Spirent’s 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.

Spirent‘s 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.

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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 networks—operation groups benefit from Spirent’s activation, performance monitoring and troubleshooting in a single deployed solution.

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Spirent TestCenter provides unmatched performance with scale and realism to test next-generation networks—from 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 Landslide

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.

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Spirent’s 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.

LTE/Mobile Internet Highlights

LTE/RAN/MIMO

Critical standards-based component of 3GPP and LTE networks, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) is the use of two or more channels for a single communication transmission. This flexible transport link makes for higher data rates (inverse multiplex-ing) and increased reliability (interference control). MIMO configurations can include up to 8 transmit and up to 4 receive antennas which can be setup in downlink and/or uplinks.

LTE Devices: Smartphones/Tablets/Laptops OFDM/MIMO Antennas in the 4G RAN• More Bits per Second/Hertz of bandwidth• Reduced signal to noise ratio with the same

transmission power• MIMO can be broken into three technology sub

categories• Precoding or special processing• Spatial multiplexing • Diversity coding

LTE/Any-G Mobility

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S1-MME—TS36.413: Control plane protocol between E-UTRAN and MME.

S1-U—TS36.414: Data path between E-UTRAN and Serving GW for the per bearer user plane tunneling and inter eNodeB path switching during handover.

S2a—TS23.402/29.275: Provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between trusted non-3GPP IP access and the Gateway. S2a is based on Proxy Mobile IP. To enable access via trusted non-3GPP IP accesses that do not support PMIP, S2a also supports Client Mobile IPv4 FA mode.

S2b—TS23.402/29.275: Provides the user plane with related control and mobility support between evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) and the PDN GW. It is based on Proxy Mobile IP.

S3—TS29.274: Control path for user and bearer information exchange for inter 3GPP access network mobility in idle and/or active state.

S4—TS29.274: Control and mobility support between GPRS Core and the 3GPP Anchor function of Serving GW. In addition, if Direct Tunnel is not established, it provides the user plane tunneling.

S5—TS29.274: User plane tunneling and tunnel management between Serving GW and PDN GW. It is used for Serving GW relocation due to UE mobility and if the Serving GW needs to connect to a non-collocated PDN GW for the required PDN connectivity.

S6a—TS29.272: Transfers subscription and authentication data for authenticating/ authorizing user access to the evolved system (AAA interface) between MME and HSS.

S6b—TS29.273: PCRF interface between the PDN-GW and the AAA.

S8—TS29.281: Provides user and control plane between the Serving GW in the VPLMN and the PDN GW in the HPLMN. S8 is the inter PLMN variant of S5.

S10—TS29.274: Reference point between MMEs for MME relocation and MME to MME information transfer.

S11—TS29.274: Reference point between MME and Serving GW.

S12—TS29.281: Reference point between UTRAN and Serving GW for user plane tunneling when Direct Tunnel is established. Usage of S12 is an operator configuration option.

S13—TS29.272: It enables UE identity check procedure between MME and EIR.

SGi—TS29.061: Reference point between the PDN GW and the packet data network. Packet data network may be an operator external public or private packet data network or an intra operator packet data network, e.g., for provision of IMS services. This reference point corresponds to Gi for 3GPP accesses.

SBc—TS29.168: Reference point between CBC and MME for warning message delivery and control functions.

Gx—TS29.212: Transfers (QoS) policy and charging rules from PCRF to Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) in the PDN GW.

Gm—TS23.002: SIP protocol Interface between UE and IMS.

Gy/Ro—TS32.299: PDN-GW to charging OCF for online credit request.

Rf—TS24.229: PDN-GW to charging CDF for offline credite request.

• Seamless mobility of subscribers and services• Minimum service disruption• Self-optimizing network (SON) using S1 and X2

functionality to automate eUTRAN efficiency

Anything, Anywhere, AnyimeThe mobile broadband environment is a mixture of legacy and LTE components, delivering:

• Guaranteed Quality of Service• Efficient resource management• Reduced network cost

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MIMOMulti Input Multi Output channeling is designed to boost LTE RAN performance without increasing Tx power requirements.

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.

VoLTEVoice over LTE is the concept of carrier-grade voice service over the packet-switched 4G LTE/IMS network.

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.

Timing SynchronizationTwo 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.

Mobile OffloadFemtocell/Wi-Fi technology impact-ing 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.

SecurityNetwork 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.

TESTING TOPICS

MIMOMulti Input Multi Output channeling is designed to boost LTE RAN performance without increasing Tx power requirements.

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.

VoLTEVoice over LTE is the concept of carrier-grade voice service over the packet-switched 4G LTE/IMS network.

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.

Timing SynchronizationTwo 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.

Mobile OffloadFemtocell/Wi-Fi technology impact-ing 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.

SecurityNetwork 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.

TESTING TOPICS