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TestSpecificationMobileEndtoEndTransport
Abstract
EricssonshowsanetworksetuptoMediaAnalystsenablingademonstrationoftheEricssonMobileEndtoEndTransportNetwork
solution,includingRAN,Microwave,OpticalandEthernettransportandMobileCore.Thedemonstrationnetworkiscomposedof
threeEricssonnetworksolutions:
MPBNdescribingatransportsolutionfor2G,3GandLTEmobilecorenetworks
IPRANdescribingsolutionsfortheinfrastructureandconnectivityofGSM,WCDMAandLTEradionetworks
MobileBackhaul(MBH)describingsolutionstointerconnecttheRANandthecore

Figure1:EricssonIPTransportNetworkSolutionsOverview

ThisdocumentdescribesasuiteoftestscenariosthatshowthecapabilitiesandthereliabilityofEricsson'sMobileEndtoEnd
TransportNetworksolution.

Contents
1General
1.1ScopeoftheTestSuite
1.2TestEnvironment
1.2.1Equipment
1.2.2Tools
1.3NetworkConfiguration
1.3.1NetworkOverview
1.3.2EndtoEndUseCases
1.3.3QualityofServiceSettingsforDifferentUseCases
1.3.4QualityofServiceConfiguration
1.3.5ImpactsonEndtoEndTrafficbyNetworkDisturbances
2TestSuite
2.1TestCaseGroup1:2G/3GEndtoEndIntegration
Summary
2.1.1Testcase:2Gvoicecall
2.1.2Testcase:3GAMRWBcall
2.1.3Testcase:3GPSconnection
2.1.4Testcase:3Gpremiumconnection
2.1.5Testcase:3GIPv6PDPcontext
2.2TestCaseGroup2:LTEEndtoEndIntegration
Summary
2.2.1Testcase:LTEclient
2.2.2Testcase:LiveTVSession
2.3TestCaseGroup3:NetworkSynchronization
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Summary
2.3.1Testcase:NTPSynchronizationofRadioNodes
2.3.2Testcase:PTPSynchronizationofRadioNodes
2.4TestCaseGroup4:MicrowaveTransport
Summary
2.4.1Testcase:MINILINKandOMSAllowHybridTrafficFlow
2.4.2Testcase:MINILINKCanProvideHighCapacity
2.4.3Testcase:ResilientLinkBandwidthforNonGuaranteedTrafficwithMINILINK2+0
2.4.4Testcase:AdaptiveModulationRetainsGuaranteedTrafficunderBadWeatherConditions
2.4.5Testcase:WeightedFairQueuingPreventsStarvingofLowPriorityQueues
2.5TestCaseGroup5:EndUserQualityofExperience
Summary
2.5.1Testcase:BackboneResilientagainstLinkFailures
2.5.2Testcase:BackboneResilientagainstNodeFailures
2.5.3Testcase:OMSRingResilientagainstLinkFailures
2.5.4Testcase:OMSRingResilientagainstNodeFailure
2.5.5Testcase:QueuinginBackbone
2.5.6Testcase:QueuinginOMS
2.5.7Testcase:NetworkImpairmentImpact
3Abbreviations

