Test Automation
Test automation is central to EANTC’s approach for validating complex O-RAN networks. It enables efficient, repeatable, and highly accurate testing of functional, performance, and interoperability scenarios while minimizing manual effort.
Automated execution ensures consistent results, faster setup, and easier reproducibility compared to traditional manual testing, making it possible to cover larger test scopes and validate networks more reliably.
EANTC Test Orchestrator
Building on decades of experience in complex test procedures, EANTC developed the Test Orchestrator, a flexible, technology-independent automation platform. It unifies multiple lab systems and vendor tools into a single automated workflow, simplifying test configuration, execution, and reporting. With an open-source-based interface, users can schedule tests, reserve resources, and generate comprehensive O-RAN Alliance-compliant reports in just hours, without deep technical expertise.
O-RAN specifications allow components from different vendors to be combined freely. While this flexibility promotes interoperability, it also introduces complexity in integration and operation. Comprehensive pre-testing is therefore essential. The EANTC Test Orchestrator supports the following areas of O-RAN testing:
Conformance Testing
By verifying compliance with these standards, EANTC provides confidence that individual elements will integrate smoothly within a multi-vendor ecosystem. These tests cover interface behaviors, protocol implementations, and functional requirements, allowing operators and vendors to identify deviations early and address them before deployment.
End-to-End Testing
Validates interoperability across the entire network, encompassing multiple components from different vendors. EANTC simulates real-world network conditions to evaluate how each element communicates and functions as part of a holistic system. These tests assess coordination between distributed units, centralized units, and radio units, as well as integration with orchestration and management layers.
Performance Testing
Verifies that network components and systems can meet the rigorous demands of real-world deployments. EANTC measures throughput, latency, scalability, and resilience under various traffic patterns and load conditions. By simulating thousands of devices and realistic user behaviors, we identify potential bottlenecks, optimize configuration, and confirm that the network can deliver the expected quality of service.
Certifications
Perform full O-RAN End-to-End Badging Tests certification process. It automates test execution, verdict evaluation, and the generation of reports that meet O-RAN Alliance requirements in a single, consistent workflow, with results delivered in standard-compliant reports. The platform also supports the customization of traffic profiles, scalability parameters, and test scripts, ensuring that even complex certification scenarios are executed with accuracy and efficiency.
Test automation provides tangible benefits for network operators, service providers, and vendors. It enables faster test cycles, reduces operational costs, improves accuracy, and ensures repeatable and comprehensive test coverage. By integrating automated testing into the network lifecycle, EANTC helps bridge the gap between development and production readiness, accelerates innovation, and increases confidence in the deployment of cutting-edge technologies.
With the EANTC Test Orchestrator, organizations gain a robust, reliable, and flexible solution for managing complex test workflows. It empowers teams to focus on analysis and decision-making rather than repetitive manual tasks, ensuring that networks are validated thoroughly, efficiently, and in alignment with global standards.
