Keysight Technologies, Inc. has joined with IBM to pursue open radio access network deployments in Europe. IBM will use Keysight Open Radio Architect solutions in its Open RAN center of excellence.
Based in Madrid, Spain, IBM’s CoE enables communications service providers to deploy IBM solutions in their laboratory environments or live networks to support private and industrial applications, advancing digital transformation in the telco industry. IBM’s CoE intends to use Keysight’s radio unit simulator, RuSIM, to validate O-RAN distributed units; CoreSIM to verify the performance of open RAN equipment and Nemo Wireless Network Solutions to optimize and monitor wireless networks.
Additionally, Keysight’s software-centric Open RAN test, measurement and emulation tools will be integrated with IBM’s Cloud Pak for Network Automation, an AI-powered telco cloud platform that enables the automation of network operations.
Keysight’s Open RAN solutions will support IBM in demonstrating O-RAN solutions to CSPs seeking partnerships. These Open RAN solutions will enable vendors to verify conformance, interoperability, performance and security, resulting in the deployment of fully interoperable RAN equipment.
By J. Sharpe Smith, Inside Towers Technology Editor
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