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TM500 Test Mobile System Leaders in Advanced Network Test EMEA Distributors Sales Training Ismaning 02 February 2016 Daniel Richebon TM500 Business Development Manager

COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTIVITY

MISSION SYSTEMS

Test Mobile Product Line – 17 Years

1999 – TM100 R99 - 384kbp First 3G Test UE

2003 – TM500

2007

Platform A HSDPA SUE & MUE

Platform B HSPA+ SUE & MUE LTE PoC

Oct 2008 Platform C LTE SUE

2009 LTE SUE & MUE HSPA+

2013-2016 LTE Capacity Test 24,000UEs, 12 carriers LTE-A, iRAT EMUE, R11/12/13 features

2010-2011 HSPA+ MUE LTE SUE, Ext-MUE, LTE Capacity test LTE-A PoC

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What is TM500 ?

TM500 is a family of software defined products • Based on a common highly configurable hardware platform, for testing LTE eNodeBs.

Industry Standard • • • • • •

Used by every major macro & small cell vendor 17 years of experience for Test Mobile product Line Independent test mobile for IOT assurance Multiple Technologies (WCDMA and LTE) Powerful platform with the latest DSP & FPGA processors Software defined radio architecture (multiple bands)

Strong Technology Roadmap • •

3GPP & customer driven roadmaps Supports latest 3GPP Release 11/12/13 functionality

Support •

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World Class global industry technical support

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TM500 Family

Two lines of LTE products • Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) • Time Division Duplex (TDD)

Within each line there are 3 primary products SUE OTA:

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Simulates one highly controllable UE

Extended MUE (EMUE):

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Simulates up to 1500 UEs for testing of base station capacity

E500:

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A composite system capable of simulating up to 24000 UEs (depending on hardware configuration)

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TM500 Family

Products are available to simulate from one to thousands of UEs (mobile devices)

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TM500 Family

Things the products have in common

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All support full protocol stack up to layer 3 (RRC and NAS)

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All come with support for Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) and TTI-bundling standard*

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All can support Robust Header Compression (RoHC) as a chargeable option*

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All support multiple PDNs (either IPv4 or IPv6) as standard

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All support multiple dedicated bearers as standard

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All support independent configuration of each UE, including: CAT 1,2,3,4 Operation standard

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All support logging of all RRC and NAS sub-layer message exchanges

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All support all available radio module types including the Multi-band radio module

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The TM500 Test Mobile Front View

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TM500 Platform C What’s inside? Sync to additional TM500 platforms

DSP Cards

Empty slots to support future expansion

Radio Modules Matrix switch Card

HLP Higher Layer Processor

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Example TM500 LTE Platform C hardware configuration Platform scalability – Additional DSP cards, Radio cards

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Radio Modules

Narrow band radio modules • • •

Performance similar to commercial (aka real) UEs Each module only supports two specific bands Suitable for OTA testing (e.g. drive testing)

Multi-band radio modules (MBR) • • • •

Can support any radio frequency 400MHz – 4GHz New LTE-U radio card 400MHz - 6GHz New Compact Radio Card (C-MBR) Consequently can support any LTE band currently specified or to be specified in the future.

* Only suitable for testing in a lab environment with direct cabled connections to the eNodeB under test

Currently TM500 can support 2 or 3 radio cards per chassis.

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Radio Modules

TK580-C

Rel-8

TK581-C TK582-C

Rel-8 Rel-8

TK583-C

Rel-8

TK584-C

Rel-8

TK585-C

Rel-8

TK586-C

Rel-8

TK587-C

Rel-8

TK588-C

Rel-8

TK589-C

Rel-8

TK590-C

Rel-8

TK591-C

Rel-8

TK592-C

Rel-8

TK593-C

Rel-8

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Band 1/9 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/7 RF Module TM500-C variant reserved Band 1/40 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 12/13/17 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/4/10 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/38 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/8 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/11 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/18 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 20 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/14 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/19 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/39 RF Module TM500-C variant

TK594-C

Rel-8

TK596-C

Rel-8

TK595-C

Rel-8

TK597-C

Rel-8

TK598-C

Rel-8

TK561-C

Rel-8

TK562-C

Rel-8

TK574-C

Rel-8

TK599-C

Rel-8

RTRTK599-C

Rel-8

TK790-C

Rel-8

TK600-C RTRTK600-C TK613-C

Rel-13

Band 1/21 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/2 RF Module (G-Block) TM500-C variant Band 1/3 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/2.5GHz RF module TM500-C variant Band 1/24 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/5 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/41 RF Module TM500-C variant Band 1/2 RF Module TM500-C variant Multi-band RF Module 400 MHz - 4 GHz RetroFit Multi-band RF Module 400 MHz - 4 GHz Band 1/25 RF Module TM500-C variant Compact multi-band 400 MHz - 4 GHz Retrofit kit C-MBR Multi-band RF Module DL 400 MHz - 6 GHz Cobham plc

OTA Single UE (SUE)

Supports Over the Air operation to eNodeB

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All other products require a direct connection (RF Cable) to a single eNodeB

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Supports HO between cells in one TM500

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Supports all transmission modes

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Support eMBMS

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Is most suitable for development of the physical layer including link adaptation

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Is very suitable for feature development

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Is suitable for drive testing

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Extended Multi-UE (EMUE)

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Extended Multi-UE (EMUE)

