Institute for Telecommunication Sciences / Research / 5G / 2025.08 IORS

IORS Virtual Meeting, August 20, 2025

Improving test plans

This virtual meeting will draw on participants' experience to improve the Open RAN test plans. Topics to be considered include standardizing requirements, specifying test equipment configurations, developing automation, and vetting the plans by performing quality assurance at various international labs. Our goal is to iteratively improve the test plans to meet operator needs and incorporate practical knowledge of labs who have used various test equipment configurations.

Logistics

  • Moderator: Lincoln Lavoie (University of New Hampshire, UNH-IOL)
  • Time and Date:
    • 5:00 p.m. U.S. Mountain Time (MT) August 20, 2025
    • 7:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (ET) August 20
    • 1:00 a.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) August 21
    • 7:00 a.m. China Standard Time (CST) August 21
    • 8:00 a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST) August 21
  • Attend online:
    • Register on this Google Sheet to receive connection information.
    • Remote attendance is open US Foreign assistance eligible countries.
    • Registration will close 2 weeks before the event.
    • Your name will be kept on the registration list from one IORS virtual event to the next. 
  • Watch later:
    • A temporary meeting recording will be shared with all registered attendees, for those in different time-zones.

If you have questions, contact us directly at iors@ntia.gov.

Agenda

  • Welcome 
    • Meeting etiquette, Julie Kub (ITS) 
    • Meeting introduction, Lincoln Lavoie (UNH-IOL)
  • Introduction to test plans session – 5 min
  • Overviews of known test plans – 50 min
    • O-RAN ALLIANCE, Eng Wei Koo – 10 min
    • TIP, Abdel Bagegni – 10 min
    • VALOR, Ian Wong – 10 min
    • ACCoRD, David Chiang – 10 min
    • ORCID, Jens Sohn – 10 min
  • Open Discussion with leading questions 
    • Who did we miss? Who is also working to develop test plans?
    • What are the gaps?
    • What alignment or coordination is needed between these efforts?
    • What improvements are needed to the test plans?
    • How to socialize work items, especially document with member only constraints?
    • What other materials are needed? 
      • What can be shared publicly?
      • Who can host public documents?