Testing for LTE

With the launch of LTE services by multiple service providers across the world, telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) must deliver innovative, differentiated, and cost-competitive products in order to succeed in the wireless ecosystem of the future.

Testing for LTE Solution Brief We provide a comprehensive set of testing services to help TEMs deliver differentiated solutions across the entire LTE ecosystem. Backed by a team of more than 1,800 dedicated test engineers, our testing services are based on a strong foundation of domain expertise across access, core, and wireless LTE networks.DOWNLOAD SOLUTION BRIEF

LTE Nodes Testing Expertise

Mobility Management Entity (MME) Default and dedicated bearer creation/deletion/ modification (UE- and NW-initiated triggers) Peer node partial/complete restart Handover (S1, X2) Ciphering/Integrity/ Authentication Paging/Idle mode eNodeB setup and restart Session/Bearer handling External interfaces (S6a, S1-MME, S10, S11) Tracking area updates GW selection Alarm/Statistics support Serving Gateway (SGW) Default and dedicated bearer creation/deletion/ modification (UE- and NW-initiated triggers) MME handover Idle mode Fast path Bearer plane scenarios Indirect tunneling Offline charging External interfaces (S11,S5/S8,Rf) Peer node partial/complete restart Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) Default and dedicated bearer creation/deletion/ modification (UE- and NW-initiated triggers) IP address allocation Policy- and charging-based scenarios Bearer plane scenarios SGW handover QoS enforcement External interfaces (S5/S8, Gx, Gy, Gz) Peer node partial/ complete restart Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) Event based triggers and notifications PCC rules testing Subscriptions to user data changes Vulnerability testing Subscriber data management Session control External interfaces (Gx, Sp/Sh, Rx)

Home Subscriber Server (HSS) Location management Subscriber data management Authentication HSS resets MME change Notifications Static/Dynamic QoS management QoS subscription External interfaces (S6a, Sp/Sh) Online Charging System (OCS) Credit control session Multi-rating multi-service Handover Envelop handling Tariff change unit validity Reporting level External interfaces (Gy) Event triggers Offline Charging System (OFCS) Event triggers CDR generation Link failure scenarios Interim CDRs Redirection to other OFCS CDR storage External interfaces (Gz, Ga) eNodeB Transport level packet marking Bearer management Bearer plane and bearer level control MME selection Handover(X2/MME/SGW) External interfaces (LTE-Uu, S1-MME, X2, S1-U) User plane ciphering Release and paging Header compression End-to-end LTE Traffic area updates User data handling Offline/Online charging External interfaces (LTE-Uu,S1-MME, S10, S11, S5/S8, S6a, Gx/Rx,Gy, Gz, Sp, S1-U, X2) S1 release Authentication User subscription management Roaming and handovers Service request Policy and QoS control Paging and gating Bearer management Subscriptions and notifications

Testing Lifecycle Services

Our testing services span across the entire product lifecycle, including:

Conformance Testing Functional Testing Performance and Load Testing Lab Management Services Test Automation Platform Testing Interoperability Testing Integration Testing Vulnerability Testing

Test Plans and Suites

We have a rich repository of reusable/customizable test cases and in-house stubs to test for various LTE network elements, including:

MME SGW PGW HSS eNodeB

Test Simulators and Frameworks

Our in-house test simulators and automation frameworks help TEMs deliver superior product quality and accelerate time to market for LTE products. Software Tool for Automated Test Environment (STATE) STATE accelerates unit testing, subsystem and system integration testing, and regression testing of 2G/2.5G/3G/LTE products. This platform agnostic tool allows script creation and execution, event tracking, logging, and customizable statistics and reports.REQUEST A FREE DEMO LTE Network Element Simulators Our LTE network element simulators are 3GPP R8-compliant. They include

Aricent LTE PGW Lite Aricent LTE SGW Lite Aricent LTE EPC Lite Aricent LTE MME Load generator (UE + eNodeB, for load and performance testing) Aricent LTE HSS Aricent LTE EPC NMS STATE and MME libraries

Test Equipment
Our investments in test equipment and infrastructure are vital to our delivering testing expertise across the entire LTE ecosystem. Our test equipment includes traffic generators and analyzers from leading vendors such as SignaLion, IXIA, Spirent, Agilent, etc. Additionally, our labs are equipped with routers and switches from Cisco, Juniper, and HP.

Capabilities
Aricent has developed a new service oriented operating paradigm in partnership with OEMs & SIs to deliver managed services for different technologies and products.