Open and interoperable wireless technologies will help drive competition, strengthen global supply chain resiliency and lower costs for consumers and network operators.
The Research & Development (R&D) focus area provides funding to promote the development of new and/or improved testing methodologies. The following is an overview of Northeastern University's project.
$1,989,783
Funding Amount
Funding Amount
Research and Development
Focus Area
Focus Area
TENORAN - Automated and fine-grained energy-efficiency profiling of Open RAN systems via high-fidelity standardized testing scenarios
The objective of this project is twofold:
- to advance 5G (and beyond) testing capabilities by designing and delivering a testing platform capable of producing fine-grained energy consumption reports for Open RAN systems, thus contributing to sustainability efforts; and
- to contribute to the evolution of Open RAN by identifying and recommending repeatable and programmatic testing procedures and functionalities to support multi-vendor and vertical energy efficiency optimization.
Ultimately, Northeastern University intends to create a fine-grain, end-to-end, and accurate energy efficiency testing platform referred to as TENORAN, which will enable the construction of sustainable and energy-efficient wireless networks.