NI Joins OpenRF to Help Accelerate 5G Interoperability and Adoption

Latest update time：2021-03-22

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Recently, the Open RF Association (OpenRF™), an open industry association dedicated to creating an interoperable hardware and software 5G ecosystem across RF front-end (RFFE) and chipset platforms, announced that NI has joined OpenRF™ and will chair the OpenRF™ Compliance Working Group. As a leading developer of automated test and measurement systems that help engineers solve the world's toughest challenges, NI will work with OpenRF™ to address the interoperability challenges facing the 5G ecosystem.

“We are pleased to welcome NI to OpenRF™ and lead our Compliance Working Group,” said Kevin Schoenrock, OpenRF™ Chairman . “NI’s global scale, strong brand and long history of system testing expertise are valuable assets to our association as we work to develop a robust compliance program that will improve the cost, efficiency and time to market of OEM wireless devices.”

“As 5G brings significant changes to the way we interact with each other, it also brings new ways to interact and test 5G devices.” said Zhang Chen, director of strategic business development at NI . “As the chair of the Compliance Working Group, we are excited to collaborate with other companies to continue to meet the evolving needs of the industry and advance OpenRF™’s mission to accelerate 5G innovation and adoption.”

OpenRF members are working together to develop an open framework that standardizes hardware and software interfaces without limiting innovation, benefiting 5G device OEMs in terms of time to market, cost, performance, and supply chain. The OpenRF Working Group 5 - Compliance Working Group was formally established in January 2021 and will develop a program to support a strong ecosystem of interoperable RF front-end and chipset platforms. OpenRF Version 3 - Compliance is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year.

Join OpenRF OpenRF is open to smartphone chipset, RFFE, OEM suppliers and related industry companies. For information on member benefits and membership application, please visit www.OpenRF.com/join

About OpenRF

The Open RF Association (OpenRF) is an industry alliance dedicated to creating a 5G ecosystem with interoperable hardware and software features for multi-mode RFFE (Radio Frequency Front End) and chipset platforms. OpenRF is led by industry leaders Broadcom, Intel, MediaTek, Murata Manufacturing, Qorvo and Samsung. For more information, visit www.OpenRF.com

OpenRF is a trademark of the Open RF Association. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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