VIAVI Solutions announced that Metanoia Communications JURA Open Radio Unit (O-RU) successfully passed end-to-end over-the-air (OTA) validation at the VIAVI Automated Lab-as-a-Service (VALOR). It is the first product to be validated in the lab’s new RF-shielded anechoic chamber to guarantee it meets O-RAN and 3GPP compliance.
VALOR is an automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN testing supported by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund. The VALOR lab in Chandler, Arizona, formally opened on October 7, 2024, and the RF chamber and two additional client labs were added on April 3, 2025.
Metanoia’s O-RU underwent end-to-end performance validation to provide easy integration into Open RAN networks, with testing conducted on reference O-CU and O-DU components provided by VALOR and its partners.
The tests were carried out over the air within the RF chamber, with VALOR assessing important performance indicators under realistic radio settings. Additionally, O-RAN end-to-end functional and performance validation was performed using O-RAN TIFG-defined test cases.
These tests evaluated the system’s behavior across the control, user, and management planes, ensuring compliance with major O-RAN architectural and performance requirements in an integrated multi-vendor DU/RU configuration.
Metanoia’s JURA O-RU is a 4T4R 24dbm 5G FR1 radio unit that can operate in the sub-6 GHz bands with TDD duplexing. It leverages its sophisticated Software Defined Radio (SDR) architecture to provide a versatile, high-performance Open RAN solution for 5G deployments. JURA O-RU helps next-generation wireless networks be more efficient and innovative by combining powerful hardware acceleration with open-source adaptability.
The VALOR RF chamber is the industry’s first Test-as-a-Service offering for Massive MIMO and beamforming OTA validation. It creates a controlled environment that is free from outside interference and emulates multiple real-world scenarios by sending wireless signals to understand a device’s behavior. Created in partnership with ETS-Lindgren, services offered include system-level Massive MIMO performance testing for up to 16 parallel spatial layers.
VALOR allows independent and impartial interoperability, performance, and security testing by combining VIAVI’s industry-leading NITRO Wireless Open RAN Test Suite with the VAMOS unified framework for hybrid physical and cloud-based testing. Customers can access more than 500 test cases that comply with O-RAN WG4, WG5, WG11, TIFG, and 3GPP requirements.
VALOR improves preparedness for certification, badging, and acceptance tests at OTIC and CSP labs. It serves members of the AI-RAN Alliance as well as clients referred to the lab by AT&T and Verizon’s ACCoRD. It is also the first test service allowed by the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) for its system performance certification program.
Leadership Comments
“The successful validation of Metanoia’s O-RU using the new anechoic chamber is an important milestone for VIAVI and the VALOR lab,” said Erik Probstfield, Senior Director, VALOR, VIAVI. “Open RAN-based systems are set to significantly increase telecoms innovation, but a network is far too complex an environment to rely on trust alone. VALOR, especially with its OTA testing, allows companies such as Metanoia to independently validate the functionality and performance of their hardware, and gives network operators assurance that it will integrate seamlessly into their existing networks.”
“Metanoia is proud to remain at the forefront of 5G innovation, building on our longstanding partnership with VIAVI’s VALOR Lab,” said Didier Boivin, Executive Vice President, Metanoia. “The state-of-the-art OTA chamber, coupled with the company’s extensive testing experience, represent an invaluable resource as we advance our leadership in the Open RAN ecosystem.”
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