1General
1.1ScopeoftheTestSuite
ThisTestSpecificationdeterminesthetestcasesforademonstrationofanEricssonEndtoEndMobileTransport
NetworkcomposedofthethreeEricssonsolutions:
MPBN2010Bdescribingatransportsolutionfor2G,3GandLTEmobilecorenetworks
IPRANT10BdescribingsolutionsfortheinfrastructureandconnectivityofGSM,WCDMAandLTEradio
networks
MobileBackhaul2011AdescribingsolutionstointerconnectRANandCore
Thetestinvolvesmultipleequipmenttypesincludingredundantinfrastructurespanningseveralsitesincludingtwo
geographicallydistantsites.Thisincludesamongstotherequipment:
MobiledevicesforGSM,WCDMAandLTE
Radionodesforthedifferentaccesstechnologies
IProuters,andL2Switches
Microwavetransmissionequipment
CoreNetworknodessuchasMSCserver,MobileMediaGateway,SGSN,MME,GGSN,ServiceandPacket
DataNetworkGateway
InfrastructureequipmentlikeNTP,PTPandDNSservers.
Themigrationfromtraditional2G/3GnetworksintotripleaccessnetworksincludingLTEisdemonstratedwiththe
EricssonSGSNMME,CPGandGGSNMPGcorenodes.
Thetestsuiteiscomposedofseveraltestcasegroupsthatspanthenetworkintegrationandverification.
TestCaseGroup'2G/3GEndtoEndIntegration'integratesavarietyofendtoendusecases,suchasvoice
calls,Internetaccessandvideostreaming,into2Gand3Gmobileaccessnetwork.
TestCaseGroup'LTEEndtoEndIntegration'integratesadditionalendtoendusecasesonLTEmobileaccess
technology,suchasInternetaccessandvideostreaming,intothetestnetwork.
Theintegratedendtoendusecasesareusedasbackgroundtrafficforthefollowingverificationtests.
TestCaseGroup'NetworkSynchronization'showsthereliabilitynetworksynchronizationsolution.Theradio
nodesaresynchronizedusingtheNTPandPTPprotocols.
TestCaseGroup'MicrowaveTransport'demonstratesthereliabilityandqualityofservicecapabilitiesofthe
microwavetransportsolution.ThesetestsinvolvetechnologieslikeAdaptiveModulation,QueuingandRadiolink
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bonding.
TestCaseGroup'EnduserQualityofExperience'(QoE)showsthattheenduser'sQualityofExperienceisnot
severelyaffectedwhentheMBHandMPBNsolutionsareconfrontedwithmajordisturbancessuchasoverload,
linkandnodefailures.ThetestsinvolvetechnologieslikeRingProtectionandqueuingaswellasVRRP,OSPF,
BGPandLDPprotocols.OneaspectoftheQoEdemonstrationisthatthenetworkhandlesthequalityofservice
andbandwidthrequirementsofthedifferentusecasesinthebestpossiblewaywhentheunderlyingtransmission
networkperformswithdegradedcharacteristics(packetloss,latencyandjitter).

1.2TestEnvironment
1.2.1Equipment
Thefollowingnetworkequipmentisused.
BackboneandSiteInfrastructure
EricssonSmartEdge800,SEOS6.4.1.2

CErouter,PErouter

EricssonSmartEdge1200,SEOS6.4.1.2

CErouter,PErouter

JuniperSRX3600Junos10.2R1.8

Gi/SGifirewall

ExtremeSummitX450a,ExtremeXOS12.4

Siteswitch

ExtremeBlackDiamond8806,ExtremeXOS12.4

Siteswitch

TransportEquipment
EricssonMINILINKTNR4.3FP

Microwavetransmission

EricssonSEAR1.0GA

Ethernettransmission

EricssonOMS1410R2.0

Opticaltransmission

CoreandRadioNodes
EricssonLTERANL11B

eNodeB

EricssonBSCG10BincludingSIU

BSC,GSMBTS

EricssonRBSW10A

WCDMARBS

EricssonRNC3820,W10A

RNC

EricssonSGSNMME2010B,MkVI

SGSN,MME

EricssonGGSNMPG2010B

GGSN,PCEF

EricssonCPG2010A

SGW,PGW,PCEF

EricssonMSCBCR14.1,APZ21260/2,APZ
21402/3

MSCserver

EricssonMMGw6.1,GMPv4BC4020

MSSMediaGateway

EricssonHLR/AUCR13.2,APZ21240

HLR,AUC

EricssonHSS5.0,NSP5

HSS

EricssonSAPC2010A,NSP6

PCRF

EricssonIPworks7.0FD0

DNS,AAAserver

SymmetricomTP5000v1.2.3

NTP,PTPserver

1.2.2Tools
ListofTestTools
IxiaIxN2XisusedtogenerateandanalyzesimulatedIP/Ethernettraffic.
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SpirentSmartBits2000isusedforTDMtrafficsimulation.
SpirentTestCentertovisualizethetrafficutilizationinthenetwork.
Wiresharkprotocolanalyzer
ANUEtosimulatebadlinkcharacteristics(packetdelay,jitter,loss).
Coaxialattenuatortosimulatedifferentradioconditions.

