Taiwan-based HTC will use UeSIM, part of the Keysight Open RAN Architect, to demonstrate high data rates and low latency on a 5G base station with open interfaces at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2021 (MWC21). Many mobile operators are deploying open RAN infrastructures to create a diverse vendor ecosystem and optimize service delivery for various use cases. Keysight Open RAN Architect provides unique end-to-end visibility capabilities, from the RAN edge to the 5G core (5GC).
“We are pleased to extend our collaboration with HTC to include mobile devices and smart technology for the development of flexible, customized open RAN solutions,” said Giampaolo Tardioli, Vice President and General Manager of Keysight’s Network Access Group. “By emulating real network traffic in both the radio and the O-RAN fronthaul, UeSIM enables HTC to validate the end-to-end performance of a 5G base station with open standard interfaces.”
The demonstration will take place at the virtual forum of MWC21, the largest event in the mobile communications industry, in Barcelona, Spain, from June 28 to July 1. Keysight will enable HTC to demonstrate central (O-CU) and distributed (O-DU) units that support 5G New Radio (NR) technology in standalone (SA) mode. These network elements, when combined with a radio unit (O-RU), create an open RAN platform for macro or small cell deployments.
Private networks, typically deployed in industrial use cases such as smart factories, offer high-speed, low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity to support advanced applications, including virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR). As a contributing member of the O-RAN Alliance, Keysight applies its deep expertise in O-RAN specifications across its O-RAN portfolio of conformance validation and interoperability verification solutions. These solutions are used by service providers, data centers, network equipment manufacturers, and companies with virtualization and cloud computing technologies.
“By collaborating with Keysight, HTC verifies interoperability across protocol and radio frequency domains, as well as the conformity of network elements with the latest O-RAN specifications,” said Raymond Pao, senior vice president at HTC. “Adhering to the latest open interface specifications is critical for the successful deployment of multivendor open RAN.”
Keysight's collaboration with HTC in the smartphone market began over twenty years ago. 5G device testing platform enabled HTC to develop and verify its first 5G device in 2018 and its first 5G mobile hotspot in 2019.
