Mobile WiMAX Test Solutions - Tektronix

Tektronix announced the availability of two dedicated Mobile WiMAX test solutions:

• For functional test and WiMAX infrastructure simulation
• For monitoring purposes based on the Tektronix Network and Service Analyzer (NSA) platform

Tektronix completes the portfolio of functional test applications with the introduction of R1 and R3 simulation on the G35-WiMAX. Alcatel-Lucent is the first customer to use the G35-WiMAX solution in the development of its WiMAX (802.16e-2005) network infrastructure equipment. High performance and complex monitoring requirements of stress tests, field trials and real network deployments are met by the Mobile WiMAX multi-interface call trace and statistics on the NSA software and the proven Tektronix K18 portable probe form factor.

The G35-WiMAX solution currently provides protocol analysis tools, such as real-time decoding and advanced filtering of IEEE 802.16e R1 and vendor-proprietary R6 interfaces with both control and user plane monitoring and Bit Error Rate Test. The solution has been expanded to include R3 interface simulation, emulation and decoding capabilities. Adding the R3 interface enables end-to-end correlation of WiMAX ASN traffic — from the R1 to R6 to R3 interfaces.

The WiMAX NSA supports end-to-end traffic analysis by correlating protocol traces on the R1 interface, multiple MSS and on the R6 and R3 interfaces. The multi-interface call trace for Mobile WiMAX saves time and effort in troubleshooting because calls of individual MSS are isolated. Full data capture is guaranteed under the most severe load conditions.

Source: Tektronix