation of O-RAN distributed units (O-DU) and radio units (O-RU), ensuring that 5G network elements comply to the latest specifications set by both 3GPP and O-RAN standards organisations.

Keysight's UEE solutions deliver real-world scenarios for protocol and load testing with integrated sophisticated channel emulation capabilities that allow users to verify the performance of a RAN deployed in a complex radio environment.

"Keysight's cutting-edge tools, developer support and leading 5G expertise, enable Mavenir to effectively validate our radio access network solutions," said Mikael Rylander, general manager of the Radio Access BU at Mavenir. "Keysight's solutions improve our ability to flexibly deliver high quality software to our telecommunications company customer base and better support the OpenRAN ecosystem".