{"id":3105,"date":"2026-10-13T17:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5g-berlin.de\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2026-10-13T18:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:09:13","slug":"xg-aloe-plugfest-brings-open-ran-innovation-to-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5g-berlin.de\/en\/xg-aloe-plugfest-brings-open-ran-innovation-to-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"xG-ALOE Plugfest Brings Open RAN Innovation to Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bringing together innovation and collaboration in Open RAN: the second xG-ALOE Plugfest took place from September 17 to 25 at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) in Berlin.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the event, participating partners tested a wide variety of O-RAN features in practical, industry-relevant scenarios. The Plugfest provided an opportunity to validate the technical readiness of their solutions, assess multi-vendor interoperability, and prepare results for public reporting. The test programme reflected the technical priorities identified by campus network operators.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tests were carried out in a vendor-neutral environment using multiple test tools and partially automated procedures where possible. The test cases and methods were jointly developed with the participating partners ahead of the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the solutions showcased was the Security Testing Platform for xG Software developed by the University of Passau. This platform assesses software components, vulnerabilities, and deployment configurations with a particular focus on O-RAN environments. It aims to enable transparent, reproducible and auditable security assessments by combining algorithm-based vulnerability detection with targeted AI support.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open Radio Systems contributed to the Plugfest\u2019s hardware-acceleration scenario, focusing on performance and energy efficiency in Open RAN deployments. The team benchmarked the Intel ACC100, AMD T2 and ORS Aurora accelerators against an AVX-512 CPU baseline across various scenarios, including OAI and OCU\/DU open-source stacks. 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