Cloud Native Telecom Certification

Cloud Native Telecom Certification (CNTC) tests open-source telecom network functions and turns the raw results into a graded, standards-aligned verdict and certificate. The model is simple: a published standard, automated tests, a pass/fail certification gate, and a scorecard.

The certification model

CNTC gives the cloud-native telecom stack one reproducible test → grade → certify pipeline. An engine measures a network function; a decoupled umbrella judges the serialized results against a versioned requirement catalog and emits a scorecard — and, only when every essential test passes, a certificate.

Requirement catalog — a versioned standard per profile: what must pass, and which tests are essential.
Verdict engine — grades a run PASS, FAIL, or INCOMPLETE against the essential gate.
Scorecard — a human-readable, auditable summary of every graded test.
Certificate — issued automatically iff the verdict is PASS.

Certification roadmap

CNTC is built outward from the data plane, one layer at a time — the same catalog / verdict / scorecard machinery applies to each:

UPF — 5G user plane over N3/N4 — available today.
5G Core control plane — AMF / SMF (NGAP · PFCP · SBI) — next.
RAN — gNB · O-CU / O-DU / O-RU — roadmap.
SMO — Service Management & Orchestration — roadmap.
RIC — Near-RT / Non-RT RIC · xApps / rApps (E2 · A1 · O1) — roadmap.
Full O-RAN ecosystem — end-to-end certification across the stack — the vision.

Start here

UPF Certification A full, deployable guide: certify a 5G User Plane Function over N3 (GTP-U) and N4 (PFCP) — install, configure, run, and read the verdict.