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Spirent Collaborates with TIP Community to Boost Open RAN in Indonesia

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As a technology partner contributing to the TIP project, Spirent’s O-RAN O-CU Test Solution feature-set supports validation needs for the evolution path to 5G.

Indonesia is Southeast Asia’s largest economy, covering around 48% of the region’s 600 million population. Despite the rollout of 3G and 4G networks by mobile operators, about 61 million Indonesians currently don’t have access to the Internet, according to the GSMA.

Network deployment in Indonesia can be challenging due to the vast and varied landscapes. Mobile operators in Indonesia needed to test and trial Open RAN technology to determine whether open and other elements of the disaggregated ecosystem could play a part in plans to take mobile broadband connectivity to thousands of rural villages in the expansive country.

The TIP Community Lab at Telkom University, Indonesia, aims to build a local ecosystem that can support the development and implementation of innovative and cost-effective platforms for Indonesian operators. Most open network technologies, products, and solutions are still in the development or trial phase, but once the hardware and the software are disaggregated and components made interchangeable rather than just interoperable, Open RAN will be an appealing option for Indonesia. The impact on both the consumer and the enterprise offerings that the operators have, due to the flexibility of Open RAN will be significant.

A technology partnership

Spirent is proud to participate in this year’s TIP On event organised by Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Telkom University in Indonesia. As a technology partner contributing to the TIP project, Spirent’s O-RAN O-CU Test Solution feature set supports validation needs for the evolution path to 5G.

The Spirent O-CU Test Solution has been deployed to function as clients for an O-RAN CU or to emulate the CU as needed. It can also be used for wraparound testing to validate an O-CU for both compliance and performance at the TIP Community Labs.

In addition, Spirent’s automation of test cases in the lab helps to drive efficiency and emulate real-world conditions to resolve issues faster. It enables multiple labs to consolidate into a single, web-accessible resource relying on automation to accelerate testing, reduce manual effort, and maximize equipment utilization.

Results

Incorporating industry-leading features and capabilities, Spirent’s O-CU Test Solution can help the TIP Community Lab provide end-to-end testing for O-RAN integration to the mobile core. Together with Spirent’s lab and test automation solutions, it yields significant benefits such as reducing capital and operational expenditure and accelerating time to market for new products and services by expanding testing capacity and optimizing team productivity.

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Anil Kollipara
Anil Kollipara

产品管理高级总监

Anil Kollipara是思博伦网络生命周期测试和服务质量保障业务部的产品管理高级总监,负责5G与Open RAN测试与保障产品组合的战略制订和执行。他在无线与电信行业拥有广泛的背景,并且在为实验室测试、服务保证和网络规划领域构建行业领先产品等方面成就斐然。其专业领域包括无线网络(3G、LTE、5G、Open RAN、VoLTE、VoWi-Fi)中的测试与测量、服务保障以及预测与规范分析。在加入思博伦之前,Anil曾在Netscout、Danaher、Dell和Cerion等顶尖企业工作。他拥有印度孟买大学的学士学位、美国德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校的电子工程硕士学位及芝加哥大学布斯商学院的工商管理硕士学位。Anil拥有四项与表征和测量电信网络用户体验相关的专利。