Xilinx Selects Keysight Open RAN Test Tools to Demonstrate O-RAN Compliance of 5G Radio Units
Keysight Technologies has announced that Xilinx, Inc.., a provider of adaptive computing solutions, has selected Keysight's O-RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) test tools to accelerate the development of Massive MIMO (MMIMO) reference designs and verify compliance with standards specified by O-RAN Alliance.
Xilinx selected Open RAN Studio from Keysight to demonstrate O-RAN compliance of a reference O-RU design leveraging MMIMO antenna technology. The reference O-RU design is based on Xilinx's Radio Frequency Adaptive System-on-Chip (RFSOC) technology. The two companies demonstrated the O-RU test environment at the plugfest event organized by the O-RAN Alliance that took place in various locations between July and September 2020 and have started a collaboration to further advance O-RAN compliance testing.
“We are pleased to join forces with Xilinx to accelerate the development and integration of O-RAN-compliant network equipment,” said Giampaolo Tardioli, vice president and general manager of Keysight's network access business. “O-RU manufacturers need test solutions that directly support O-RAN conformance validation to keep pace with ever-evolving specifications and requirements.”
Open network architectures allow mobile operators to remain vendor independent and to scale capacity, coverage, features and functionality. By 2026, open RAN will comprise fifty-eight percent of all CAPEX investment in RAN, reaching $XNUMX billion, according to Rethink Technology Research. The proliferation of Open RAN and drive manufacturers, as well as evolving O-RAN standards, is increasing the need for Keysight's portfolio of integrated testing solutions.
“Keysight's O-RAN test solutions, which combine visibility, validation, and performance test capabilities across frequency and protocol domains, enable Xilinx to accelerate the development and validation of MMIMO reference designs,” he said. Brendan Farley, Vice President of Wireless Engineering at Xilinx. “RFSOC ZYNQ Ultrascale+ solutions adapt and scale with evolving standards while addressing the performance, cost and power challenges of 5G. RFSOCs allow wireless infrastructure manufacturers to achieve the form factor, weight, and power reduction critical in Massive MIMO deployment.”
About Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) is a leading technology company helping other businesses, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to make the world safer and more connected. Keysight's solutions optimize networks and bring electronic products to market faster and at lower cost, thanks to its solutions in design simulation, prototype validation, manufacturing tests, network optimization and cloud environments. It has customers throughout the global communications, aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, semiconductor, and general electronics ecosystem. Keysight generated revenue of $4.2B in fiscal 2020.
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