Supports simulation of up to 1500 UE per carrier Used in Lab environment in conducted mode (RF Cable) Supports integrated control of the Real Data Applications option Is most suitable for testing eNodeB capacity testing Is very suitable for testing MME * control plane capacity In conjunction with D500/D1000 RDA option is very suitable for testing “end to end” user plane throughput, latency, and capacity *MME: Mobility Management Entity

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E500 Platform

Composite system made up of an access concentrator and up to 12 cell units All units are sub-rack variants of the TM500 chassis

Simulates up to 1500 UEs per chassis, up to 24000 UEs per system Supports full mobility testing from any cell to any cell

Supports configuration of UE profiles for application to groups of UEs Is most suitable for testing MME* control plane capacity and EPC user plane capacity *MME: Mobility Management Entity

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Hardware Connection & Control

Ethernet switch

TM500 is controlled from an external PC, running the TMA application 1GHz Ethernet switch (supplied) TM500 binary files are loaded on every power up, via FTP server (FileZilla supplied) RF connection to eNodeB is via cable or Over The Air* 16

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Real Data Application D500/D1000 Option

Based on the Shenick DiversifEye traffic generator

Allows easy generation of large numbers of stateful data traffic flows (e.g. FTP, HTTP, VoIP)

Connects applications to UEs via TM500’s PPPoE interface

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RDA Client / Server in One D500

EPC

internet

1-3 TM500 18

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RDA Client / Server pair illustration SERVER – DiversifEye500 Core

EPC

internet

CLIENT – DiversifEye500 Edge

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Connection to the TM500

switch

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switch included

One DiversifEye500 Edge or Core can support up to 6 users (6 testers) Each tester uses one TMA that controls one TM500

Note: One DiversifEye500 client/server pair (one blade D500) can support up to 3 users (3 testers) 20

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TM500 Model of Operation

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Test Mobile Application (TMA)

TMA is an integrated software suite, that provides an easy and intuitive GUI to the TM500/E500 •

Creating and running GUI based Test Campaigns and Test Cases

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Creating and running Test Scripts

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Directly controlling the TM500/ E500.

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Data logging KPIs.

TM500 Test Mobile

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Configuring Mobile Users MTS Mode (Mobility & Traffic Simulator)

Define weight (%) and Traffic Mix types in Groups 23

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Traffic Generation and Analysis per Application

per UE

per flow performance measurements

per TM/E500

Aggregate performance

System wide performance

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Routes & Mobility

Draw UE Group Route

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KPIs & Metrics Example logged metrics

Data Applications Throughput per bearer, packet loss, latency & jitter TCP statistics e.g. FTP and HTTP RTSP Streaming statistics VoLTE MOS

Call & Mobility KPIs Attach statistics (success, failures, re-tries) Call attempts per second (CAPS) Handover attempts, successes and failures Establishments and Re-establishments attempts

L3 & NAS Protocol Metrics Service Requests, Traffic Area Updates Bearer resource allocations, RRC signalling rates (UL/DL)

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Benefits of TM500 + D500 solution

Easy to configure with one single point of control for both client and server • Integrated with TM500. • Apps start/stop above bearer creation / deletion Measurements allow cross layer correlation Fast integration of new applications that appear in the market • D500 Support of 6 TM500 (6 different testers) maximize return on investment. Realism in the lab • Simulations of thousands of UEs distributed across cells with mobility and real data applications replicates real •

world in the lab. Mobility & Channel models is a TM500 option

DiversifEye500 “Per flow” architecture • Enables performance measurements for every emulated client or end point on per application basis Thresholding capability • For quick exposure of issues in a large system • Makes it possible to identify issues in a large load system

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E500 ready supported and rolled out

Capacity 24,000 UEs (Mix of capabilities & releases) 12 Carriers Rel-10/11/12/13* functionality Rich C & U-plane stats & KPIs

Mobility Complex handover/mobility scenarios up to Rel-12 Mobility models for slow & fast fading Small & Macro cells topology simulation (HetNet)

Real Data Applications (RDA) VoLTE, SMS, Video, HTTP, FTP, TeraFlow QoE /QoS measurements

WCDMA/GSM/Multi-RAT 2000+ UE, 24 Cells WCDMA full stack, 84Mbps/cell 12 TRX GSM full stack Simultaneous Multi-RAT (LTE-WCDMA-GSM) •*Tracking 3GPP Specification 28

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E500 Performance Validation Areas

Vendor Selection

Technology Evaluation

Testing in each area helps to achieve Service and Capacity Assurance for Network Operators

Network Optimization & Upgrade

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New Feature Deployment

Operational Fault Finding

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E500 Network Performance – Key Areas

Content Delivery

Network Functionality

Voice Quality (VoLTE, CS)

Call Processing Messaging Compliance

Data QoS Max Throughput

EPC Performance

Scheduler Optimization

Performance

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Multi-Technology

Capacity Management

Handover Performance

Capacity Handling

Inter Radio Handover

Signalling Storms

CS Fall Back & SRVCC

High Load Management

Non Cellular Offload

Emergency Scenarios

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What type of Product ?

Product

Macrocell NEMs

OTA SUE

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EMUE

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E500

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D500/D1000

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Smallcell NEMs

Femtocell NEMs

Network Operators X

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Real Data Applications

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Qualify customer’s needs FAQ How many UEs are required? How many carriers (Cells) are required? What radio access technology (RAT), LTE or WCDMA? If LTE, FDD or TDD? What 3GPP release is required? What frequency band is required? What data applications are required? (e.g. FTP/HTTP/UDP/VoLTE/RTSP) What specific features are required?

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Carrier aggregation (2CC or 3CC or FDD-TDD CA?)

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