Nokia completes interoperability testing with Mavenir radio

Nokia has announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between Nokia Baseband (DU/CU) and Mavenir Radio Unit (O-RU) using the O-RAN Alliance 7-2x fronthaul interface. The trial was conducted at Nokia's Open RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas.

Commenting on this milestone, Mark Atkinson, Head of RAN at Nokia, said, "Our technology collaboration with Mavenir is further evidence of our commitment to Open RAN. We have developed our baseband software in a way that ensures that multi-supplier O-RAN systems can be deployed without compromises in performance, energy efficiency, security, or resiliency. This is key when people depend on wireless connectivity in all aspects of their daily lives. We have now completed operability with Radios from four different suppliers using the O-RAN compliant 7-2x interface."

The trial validated the interoperability of Mavenir's CBRS Radio Unit and Nokia AirScale Baseband supporting the O-RAN compliant 7-2x interface. The two partners are able to demonstrate 5G peak performance by activating 4CC Carrier Aggregation (CA) using Time Division Duplexing (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) spectrum in a 5G Standalone configuration.

This step reaffirms Nokia's tangible commitment to Open RAN through its anyRAN approach, which offers mobile operators and enterprises more flexibility in building networks that combine purpose-built, hybrid, and Cloud RAN architectures with common software.

"This solution demonstrates a full circle of O-RAN interoperability whereby our industry-leading RAN portfolio integrates and interoperates in both directions with products from other RAN suppliers. This is real Open RAN – not the version where one supplier only connects their own products to each other. It is a great credit to both teams that they could integrate our Radio with Nokia's Baseband in record time," said John Baker, SVP, Business Development at Mavenir.

The successful interoperability test between Nokia AirScale Baseband functions (DU/CU) and @Mavenir's Radio Units confirms our strong commitment to #OpenRAN. Nokia and Mavenir are long-term supporters of open networks.Read more here: https://t.co/7cvXt60kLp pic.twitter.com/BnEPZwH89c

— Nokia (@nokia) November 15, 2023