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White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
(a) Outdoor Use Model Attended Drive Test with laptop PC and Phone/ Receiver equipment in moving vehicle
(b) Indoor Use Model (In Building) Laptop PC and Phone/Receiver equipment in backpack or JDSU FTA Phone
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Figure 1. RF performance validation
White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
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White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
Control and user plane traffic will be significantly higher in emergency situations due to the volume of calls. In addition, LTE introduces a significant increase in the number of messages required to set up, maintain, and tear down a session compared to previous technologies. It is, therefore, imperative that all sessions can be captured and analyzed in a simple way that expedites network deployment and troubleshooting. JDSU is unique in correlating the LTE signaling generated by UEs connected to its Drive Test solution and correlating it with the protocol captured in the network by SART. This enables a much greater insight into problems. Figure 3 shows a typical scenario where the JDSU SART solution enables higher-quality testing.
White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
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In addition to ensuring that network elements are interoperable, it is also crucial to confirm that Altair chipsets and the IPWireless UEs which will be used by the emergency services also work on any combination of vendor network elements. This flexibility of interoperation available in LTE networks presents significant challenges particularly in the areas of testing, where it is now even more important to be able to test and confirm that equipment from different vendors can coexist. The JDSU SART solution lets engineers independently check that the operation of one vendors equipment is exactly the same as another vendorsrather than simply assuming it is so.
White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
In addition to the interoperability of multiple vendors equipment, it is essential that handovers between the eNodeBs and handovers between multiple MMEs can be tested. Figure 5 shows a high-level network schematic for LTE where the S10 interface is the link that interconnects multiple MMEs which will be located in multiple locations. Handovers, whether between eNodeBs on the same MME, or between eNodeBs on different MMEs, present specific test challenges, which are addressed by both JDSU Drive Test and SART solutions. Losing service is not acceptable in an emergency system during a crisis. The system needs to work 24/7/365 without exception, and therefore must be tested thoroughly.
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White Paper: The Importance of Testing Long Term Evolution (LTE) in Public-Safety Networks
Conclusion
Without rigorous testing of the whole networkRF, access, and coreyou cannot have confidence that it will work when it is most needed during emergencies when loading will be at its highest. In addition to experience with NIST, JDSU has considerable LTE expertise, helping deliver LTE network testing solutions to TDC, the leading provider of communications solutions in Denmark , and CSL, Hong Kongs first and leading mobile network operator. JDSU also provides practical advice on what is required to get an LTE network up and running. This combination of experience, solutions, and consulting are key components required when delivering any new network, not just LTE. JDSU is uniquely positioned to ensure efficient deployments with solutions covering: Drive test Optimizing and troubleshooting FDD-LTE and TD-LTE networks Supporting UE device measurements and multi-band, multi-technology receivers Maximizing efficiency in the detection and isolation of problems Reducing the cost of ownership through a single test platform Protocol analysis End-to-end analysis and troubleshooting for LTE lab networks Comprehensive monitoring and network diagnostics by interpreting, correlating and analyzing protocol signaling messages produced by multiple network technologies at mobile network interfaces Real-time performance analysis and measurements against key performance indicators (KPIs) Intelligent hardware probes Multiuser access A robust API to enable workflow automation, speeding deployments and reducing time-to-revenue and operating costs Customer experience management End-to-end analysis and troubleshooting for live LTE networks Analytics to validate performance QoS analysis including KPIs LTE QoS class identifiers As one of the worlds largest communications test equipment companies, JDSU is the only vendor who has won an independent award for our LTE solutions and that has a portfolio of solutions addressing all of the components that are required to be tested in a network. Our heritage, people, knowledge, experience, and ethics make us the ideal partner to ensure successful deployment of emergency systems for public safety. For more information, please contact Steve Laabs (steve.laabs@jdsu.com).
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Product specifications and descriptions in this document subject to change without notice. 2012 JDS Uniphase Corporation 30173085 000 0112 LTE.WP.NSD.TM.AE
January 2012