India, June 18 -- TeraVM 5G virtualized testing solution now supports load testing of the Open Central Unit (O-CU) according to O-RAN specifications. This capability follows the March 2020 launch of the industry-first Test Suite for O-RAN Specifications, which is already being deployed by Tier-1 operators and network equipment manufacturers.

As mobile data traffic continues to grow, and the O-CU becomes the first point of data aggregation, its ability to manage high volumes of traffic is critical for operators to meet 5G service promises. According to O-RAN specifications, the gNodeB is disaggregated into three distinct and standardized elements: the Open Radio Unit (O-RU), Open Distributed Unit (O-DU) and O-CU from potentially different...