NETHAWK 3G ANALYSER

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Introduction

• PC-based effective tool for 3G UMTS testing, commissioning and demonstration

• Decodes the various protocols within ATM cells to clear text in Iu, Iur and Iub interfaces

• Up to 6 STM-1/E1/T1/J1 physical links (up and downlink)

• Requires D3, N3, NAP and N2 adapter

• Support for simultaneous use of two N2, N3 D3 and NAP adapters

• Signaling standards: SSCOP, MTP3B, AAL2 signaling, SCCP, SSCF-UNI, SSCF-NNI, B-ISDN

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Introduction cont’d…..

• Windows® 2000 Professional operating system

• 3G mobile telecommunication signaling standards according to 3GPP

• 3GPP Release 4 support for all protocols

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3G Network Architecture

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2G to 3G RAN

• New interfaces• Iub (Abis), Iu-CS (A), Iu-PS (Gb), Iur

• ATM based transmission• from E1/T1 -> STM-1• UNI (Iub) and NNI (Iu,Iur)

RNCIuIub

Iur

UNI

NNI

NNI

RNC

3G BTS CN

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Environment

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Supported Protocols

PCH FPPCH FP

AAL5AAL5

AAL2AAL2

AAL0AAL0

IP over ATMIP over ATM

SSCOPSSCOP

MTP3BMTP3B

AAL2 sign.AAL2 sign.

SCCPSCCP

NBAPNBAP

RNSAPRNSAP

RANAPRANAP

TCP / UDPTCP / UDP

AAL2 sign.AAL2 sign.

GTP-UGTP-U

Iu UPIu UP

Iu UPIu UPRACH/

FACH FP

RACH/FACH FP DCH FP

DCH FPDSCH/USCH FP

DSCH/USCH FP

ATMATM

MACMAC

RRCRRC

PDCPPDCP

BMCBMC

CCCC

MMMM

RLPRLP

NAS

SMSM

RLCRLC

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Where Nethawk analyser fits?

BS RNC MSC

Iub Iu, Iur

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Supported Adapters

NetHawk G3

NetHawk G3 to STM-1 interfaceATM adapter for PC

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Adapters……… Cont’dNetHawk D3

NetHawk D3 to STM-1 interface

Two STM-1 transreceivers

Two STM-1 transreceivers

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Adapters……… Cont’d

Line 1

Line 2

• Two STM-1 - two receivers and transmitters• PC Card - CardBus interface to PC

• One card can be installed to one PC with one NetHawk N2 card - E1/T1/JT1 and STM-1 at the same time • Conforms to European EMC standards

NetHawk N3

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Adapters……… Cont’d

Line 1

Line 2

NetHawk N2

•Two G.703 interfaces - two receivers and transmitters

• Full hyperchannel support like in NAP

• E1 and T1 functionality on the same card• No connector for external handset

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Adapters……… Cont’d

NetHawk NAP

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Installation

• 1. Install NetHawk SW– Start installation program (setup.exe)– Give the license holder’s name– Give the register number– Give the product key (12 characters CASE sensitive) – Give the next product key if further keys are requested

• 2. Insert adapter• 3. Start NetHawk program• -> You have a working NetHawk program

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Checking the HW installation on Windows 98/2000

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Interface card connected to software?

• SW has found the adapter if:

– Scanner menu item can be selected

– State Monitor menu item can be selected

– HW related fields can be selected in the Tools|Options menu

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Nethawk Cable Configuration

BSRNC

YES!00 00 45 0000 aa 56 7800 00 45 0000 aa 56 7800 00 45 00 00 00 45 00 00 aa 56 78 00 00 45 00 00 aa 56 78 00 00 45 00

Splitter

Splitter

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Nethawk Cables…. Cont’d

BS RNC

Connection using Splitter module

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Nethawk Cables…. Cont’d

Cabling through N3

BSRNC

RX

RX

TX

TX

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Analyser User Interface Main Window

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File Menu

File menu items:

Toolbar buttons:

The list of up to 5 lately opened files.

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Edit and Monitor menus

Edit menu items:

Toolbar buttons:

Monitor menu items:

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Setup connections

In "Setup Connections" window you can choose the source of the monitored traffic and activate the connections of the Nethawk analyser.

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Setting up AAL2/FP connections

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Setting Layer Details

In "Layer Details" window you can choose the detail levels and coding settings of the protocol layers. These settings affect the way the analysed messages are shown in the Monitoring window.

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Saving Configuration to a file

The configuration file contains information about the connections (timeslots, protocol stacks) and the decoding settings (detail level, coding and colors) of the protocol layers.

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Open Trace file

Use the "Open Trace File" window to choose the trace file for analysing recorded traffic. Pick the trace file (.grc) from 'Name" list box.

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Saving the traffic: Save history buffer

Insert description of the traffic analysed.

Save the configurations made with the trace file.

Trap file can be connected to the trace when saving the trace file.

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Controlling Protocol Analysis with Traps

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Introduction to Trap window

• Activate / Deactivate Trap

• Condition• Action• Continuous or one

shot triggering• Count before action• Protocol, message

and IE selection• Copy trap• Save trap• Open saved trap• Helps

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Storing Trap definitions to disk for later use

• You can save your current trap definitions to file from Trap definition dialog

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Example 1: Filter In / Out

• Filter in is used to show only defined event(s) in the screen where the traffic is viewed. Filter Out hides defined message(s) from the screen.

• Filter in is good trap for testing the condition. When condition is set and Filter In action is selected, the condition’s functioning can be checked easily from the decoding window.

• Filter out hides the messages with matching condition from the screen. Messages can be hidden by inactivating connection and/or setting layer details different.

• In this example, the content sensitive trapping is also tested.

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Example 1: Filter In / Out, steps

1. Select message in the analyser display.2. Press mouse right button and select define trap. The trap is

automatically created.3. Change Action to be triggered to filter out.4. Change Triggering to continuous.5. Activate the trap by checking activation checkbox6. Press OK7. See that the messages which you defined are not seen

anymore.8. You can test similar thing with Filter in action. You should

see only defined messages.

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Example 1: Filter In / Out, steps

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Typical Trap case: Filter In

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Using Protocol Help in defining traps

• When creating complex traps to contents of certain information elements, you can refer to Protocol Help, by pressing Protocol Help button in Trap definition dialog

• Typically you have to check that “Hex value” and “Offset” -fields are correct in “Compare value” section of your trap definition dialog according to the protocol specification

• Context sensitive Protocol Help can be activated also from history mode by pressing: CTRL+F1