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COBHAM WIRELESS

Leaders in Advanced Network Test

TM500/E500 Test Systems Introduction

March 2015

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Test Mobile Product Line – 15 Years

2009 LTE 1 UE & 32 UE

HSPA+

Oct 2008

Platform C

LTE 1 UE

2003 – TM500

Platform A

HSDPA 1 UE & 32 UE 1999 –

TM100

R99 - 384kbps

L1L2

Higher Layers

L1L2

HLs

L1L2

UEs: 1 10s 1000s

HLs

2007

Platform B

HSPA+ 1UE & 32 UE

LTE PoC

SYSTEMS

2014-2015

LTE Load/Capacity Test

LTE, WCDMA, GSM HO

HSPA Load Test

GSM Load Test

LTE-A 2CC-5CC

HSPA Rel-10

2010-2013

HSPA+ 32 UE

LTE 1 UE

LTE Capacity Test

LTE-A PoC

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Overview

• TM500 is used by every Tier 1 Network Equipment Vendor for 3GPP base station development

– ‘De facto Standard’ within the industry for WCDMA, LTE & LTE-Advanced testing

• TM500 & E500 used as load & interoperability reference tool provides key benefits

– Dramatically reduces time from weeks to days needed to get started ‘out of the box’ as we have already integrated with all Tier 1 vendors

– Debug your network/infrastructure, not your test tool

– 1 UE / Single UE advanced features already proven before migration to load test system

• TM500 & E500 used for end to end LTE system testing for over 5 yrs

– We have a long record of debugging network/infrastructure equipment

– We know how to test both 3GPP functionality and capacity


TM500/E500 - Key Test System Elements

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Network Development & Test Areas

RESEARCH

DESIGN DEV. & VAL

SYSTEM TEST

LOAD / CAPACITY

TEST

1 UE

Single UE

32/128/420 UE

Multi-UE

1000s+ UE

E500

TM500/E500 Product Use


TM500/E500 Test Applications

• Benchmarking & Regression test

– Evaluating different vendor or verifying interoperability performance

– Performance of new software releases or new features

• Functional Testing

– Lower layer & Protocol features

– Mobility / Handover Scenarios

– IRAT

• Load & Stress

– Testing network performance under a loaded environment

– Load Balancing & Policy Control

– Stress testing

• Data Quality, Services, and User Experience Testing


E500 System Functionality

• Fully integrated solution for Base Station Capacity testing

– Reproduce 10’s to 10,000’s of handsets in a realistic environment • Full Handset protocol stacks for Control and User plane testing

• Complete set of real Data services including QoE measurements

• Most Realistic fading/3GPP channel models for load test

• Independent any-to-any cell handset Mobility over multiple cells, base stations and Radio Access Technologies

– Intra Frequency Handover, Inter-frequency Handover, Inter-RAT Handover

– Flexible test platform can support: • 3GPP R8 & R9 LTE FDD & TD-LTE technologies

• 3GPP R10 & R11 LTE-Advanced functionality

• WCDMA/HSPA

• GSM

• Single-UE (1 UE) & Multi-UE (1000s UE) Software

• Distributed (bench top) & centralized (cabinet) hardware versions


Real Data Generation Option

• D500/D1000 data generation & analysis tool

– Supports multiple real data applications running from hundreds to thousands

of UEs

• VoIP, VoLTE, Video streaming, E-mail, HTTP, FTP

• Custom-designed AF/Shenick solution

– Adapted for use in wireless environment

– D500/D1000 is exclusive to TM500/E500

• Fully stateful data service synchronised PER UE

– Full interaction of Application & IP transport protocols with radio environment

as in the real world; NO simulation

– Provides application measurements ideal for end to end testing

• e.g. latency, jitter

– Supports user Quality of Experience measurements

• e.g. MOS voice quality

– Fully integrated with GUI, one point of control

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Cobham plc Cobham plc PROPRIETARY & CONFIDENTIAL

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eNodeB

S1 - U

S11

S5/S8 SGi

S6a

Internet

EVOLVED PACKET CORE (EPC)

MME HSS

PGW SGW

D500** Edge

D500** Core

Data Generator (Video, Voice, Web,

Email, etc)

TM500

DUT

IMS

Data Generator (Video, Voice, Web,

Email, etc)

LTE Small Cell Load Test Architecture


LTE eNB Wrap Around Testing

PHY PHY

MAC

RLC

PDCP

MAC

RLC

PDCP

Real Data

IP App

RF

MME/S-GW

P-GW

S1 Uu

eNB

RRC

NAS

Mobility And Traffic

Simulator

EPC

Simulator

(optional)

TM500/E500


TM500/E500 for Multi-RAT and Load Test

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Hundreds to thousands of UE per cell, multiple cells

LTE/LTE-A, WCDMA, GSM and Wi-Fi support with common user interface (Roadmap)

Integrated real data applications for mixed traffic & signalling scenarios per UE

Dynamic mobility model: simulate each UE moving around within & between cells

Measurements across layers: PHY, L2, RRC, NAS & Applications


System Support and Service

• Global Support

– Experienced field/applications engineering team

– System Commissioning & Training

– Technical support

– Regular Software updates

– Hardware Servicing and Repairs

• Test Services

– On site application support

• Test case design and implementation

• TM500/E500 system operations (local engineers in key locations)

• System metrics and reports


TM500/E500 Summary

• TM500/E500 used by leading Operators & Network Equipment vendors globally

– Proven R&D and Functional Test capabilities

– Proven Capacity test solution

– Proven End to End test solution

• Provides more functional test capability

– Market-leading features – VoLTE, SRVCC, 2 CC & 3 CC Carrier Aggregation

– Market leading Roadmap – 4 CC/5 CC CA, COMP, LTE-U & more

• Highly realistic simulation environment

– RF Channel models & Real Data Application Services

• Provides excellent measurements, logging & lower layer test capabilities for trouble-shooting problems

– Capabilities not available from other UE Simulator systems

• Scalable and upgradable from existing TM500 hardware

– Single UE to 3000UE in 1 box

• Experienced application support teams – Get the system adding value, Fast!

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