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Why E2E Testing Is Critical for Commercial Deployment

Individual components might pass conformance and interoperability tests, but that doesn’t guarantee your complete system will perform under real-world conditions. Operators need proof that your solution works reliably from radio to core, under load, with security intact.

The commercial reality

  • 73% of O-RAN trial failures occur at system integration level, not component level
  • Operators increasingly require E2E validation before commercial discussions
  • Failed deployments cost operators £3-6M on average
  • E2E badge holders secure operator trials 2.4x faster

The O-RAN Alliance E2E Badge provides independent verification that your complete system or major subsystem meets real-world deployment requirements. It’s the ultimate proof of commercial readiness.

End-to-End (E2E) Badge

E2E TESTED

Prove your O-RAN technology works across vendors with IOT badge testing

The E2E Badge helps to demonstrate and validate that an end-to-end system or subsystem meets minimum requirements on functionality and security. It can also provide an indication of performance or other end-to-end functionalities.

What’s included

  • Access to state-of-the-art Open Networks Lab
  • Support with the integration of real customer products with leading test and measurement kit
  • Deep open networks knowledge from experts at Digital Catapult
  • E2E functional and performance badge if O-RAN Alliance criteria for E2E badging are met

Essential Technology

  • Test and measurement kit for testing the interoperability test cases defined by O-RAN Alliance
  • Real open network products from the customer as a ‘system under test‘ for E2E functional and performance testing as defined by O-RAN Alliance.
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Why earn the E2E Badge

E2E Testing Goes Beyond Conformance and Interoperability

Conformance Testing

✓ Validates: Interface compliance
✓ Scope: Single component
✓ Focus: Specification adherence
→ Proves: “Meets standard”

IOT Testing

✓ Validates: Multi-vendor interoperability
✓ Scope: Component pairs
✓ Focus: Interoperability
→ Proves: “Works with others”

E2E Testing

✓ Validates: Complete system function and performance
✓ Scope: Full network chain
✓ Focus: Real-world performance
→ Proves: “Ready for deployment”

What E2E Adds

System-level functionality

Complete call flows execute reliably, subscriber mobility between cells happens without dropped connections, and all network procedures that operators depend on work as expected in day-to-day service delivery.

Performance under realistic load

Testing examines how your system behaves when actually busy, whether throughput, latency, and capacity hold up when hundreds of concurrent users access the network simultaneously, not just under idealised laboratory conditions.

Comprehensive security posture

Security validation examines whether your end-to-end architecture can resist sophisticated attacks that target multiple system layers, providing genuine protection rather than just interface-level compliance.

Resilience and recovery capabilities

Deliberately introduced failures, component crashes, connection losses, resource exhaustion—verifies that your redundancy mechanisms and recovery procedures actually work when things go wrong.

Operational readiness for production

Network teams can deploy configurations reliably, monitoring tools provide adequate visibility, and software updates can be applied without service disruption, the operational realities that determine whether technically sound systems succeed in real-world deployment.

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