ListofEndUserEquipment
MS1SonyEricssonmobilephone(GSMvoice)
MS2SonyEricssonmobilephone(GSMvoice)
UE1SonyEricssonmobilephone(WCDMAvoice)
UE2SonyEricssonmobilephone(WCDMAvoice)
UE3AppleiPhone
UE4SonyVaioPCwith3Gmodem
UE5AppleiPad
UE6SonyVaioPCwithLTEmodem
UE7SonyVaioPCwithLTEmodem
UE10SonyEricssonmobilephone(WCDMAvoice)
UE11SonyEricssonmobilephone(WCDMAvoice)

1.2.2.1IXIAIxN2X
InthistestsuitetheIxiaIxN2X(formerAgilentN2X)isusedtogenerateandanalyzesimulatedIP/Ethernettraffic.
Twomainconfigurationsareused,BaselineandHighLoad.Theconnectivityforbothofthemisasdepictedin
Figure3.AdetailedlistingoftheusedtrafficstreamsisshowninTable1.
BaselineProfile
ThepurposeoftheBaselinesetupistwofold.Foronceitisusedtocreateadditionalartificialnetworkloadinthe
networkontopofthetrafficcreatedbytheendtoenduserapplications.Thesecondreasonistoperformexact
outagecalculationsduringresiliencetests.Forthatpurpose,bidirectionaltrafficstreamsareinjectedintothe
network:
The"Background"streamstocaterforbackgroundload,
The"Measurement"streams,withafixedrateofframespersecondof1000pps,allowingforsimpleoutage
calculations.
The"endtoend"trafficpathofthistrafficisshowninFigure3.ThemarkingoftheBackgroundtrafficequalsthe
oneofsubscriberBestEffort,i.e.anetworkDSCPmarkingofAF13.
HighLoadProfile
The"HighLoad"setupisusedforselectedQualityofServiceandloadtestsinadditiontothe"Baseline"setup.
Thestreamsdefinedinthatsetupcanbeusedtoputadditionaltrafficonselectedhopsofthenetworkinorderto
causehighloadconditionsonselectedlinks/interfaces.SeealsoFigure3.ThetrafficgeneratedbytheIxN2Xtool
isdirectedtothedesiredhopviatheusageofdoubleVLANtagging.TheX450a036switchdeterminesits
requiredegressportbasedontheoutertag,whichisremovedbeforesendingthetraffictothenetworkundertest.
ThetrafficstreamsareunidirectionalandaresentfromIxN2Xport104/1to104/2.TheQoSmarkingofthe
streamsfollowstheneedsoftherespectivetestcases.
TrafficStreamDefinitions
Table1showsthetrafficstreamconfigurationforthetestcasesinthetestcasegroups4and5.
Table1:IxN2XStreamOverview

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1.2.2.2SmartBits
Fortestcasegroup4,theSmartBitsisconfiguredtosendonebidirectionalE1signalinthepathshowninFigure
3.
1.2.2.3Attenuator
Attenuatorsincludedintheradiopathsaresetto0dBattenuation.
1.2.2.4PresentationTools
O&Muserinterfacesoftheusedtesttoolsaretransferredtovideoscreens.Fortheremotelocation,avideo
camerarecordsthemanualactivitieswithmobilephoneequipment.

1.3NetworkConfiguration
1.3.1NetworkOverview
Figure2givesthegeneralnetworkoverviewoftheEricssonmobileendtoendtestlab.

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Figure2NetworkOverview

Thefollowingdrawingsprovideamoredetailedviewontoselectedaspectsofthetestnetwork.

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Figure3Connectionoftrafficgeneratorsinthemobileendtoendtestnetwork

Figure4Impairmentandtrafficanalysisinthemobileendtoendtestnetwork
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Figure5NetworkSynchronization

1.3.2EndtoEndUseCases
AnoverviewoftheendtoendusecasesthatareintegratedintothetestnetworkisgiveninTable2.Thetable
indicatesalsowhichoftheseusecasesareusedasbackgroundtrafficforthenetworkdisturbancetests.
Table2:EndtoEndUseCasesandBackgroundTraffic

1.3.3QualityofServiceSettingsforDifferentUseCases
Table3showsthequalityofservicesettingsfortheindividualendtoendusecasesexecutedinthedifferentend
toendintegrationtestcases.
Table3:QoSsettingsfortrafficcases

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1.3.4QualityofServiceConfiguration
Table4showshowthequalityofserviceclassesaremappedtoqueuesinthesiteinfrastructureequipmentand
transportequipment.
Table4:QoSQueueMapping

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1.3.5ImpactsonEndtoEndTrafficbyNetworkDisturbances
Table5showsthepotentialimpactofnetworkdisturbancestotheendtoendusecases.Thenetworkshouldbe
designedsothatdisturbancesinthenetworksuchaslinkandnodeoutages,overload,badradioconditionsorbad
transmissionlinkcharacteristicshavelittleimpacttoendtoendusecases.Thetestcasesintestcasegroups3,4
and5shouldshowaminimumofthesedisturbances.

