High-performance, high-capacity, exible, reliable and easy-to-use wireless (2G/3G/4G/LTE), IMS and VoIP network testing. KEY FEATURES Unique and purpose-built test solution for testing xedmobile converging (FMC) networks and services such as LTE, IMS, VoLTE and VoIP Large-scale emulation of subscribers, network elements and network clouds Emulate tens of millions of LTE/VoIP/IMS/VoLTE subscribers Statefully emulate LTE, VoIP, IMS network elements such as MME, P-GW, SGW, eNodeB, IMS S/I/P-CSCF, HSS, IMS MGC Line-rate generation and analysis of 130 Gbit/s user-plane data Hardware-based line-rate generation and analysis of user-plane data Over 3 million RTP/SRTP streams with QoS analysis on all streams Over 13 million HTTPs, FTPs, SMTPs and RTSPs with detailed statistics per QCI Ability to generate and analyze tens of millions of any stateful user-plane sessions at line rate using the unique SmartReplay function, which is user-dened or imported from capture Complete lifecycle testing: feature, load, interoperability and regression testing Linear scaling—no performance degradation when expanding the platform SPEC SHEET FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCE TEST PLATFORM

OVERVIEW Long-term evolution (LTE) and IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) technologies promise to deliver true fixed-mobile convergence by providing rich user experiences in both wireline and wireless networks. Figure 1. 4G network based on LTE and IMS. Network service providers (NSPs) are struggling to cope with a massive amount of data on their 3G HSPA/HSPA+ networks and are now accelerating their LTE rollouts in order to deliver a truly mobile broadband experience to their subscribers. IMS has been chosen as the service delivery architecture to deliver rich user services over the LTE network, including...

INDUSTRY’S MOST POWERFUL AND FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS EXFO’s latest QualityAssurer series of platforms is targeted at NEMs and NSPs that are developing and deploying IMS and wireless networks. The QualityAssurer offers easy-to-use test solutions covering the complete testing lifecycle of LTE, IMS, VoLTE and VoIP networks and services. With the QualityAssurer, EXFO has leveraged its leadership in IMS and wireless (2G/3G/LTE) testing to deliver unmatched signaling and user-plane testing capability in an integrated platform. The QualityAssurer platforms are available in the following form factors and...

4G/LTE TESTING LTE RAN Testing The LTE eNodeB incorporates new transmission capabilities enabling the LTE radio interface to operate up to 10 times faster than the interface in WCDMA. Recent specifications have defined that the eNodeB should interwork with legacy networks and support the latest standard for VoLTE using IMS. To test the latest features, performance and capacity of the eNodeB, EPC simulation is a vital requirement. The simulated EPC needs to have the combined capability required to simulate the mobility management entity (MME), the home subscriber server (HSS), the serving gateway...

Wireless Core Testing The EPC is the new all-IP core network architecture defined by 3GPP in Release 8 for use by LTE and other access technologies. It is the means through which users connect to applications and services on the Internet, corporate networks or IMS networks. The primary elements within the EPC are the MME, the SGW and the packet data network gateway (PDN-GW). The MME is the “brain” of the EPC and is responsible for authentication, mobility and session management. The gateways are primarily responsible for efficient user-data routing, QoS enforcement and deep packet inspection...

IMS, SBC and VoLTE Testing The 3GPP has standardized the IMS architecture to deliver traditional circuit-switched services like voice, video and SMS, as well as rich user media services such as presence, messaging and RCS. VoLTE replaces the circuit-switched voice network in 3G networks and is based on the IMS architecture. Session border controllers (SBCs) are critical to the operation of the VoIP, IMS and LTE networks. They are evolving to support functions such as session load balancer and session route proxies across various LTE, IMS and VoIP networks. Figure 4. Testing IMS, VoIP and VoLTE....

QualityAssurer Series – QA-604/QA-805/QA-813 SPECIFICATIONS QA-813 4 slots, rack-mounted or desktop Hot-swappable modules Up to 4 SCM-GbE or 2 MCM-GbE (or MCM-GbE-Lite) Per platform, per interface or per port (hardware or software) Per platform, per interface or per port (hardware or software) Per platform, per interface or per port (hardware or software) Operating system AMC Core i7 2.53 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk AMC Core i7 2.53 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM (min), 120 GB hard disk (min) Remote control Standard Windows applications such as VNC and Exceed...