CCI xG Testbed team collaborating with WiSig Networks
Oct. 23, 2024
WiSig Networks, a leader in 5G and O-RAN, is collaborating with the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative’s xG Testbed team, a North American Open Testing and Integration Center (OTIC), to test and evaluate WiSig O-RAN components (O-CU, O-DU, O-RU, SMO) for global commercialization.
The company, led by Kiran Kuchi, a professor with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, is a pioneering supplier of advanced 5G and O-RAN equipment, software, and services.
The project will:
- Measure the conformance, performance, and interoperability of WiSig's O-CU, O-DU, and O-RU solutions.
- Integrate WiSig's SMO and Non-RT RIC with the CCI xG testbed.
- Deploy advanced O-RAN use cases through xApp and rApp, to be validated both in the lab in the Washington, D.C., metro area and in the field at Blacksburg.
- Conduct groundbreaking O-RAN research in partnership with IIT Hyderabad to enhance WiSig O-RAN components.
About WiSig and Kuchi
WiSig Networks collaborates and works with:
- Semiconductor companies to create reference platforms for 5G gNodeB and 5G UE, including terrestrial and Satcom systems.
- Ecosystem partners such as ODMs, EMS partners to manufacture and deploy wireless communication equipment and consumer and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
WiSig founder Kuchi is a key member of the Telecommunications Standards Development Society India (TSDSI) and the Bharat 6G Alliance, leading efforts to develop 6G standards in India at 3GPP and ITU-R WP 5D.
Kuchi works closely with the government of India to shape the country’s 6G roadmap.
About CCI's Team
Aloizio da Silva and Mayukh Roy Chowdhury are working with Kiran and WiSig engineers in groundbreaking O-RAN research, leveraging their work on Open-Source Software (OSS) on rApp and xApp on the WiSig Disaggregated RAN commercial components, including but not limited to intelligent RAN control and spectrum sharing.