O-RAN E2AP Near-RT RIC Test Suite Data Sheet

Test Suite: O-RAN E2AP Near-RT RIC Test Suite

Direction: Both

O-RAN E2AP Near-RT RIC Test Suite is a Defensics test suite designed to test the robustness and security of termination of the E2 interface on Near-RT RIC. The test suite has been designed to act as a malicious E2 Node that sends invalid, incorrect and malformed messages as defined in the E2AP specification. The test suite is intended strictly for automated black-box negative testing in an isolated lab environment.

Used specifications

Specification Title Notes
E2AP-R003-v05.00 E2 Application Protocol (E2AP) v05.00
E2GAP-R003-v05.00 E2 General Aspects and Principles (E2GAP) v05.00
E2SM-R003-v05.00 E2 Service Model (E2SM) v05.00
E2SM-KPM-R003-v05.00 E2 Service Model: Key Performance Measurement (KPM) v05.00
E2SM-RC-R003-v06.00 E2 Service Model: RAN Control (RC) v06.00

Tool-specific information

Tested messages Specifications
E2 Setup request E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Subscription response E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Indication report E2AP-R003-v05.00
E2 Removal request E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Control acknowledge E2AP-R003-v05.00
E2 Node configuration update E2AP-R003-v05.00
E2 Node connection update E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC query response E2AP-R003-v05.00
E2 Reset request E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Service update E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Subscription modification required E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Subscription delete required E2AP-R003-v05.00
RIC Subscription delete response E2AP-R003-v05.00
Supported features Specifications
SCTP RFC 4960
Unsupported features Specifications Notes
IPSec ESP RFC 4303 IPSec won’t be supported