HFCL Introduces 5G Lab-as-a-Service
HFCL Limited has announced the launch of 5G Lab-as-a-Service to accelerate rollout of 5G solutions and services.
HFCL Limited has announced the launch of 5G Lab-as-a-Service to accelerate rollout of 5G solutions and services.
HFCL Limited has announced the launch of 5G Lab-as-a-Service to accelerate rollout of 5G solutions and services.
Telecom operators are deploying multi-vendor networks based on cloud native technologies to accelerate and reduce the cost of deploying 5G services while improving user experience. To realize diverse 5G use cases for Consumer, Enterprise, and Industry Verticals, multiple frequency bands (sub-6 GHz, millimeter wave) and deployment scenarios are required.
The 5G Lab-as-a-Service from HFCL provides an automated testing environment for the private sector, academia, and government to collaborate on product innovations from concept to reality. The 5G Lab serves as a sandbox for rapid prototyping of 5G use cases that address the requirements of various industry segments such as manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and retail. The 5G Lab will help to create pre-integrated and pre-validated 5G solutions for Low Mobility Large Cell needed for efficient rollout of rural mobile broadband in the country.
HFCL is bringing its system integration expertise to 5G networks, having a proven track record of delivering fully integrated solutions for telecom networks. The lab is outfitted with a multi-vendor 5G network as well as industry-leading test tools such as RF conformance signal analyzers and signal generators, an O-RAN studio, PTP conformance test equipment, and an anechoic chamber. HFCL has created a DevOps-based agile test platform for automated lab validation, field deployment, and service automation.
HFCL is offering this 5G Lab-as-a-service (LaaS) to technology providers for:
• Standard compliance and interface testing (3GPP)
• Feature testing including functional, stress and performance testing
• Proof of concept, pre-deployment and field testing
• End user devices, network functions, infrastructure and applications testing
HFCL will provide access to highly skilled teams with expertise in 5G networks and devices, including DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, and cloud native technologies, which are required for testing in 5G environments.
From rapid prototyping to end-to-end testing, HFCL’s 5G Lab will enable telecom operators and ecosystem partners to innovate and co-create 5G solutions, services, and business models to build new 5G use cases and realise the benefits of this technology.
