O-RAN plugfest and certification: process, badges, compliance

O-RAN Plugfest Events

O-RAN Alliance organizes plugfest events where vendors bring their equipment to a shared lab and test interoperability in real time. Plugfests run over multiple weeks, with vendors pairing their CUs, DUs, O-RUs, RICs, and xApps in various combinations. Each pairing attempts to demonstrate interoperability by executing a defined set of test cases. Plugfest results are published in summary reports that identify which vendor combinations successfully interoperated on which interfaces. These events serve as industry-wide milestones — operators use plugfest results to shortlist vendor combinations…