QCT Verifies 5G RAN and Core Networks with Key Government and Industry Partners
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04 Jul. 2022
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QCT worked with Taiwan’s National Development Council, Chunghwa Telecom and local network & communication equipment vendors in the “5G Open Network Integration and Verification Project,” a government project that aims to accelerate the development of innovative 5G technologies and applications in Taiwan by providing systems integration and reliability validation services aligning with international standards.

In this project, QCT successfully connected its 5G standalone (SA) core network to nine O-RAN base stations provided by domestic providers, while connecting its 5G RAN to four 5G SA networks. Verified for their interoperability, these deployments were subsequently tested for IoT and MEC applications.

In the same year, QCT joined O-RAN Plugfest Taiwan 2021 as a 5G RAN provider and only domestic 5G core network provider. Together with ecosystem partners, QCT implemented O-CU, O-DU, O-RU and end-to-end integration tests, verifying the viability of multi-vendor O-RAN deployments based on its n78 and n79 integrated solutions.

During the Plugfest, QCT’s core network was successfully connected to its partner’s RAN and third-party user equipment to realize 5G signal transmission from edge to core, achieving significant acceleration in both uplink and downlink speeds.

Fig. 1. Architecture of OmniCore, QCT’s 5G SA core network
QCT continues to play a critical role in fostering the island’s 5G equipment ecosystem, providing its standards-compliant, pre-validated 5G SA core and RAN networks to Taiwan’s newly established Open Testing and Integration Centre, an ORAN Alliance certified laboratory where local network equipment vendors can send their products to be tested for conformance, interoperability, and end-to-end connectivity. As gaining verification is a key step toward entering the global 5G equipment supply chain, QCT has also teamed up with the Taiwan government and industry partners to provide an ideal testbed for local 5G equipment vendors.

Source: https://udn.com/news/story/7240/5974375
 
 
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