O-RAN SC Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)

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TOC Voting Members 

Company

Name

Alternate

Company

Name

Alternate

Deutsche Telekom 

Jakub Nový

 

Ericsson

Sandeep Sarma

John Keeney

NTT DOCOMO

Yasufumi Morioka 

Minami Ishii

Nokia

Arunkumar Halebid

Abdulwahid

 

 

TIM

Andrea Buldorini

 

Wind River

Jackie Huang

Jon Zhang

Viavi Solutions

Ultan Kelly

Baruch Friedman

*Quorum: 50% or more of total TOC voting members unless excluded due to attendance.

TOC Meeting Info

Technical Oversight Committee meetings are open to the public [ changed as of 5/5/2022] and no longer on Wednesdays at 8 AM Eastern Time USA.  World Time Zone Map

We meet on Thursdays, at 9am EST, 6AM Pacific.  Time Zone Map

Zoom Info:

City

Time

Zoom/Audio Bridge

City

Time

Zoom/Audio Bridge



9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

New York
(EST / UTC-5)

9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

+1 669 900 6833, +1 646 558 8656,  855 880 1246 (Toll Free),  877 369 0926 (Toll Free),
Meeting ID: 95079810584

Paris
(CET / UTC+1)

9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

+33 7 5678 4048, +33 1 8288 0188, 805 082 588 (Toll Free),
Meeting ID: 95079810584

Beijing
(CST / UTC+8)

9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

+86 10 87833177, +86 10 53876330, 400 616 8835 (Toll Free), 400 669 9381 (Toll Free),
Meeting ID: 95079810584

Tokyo
(JST / UTC+9) 

9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

+81 524 564 439, +81 3 4578 1488, 0 800 100 5040 (Toll Free),
Meeting ID: 95079810584

Helsinki 
(EET / UTC+2)

9 AM Eastern Time USA.
World Time Zone Map

+358 341092129,
Meeting ID: 95079810584

TOC Documents repository

TOC Documents

Documents

 

2026 10 01

  • Host:

  • quorum: not reached

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Deutsche Telekom 

Jakub Nový

 

 

 

Ericsson

Sandeep Sarma

x 

John Keeney

x

NTT DOCOMO

Yasufumi Morioka

 

Minami Ishii

 

Nokia

Arunkumar Halebid

 

Abdul Wahid

 

Orange

Wejdene Chamroukhi

 

 

 

TIM

Andrea Buldorini

x 

Sergio Benco

 

Wind River

Jackie Huang

 

Jon Zhang

 

Viavi Solutions

Ultan Kelly

 

Baruch Friedman

 

Other Participants

  • Martin Skorupski (Highstreet Technologies)

  • Tracy Van Brakle (Rutgers)

  • Matthew Watkins (LF)

  • Ivan Seskar (Rutgers)

  • Prof. Ray-Guang Cheng (NTUST)

Meeting Agenda

  • Review of the meeting agenda (if any new items)

  • Approval of previous meeting minutes

    • TOC approved last week’s meeting minutes -

  • Review of action items from previous meetings

    • none

  • Discussion topics

  • Sep 10, 2026 Wiki page created for nominations and support: 2026 TOC Voting Member, Chair, and Co-Chair Elections - Governance - Confluence/Wiki

      • 09/17: Kindly request members to nominate.

      • 09/24: 2 Nominations for the TOC Membership. Online voting for the approval.

        • Tracy Van Brakle

        • Martin Skorupski

      • 09/24: No nominations yet for Chair/Co-chair.

        • It would be Ideal if Telco representative and Multinational 5G/6G Supplier representative.

      • 10/01: Voting for TOC members is live (closing on 7th of October). We still do not have any nominations for Chair/Co-Chair positions

  • O-RAN-SC Positioning: Value proposition, Update Website, Blog, Collaborations.

    • Create a Draft Slide-deck to position O-RAN-SC. AI: Tracy van Brakle to share the first draft by 10/05

    • Based on these slides and follow-up discussions the website will be updated and a blog will be created: AI: Sridhar Rao

  • Integration:

    • NTUST completed the integration of OCUDU with O-RAN-SC Near-RT-RIC, OAM, Non-RT-RIC, and xApps/rApps.