Table5:ImpactsonEndtoEndTraffic

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2TestSuite

2.1TestCaseGroup1:2G/3GEndtoEndIntegration
Summary
Thetestcasegroup2G/3GEndtoEndIntegrationintegratesthebasic2G/3Gendtoendusecaseswithinthe
testnetwork.Theshownusecasesincludespeech,wwwservicesandvideostreamingusingIPv4orIPv6
transport.Fullradiocapacityutilizationisshown.
2.1.1Testcase:2Gvoicecall
Description:Amobilevoicecallissetupbetween2mobilephoneslocatedindistantsites(Aachen,GermanyandLinkping,
Sweden).A2G(GSM)radiobearerisusedonbothsidesinvolvingtheEricssonBTS,BSC,MSCBC,MMGw
andHLRradioandcorenodes.ThesignalingandvoicetransportfortheradioaccessofMS1isaccomplished
usingtheMINILINK,SEAandOMSsystemsbeingpartoftheEricssonMobileBackhaul(MBH)networksolution
buildupinAachen.IntheCoreNetwork,thecallisroutedbetweentwoPrimarySitesofMPBNlocatedin
Aachen.ToreachtheradioaccessofMS2,thecallisroutedthroughtheEricssonDataNetworktotheremotecell
siteinLinkping.
2.1.2Testcase:3GAMRWBcall
Description:Amobilevoicecallissetupbetween2mobilephoneslocatedindistantsites(Aachen,GermanyandLinkping,
Sweden).A3G(UMTS)radiobearerisusedonbothsidesinvolvingtheEricssonRBS,RNC,MSCBC,MMGw
andHLRradioandcorenodes.ThesignalingandvoicetransportfortheradioaccessofUE1isaccomplished
usingtheMINILINK,SEAandOMSsystemsbeingpartoftheEricssonMobileBackhaul(MBH)networksolution
buildupinAachen.IntheCoreNetwork,thecallisroutedbetweentwoPrimarySitesoftheMPBNlocatedin
Aachen.ToreachtheradioaccessofUE2,thecallisroutedthroughtheEricssonDataNetworktotheremotecell
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2.1.3Testcase:3GPSconnection
Description:AnAppleiPhonedisplaysavideousingHTTPProgressiveDownload.APCwith3Gmodemconnectstothetest
labinternalwebserver,initiatespingcontinuouslyanddownloadslargefilesusingtheftpprotocol.
ForeachUE,a3G(HSPA)radiobearerisusedinvolvingtheEricssonRBS,RNC,SGSNMME,GGSNMPG,
SAPCandHLRradioandcorenodes.ThesignalinganddatatransportfortheradioaccessoftheUEis
accomplishedusingtheMINILINK,SEAandOMSsystemsbeingpartoftheEricssonMobileBackhaul(MBH)
networksolutionbuildupinAachen.IntheCoreNetwork,thecallisroutedbetweentwoPrimarySitesofthe
MPBNlocatedinAachen.TheconnectiontotheInternetandthelocalwebserverisaccomplishedthrougha
JuniperSRXFirewall/NATsolution.RegularqualityofserviceisassignedtotheestablishedPDPcontexts.
2.1.4Testcase:3Gpremiumconnection
Description:ThistestcasedemonstratesavideostreamonAppleiPad.TheUEisconnectedovera3GPSconnection.The
usednetworkequipmentisthesameasintheprevioustestcase.PremiumQoSisgrantedtothesubscriberby
theSAPCnode.
2.1.5Testcase:3GIPv6PDPcontext
Description:APCwith3GmodemconnectstothetestlabinternalwebserverusingtheIPv6protocolonly,initiatesping
continuouslyanddisplaysawebpage.
Thesameprincipalnetworkconfigurationasinthe2.1.4Testcase:3GPSconnectionisused.

