OCUDU Ecosystem Developer Summit

Problem: Open-source O-RAN software wants to become carrier-grade, but there's no agreed way to prove it got there. Coverage gets claimed, not verified. Scanners can under-rate severity. Code that works in simulation can fail against real hardware.

Solution: We play two roles: independent evaluator and remediation partner. We test and report what we find, then help fix it with the builders, and retest before calling anything resolved.

How It Works: Every test traces to a spec requirement. Coverage is tagged honestly, verified vs. not observable, not rounded up to "tested." Scanner severity is rechecked and escalated, never downgraded. Testing runs on real hardware, not simulation. Fixes get rerun and reverified.

Current Status: Over a hundred executions since early this year across functional, security, and fronthaul testing. Coverage accountability moved from two-thirds to nearly all of it. Our latest security run found real failures, published as-is, remediation underway.

Next Steps: This test bed isn't tied to one program. Once these gaps close, it extends to other open O-RAN components, deeper fronthaul coverage, and eventually 6G, a model the community can reuse.