Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
LTE/RAN/MIMO
Tx1
h11 h12 h21
Core Network
Circuit Switched Core
Services/Applications Network
TESTING TOPICS
MIMO
Multi Input Multi Output channeling is designed to boost LTE RAN performance without increasing Tx power requirements.
Rx1
eNode B
Rx2
2G
MSC MC CS-MGW
NC/E
Tx2
h22
Sv
Nb
CS-MGW
PSTN
What to Test? Base station receivers, handset and device functionality and performance testing: 8x2 and 8x4 bidirectional MIMO performance, beam-forming and OTA with real-world channel models.
VoLTE
TDM
Voice over LTE is the concept of carrier-grade voice service over the packet-switched 4G LTE/IMS network.
LTE/Any-G Mobility
eNode B Uu
Uu Uu Uu Um X2 X2 S1-MME S10
MME
eNode B
MME
S10
MME
3G
Gn Rf
GGSN
Uu
Node B
Iub
Gy/Ro CGF Bx
Operators IP Services
eNode B UTRAN
GPRS-Gb S3
S11
(Online)
OCF
What to Test? SIP registration and negotiation procedures, supplementary services, call control, SMS, data performance with voice traffic, impacts of the UE on QoS, voice quality, interaction between media services (e.g., video) and voice service.
Charging
Gc Gy/Ro PDN GW
GERAN
SSGN
S4
S-GW
PDN-GW
Timing Synchronization
I-CSCF SLF S-CSCF IBCF
Two flavors of LTE timing: Precision Time Protocol (PTP) 1588v2 and Synchronous Ethernet (SynchE) G.8261.
What to Test? Time of Day accuracy, packet delay for downstream clocks, devices input and output wander and Backhaul performance.
X2
S1-U S3
MRFP
MRFC
LTE
Mobile Offload
802.11
Uu
IMS
IMS-MGW I-BGF/TrGW BGCF MGCF
Mobile Offload
Femtocell/Wi-Fi technology impacting fixed/mobile convergence designed to free up RAN bandwidth. Solution are both unlicensed (Wi-Fi) and licensed (Femtocell).
What to Test? Handset automation, authentication, Wi-Fi offload gateways and ultimately VoLTE capability.
eNode B
S1-MME
Offload GW
Internet
SGi
Security
Network to device attacks. More unsecure access is driving ever-increasing security risks to users and operators. Hierarchical key architecture, unique security for access and non-access functions and forward security limits exposure.
What to Test? Simulate attacks on network elements and devices for functionality and performance with security levels and applications enabled.
AP
Gn Gi
DEVICES/RAN TESTING
SPIRENT VR5 SPIRENT CS8 SPIRENT 8100
Spirents VR5 HD Spatial Channel Emulator brings unprecedented ease of use to testing MIMO/ beamforming devices and base-stations. 8x4 MIMO, TD-LTE, LTE-Advanced, bidirectional and handover testing are just a few of the challenges that are easily handled with this bench-top unit. The VR5 changes the game with unparalleled integration and performance, while new hardware introduces order-of-magnitude improvements in bandwidth, output power and dynamic range.
Spirents CS8 provides a highly-efficient solution for testing LTE & multimode UE designs in the R&D lab. CS8 is a single platform that delivers the most advanced EPC emulation and a completely configurable IMS implementation for testing IMS services such as VoLTE. CS8 offers comprehensive support for multi-cell, multi-RAT capability and integrated MIMO.
Spirents 8100 is the leading solution for LTE device operator acceptance testing. The 8100 provides comprehensive, fully automated benchmarking tools and will decrease time required for device validation and approval. 8100 solutions are available in a range of scalable, cost-effective options, from bench-top to fully-integrated platforms covering application, location and radio access test areas.
Landslide provides a comprehensive end-to-end platform that emulates millions of mobile data subscribers, simultaneously accessing the wireless network using various access models. Landslide emulates all of the key wireless core packet data network elements including Wi-Fi offload gateways and combines control plane and data plane simulation.
Spirent TestCenter provides unmatched performance with scale and realism to test next-generation networksfrom traditional performance testing to rigorous analysis of networks leveraging Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Mobile Backhaul and high-speed Ethernet, emulating real network scenarios and traffic patterns to assess QoS and QoE. Whether you are a service provider, manufacturer, product designer, or testing specialist, TestCenter will empower you to deliver on your promise of next-generation products and services.
Spirent TestCenter Live is used by Telcos, MSOs and MNOs around the world to support Ethernet service delivery. From mobile backhaul, to business services, to global IP networksoperation groups benefit from Spirents activation, performance monitoring and troubleshooting in a single deployed solution.
www.spirent.com