    • Ray-Guang Cheng to share the Documentation - request LFN marketing to amplify it.

  • O-RAN-SC Sub-projects:

    • Activity

    • Release participation

    • Jira Issues (for community to contribute), Status, Roadmap, Guidance/advice/support commnity contributions.

  • Meeting closure

 

2026 09 24

  • Host:

  • quorum: not reached

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Deutsche Telekom 

Jakub Nový

 

 

 

Ericsson

Sandeep Sarma

 

John Keeney

x

NTT DOCOMO

Yasufumi Morioka

x

Minami Ishii

 

Nokia

Arunkumar Halebid

 

Abdul Wahid

 

Orange

Wejdene Chamroukhi

 

 

 

TIM

Andrea Buldorini

 

Sergio Benco

 

Wind River

Jackie Huang

x

Jon Zhang

 

Viavi Solutions

Ultan Kelly

 

Baruch Friedman

 

Other Participants

  • Martin Skorupski (Highstreet Technologies)

  • Tracy Van Brakle (Rutgers)

  • Matthew Watkins (LF)

Meeting Agenda

  • Review of the meeting agenda (if any new items)

  • Approval of previous meeting minutes

    • TOC approved last week’s meeting minutes -

  • Review of action items from previous meetings

    • none

  • Discussion topics

  • Sep 10, 2026 Wiki page created for nominations and support: 2026 TOC Voting Member, Chair, and Co-Chair Elections - Governance - Confluence/Wiki

      • 09/17: Kindly request members to nominate.

      • 09/24: 2 Nominations for the TOC Membership. Online voting for the approval.

        • Tracy Van Brakle

        • Martin Skorupski

      • 09/24: No nominations yet for Chair/Co-chair.

        • It would be Ideal if Telco representative and Multinational 5G/6G Supplier representative.

  • Budget Input to GB.

    • Inputs were provided to the GB. The meeting happened 09/16.

    • On 09/24 - Sridhar to share updates from the GB meeting that are relevant to TOC.

    • 09/24:

      • Adapting projects for AI-Driven Consumption

      • O-RAN Integration and Performance Studies: RICs, OAM.

      • Expanding SDO engagement & Workshop

      • Autonomous Network and Blueprint collaboration.

      • GPU and H/W Infra at UNH Lab

  • Meeting closure

 

2026 09 17

  • Host: Jakub Novy

  • quorum: not reached

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Company

Contact Name

Attendance

Alternate Contact

Attendance

Deutsche Telekom 

Jakub Nový

 

 

 

Ericsson

Sandeep Sarma

x

John Keeney

X

NTT DOCOMO

Yasufumi Morioka

 

Minami Ishii

 

Nokia

Arunkumar Halebid

 

Abdul Wahid

 

Orange

 

 

 

 

TIM

Andrea Buldorini

 

Sergio Benco

 

Wind River

Jackie Huang

 

Jon Zhang

 

Viavi Solutions

Ultan Kelly

 

Baruch Friedman

 

Other Participants

  • Martin Skorupski (Highstreet Technologies)

  • Ivan Seskar (Rutgers)

  • Matthew Watkins (LFN)

  • Tracy Van Brakle (Rutgers)

  • Ravi Shankar

Meeting Agenda

  • Review of the meeting agenda (if any new items)

  • Approval of previous meeting minutes

    • TOC approved last week’s meeting minutes -

  • Review of action items from previous meetings

    • none

  • Discussion topics

  • Sep 10, 2026 Wiki page created for nominations and support: 2026 TOC Voting Member, Chair, and Co-Chair Elections - Governance - Confluence/Wiki

      • 09/17: Kindly request members to nominate.

  • Near-RT-RIC: Request for additional E2SM support:

    • E2SM: No update from Nokia (Wahid) on this.

    • Gaps:

      • xApp:

      • Check if the platform needs any changes - for any new E2SM models.

        • Use LLMs to answer this - in the meantime.

  • O-du-low (o-du-phy) to Duranta?

    • 09/10: Intel reply pending, Sridhar Rao to confirm.