2.2TestCaseGroup2:LTEEndtoEndIntegration
Summary
ThetestcasegroupLTEEndtoEndIntegrationverifiesthatLTEendtoendusecasesareoperationalwithinthe
testnetwork.Italsoshowsthatthenetworkhandlesthequalityofserviceandbandwidthrequirementsofthe
differentusecasesproperly.TheshownusecasesincludewwwandftpservicesandHDTVvideostreaming.
2.2.1Testcase:LTEclient
Description:AnLTEclientconnectstotheEricssonEvolvedPacketCoreviaLTEradio.Theusednetworkconfigurationisthe
sameasintheprevioustestcasesexceptthatdifferentprotocolsandlinksareusedandtheEricssonCPG
providestheSGiinterfacetowardsInternetandintranetservers.Regularqualityofserviceisassignedtothe
establishedEPSbearers.
Includedinthetestistopinganodeonthenetwork,HTTPbrowsingandFTPdownloads.FullLTEthroughputis
shownendtoend.
2.2.2Testcase:LiveTVSession
Description:ThetestcasepresentsaHighDefinitionLiveTVonaPCoveranLTEmobileaccess.Theendtoendtransport
solutionisabletotransportthechannelsinrealtime.WiththisLiveTVdemonstration,therealtimecapabilities
onthetransportnetworkareverified.
Inadditiontotheftpandstreamingsessionsrunningfromtheprevioustestcase,anotherPCwithLTEmodem
connectstotheEricssonEvolvedPacketSystem.Thisuserreceivespremiumqualityofservice.
ThepremiumuserconsumesHLSbasedHighDefinitionvideostreamingunderhighLTEloadwithhighqualityof
experience.

2.3TestCaseGroup3:NetworkSynchronization
Summary
ThetestcasegroupNetworkSynchronizationverifiesthatnetworksynchronizationfunctionsreliablywhendelay
andjitterarevariedorwhenthebandwidthisreducedtemporarilyonlinksthatcarrysynchronizationsignaling.
2.3.1Testcase:NTPSynchronizationofRadioNodes
Description:ThetestcaseshowsthatNTPsynchronizationworksacrossL3andL2backbonenetworks.Itprovesthestabilityof
thesynchronizationwhenusingNTPassynchronizationprotocol.
2.3.2Testcase:PTPSynchronizationofRadioNodes
Description:ThetestcaseshowsthatPTPsynchronizationworksacrosslayer3and2backbonenetworkswithoutsupportof
PTPwithinthetransportnodes.ItprovesthestabilityofthesynchronizationwhenusingPTPassynchronization
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protocol.

2.4TestCaseGroup4:MicrowaveTransport
Summary
ThetestcasegroupMicrowaveTransportverifiestheperformanceandflexibilityofMINILINKTNinanEndto
endnetworkperspective.ThetestcasesdemonstratethehighcapacityoftheMINILINKTNandverifiestheQoS
functionalityandfeatureslikeProtected2+0andAdaptivemodulation.
2.4.1Testcase:MINILINKandOMSAllowHybridTrafficFlow
ThetestcaseshowsthatMINILINKandOMS1410canhandleTDMandEthernettrafficinparallelnatively.Thenetworkconfiguration
isbasedontheMobileBackhaulsolution.
2.4.2Testcase:MINILINKCanProvideHighCapacity
ThistestcaseshowsthecapacitythatMINILINKTNcantransportovera1+0microwavehop.Thistestcaseisaprerequisiteforthe
testcase2.4.4.
2.4.3Testcase:ResilientLinkBandwidthforNonGuaranteedTrafficwithMINILINK2+0
TheL1RadioLinkBondingfeatureofMINILINKTNina2+0configurationachievesa100%increaseinEthernettrafficcapacityand
atthesametimekeepsthe1+1SubNetworkCircuitProtection(SNCP)protectionfortheE1traffic.
2.4.4Testcase:AdaptiveModulationRetainsGuaranteedTrafficunderBadWeatherConditions
Thistestcaseverifiesthatadaptivemodulationishitlessanderrorfreewhenchangingbetweendifferentmodulationschemes.The
radioconditionsaregraduallydegradedsothatthemodulationschemeschange.Theabsolutebandwidthisgoing
downbutonlylowprioritystreamsareaffected.
2.4.5Testcase:WeightedFairQueuingPreventsStarvingofLowPriorityQueues
Description:TheWeightedFairQueuing(WFQ)schedulingmechanismoffersamoreflexiblewaytoscheduleonanegressport
andpreventsstarvationoftrafficclassqueues.WFQcanbeusedtogetherwiththeStrictPriorityscheme.Thetest
caseshowshowtrafficassignedtolowerpriorityqueuesistreatedwhenWFQiseitherswitchedofforoninthe
MINILINK.

2.5TestCaseGroup5:EndUserQualityofExperience
Summary
ThetestcasegroupEnduserQualityofExperienceverifiesthatmajordisturbancesinthebackboneandtransport
networkoftheOMSandMPBNsolutionsdonotcreatesevereimpactsontheendtoendservices.Service
discontinuityshallbyallmeansbeavoided.TemporarydegradationoftheQualityofExperienceshallbeavoided.
Thetestalsoshowsthatthenetworkhandlesthequalityofserviceandbandwidthrequirementsofthedifferent
usecasesinthebestpossiblewaywhentheunderlyingtransmissionnetworkperformswithdegraded
characteristics.
Thebackboneandtransportnetworksolutioncompliestotheseexpectationsbymeansofafullyredundant
networkdesignwithfastfailovercapabilitiesandawelldesignedassignmentofqualityofserviceclassesand
theirmappingtopriorityandweightedqueuesintheinfrastructureequipment(seeTable3andTable4).
2.5.1Testcase:BackboneResilientagainstLinkFailures
ThistestcaseobservestheimpactoflinkfailuresinthebackboneonthesimulatedIxN2Xtrafficaswellasonendtoendtrafficcases.
2.5.2Testcase:BackboneResilientagainstNodeFailures
ThistestcaseobservestheimpactofbackbonenodefailuresonthesimulatedIxN2Xtrafficaswellasonendtoendtrafficcases
2.5.3Testcase:OMSRingResilientagainstLinkFailures
SeverallinkbreaksarecreatedandrestoredwithintheOMSandSEAringwhileendtoendandsimulatedtrafficisrunning.Endto
endtrafficiscomposedofa2G/3GvoicecallandaLTEdatasession.Thedisturbancetothetrafficiskeptwithin
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theacceptablelimits.
2.5.4Testcase:OMSRingResilientagainstNodeFailure
OneOMSsystemintheringisshutdownwhileendtoendandsimulatedtrafficisrunning.Endtoendtrafficiscomposedofa2G/3G
voicecallandaLTEdatasession.Thedisturbancetothetrafficiskeptwithintheacceptablelimits.
2.5.5Testcase:QueuinginBackbone
ThistestcaseverifiesthatQueuing/SchedulingensurestheguaranteedQualityofServiceduringnetworkoverloadinthebackbone.
2.5.6Testcase:QueuinginOMS
TheWeightedFairQueuing(WFQ)schedulingmechanismoffersamoreflexiblewaytoscheduleonanegressportandprevents
starvationoftrafficclassqueues.WFQcanbeusedtogetherwiththeStrictPriorityscheme.Thetestcaseshows
howtrafficassignedtolowerpriorityqueuesistreatedwhenWFQiseitherswitchedofforonintheOMS.
2.5.7Testcase:NetworkImpairmentImpact
Thistestcaseobservestheimpactofdegradedtransportnetworkcharacteristicssuchasdelay,jitter,lossontheendtoendtraffic
cases(andthesimulatedIxN2Xtraffic).

3Abbreviations
ACAachen
AFAssuredForwarding
AMRAdaptiveMultiRate
BEBestEffort
BGPBorderGatewayProtocol
CESCircuitEmulationService
DSCPDifferentiatedServicesCodePoint
EFExpeditedForwarding
EPCEvolvedPacketCore
EPSEvolvedPacketSystem
ERPEthernetRingProtection
FEFastEthernet
GBRGuaranteedBitRate
GEGigabitEthernet
HDHighDefinition
IPTVIPTeleVision
LILinkping
LAGLinkAggregationGroup
LSPLabelSwitchedPath
LULocalUsage
MBHMobileBackhaul
MMGwMobileMediaGateway
MPBNMobilePacketBackboneNetwork
MSMobileStation(2G)
MSCMobileSwitchingCenter
MSCSBCMSCSBladeCluster
NTPNetworkTimeProtocol
OMSOpticalMultiServiceMetroEdge
OSPFOpenShortestPathFirst
PDHPlesiochronousDigitalHierarchy
PHBPerHopBehavior
PSPacketSwitched
PTPPrecisionTimeProtocol
QAMQuadratureAmplitudeModulation
QoEQualityofExperience
QoSQualityofService
RANRadioAccessNetwork
RLIMERadioLinkInverseMultiplexing
RPLRingProtectionLink
SAPCServiceAwarePolicyController
SEASmartEthernetAggregation
SEOSSmartEdgeOperatingSystem
SIUSiteIntegrationUnit
SNCPSubNetworkCircuitProtection
SSGSecureServiceGateways
STBSetTopBox
TCGTestCaseGroup
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UEUserEquipment(3GorLTE)
VoDVideoonDemand
VRRPVirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol
WBWideBand
WREDWeightedRandomEarlyDetect

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