The future of network validation and optimization is in the lab. Think about the plane industry: 100 years ago no one was using flight simulators to build and fly planes. Try for a minute to
Anite announced two recent firsts, one of which is support for commercial LTE-A and carrier aggregation testing for mobile network operators and infrastructure vendors using its Nemo Outdoor testing platform.
Carrier aggregation allows operators to combine spectrum resources in order to increase network speeds. Anite's...
Intel has generated a lot of publicity for its mobile processors of late, but mobile connectivity chipsets are also a major focus for the world's largest chipmaker. The company says its communications systems have already shipped inside more than a billion mobile phones. It...
Agilent's SystemVue platform for communications, aerospace and defense system design now supports high-performance distributed computing. Agilent said that allows next-generation system performance to be verified up to 64 times faster using Linux-based grid computing managers like the IBM Platform Load Sharing Facility.
The SystemVue 2013.08 version...
Fluke Networks is aiming to shake up the test and measurement space with a new, very small in-building wireless test solution designed to make spectrum analyzers more widely available and cheaper for the testing of distributed antenna systems and small cells.
Fluke launched the AirMagnet...
LTE Field Testing - New Challenges with Noise-Limited LTE Macro and Small Cell Networks
What makes LTE networks unique in terms of design, deployment and acceptance of networks? How have carriers and suppliers changed the way they deploy, maintain and troubleshoot next-generation LTE and heterogeneous...
LTE Field Testing: New Challenges with Noise-Limited LTE Macro and Small Cell Networks: What makes LTE networks unique in terms of design, deployment and acceptance of networks? How have carriers and suppliers changed the way they deploy, maintain and troubleshoot next-generation LTE and heterogeneous networks? ...
Test equipment company Anritsu announced that its equipment now supports TD-LTE carrier aggregation (CA) testing, claiming the slot as the first LTE network simulator that supports CA for Time Division Duplex (TDD) Long Term Evolution, the variant favored by operators such as China Mobile.
The...
Anite says it now has PTCRB validation for the highest number of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation (CA) protocol tests in the industry, after working closely with chipset and device manufacturers in the U.S., Korea and China to develop the test cases.
The PTCRB is a wireless...
Azimuth Systems introduced a testing solution focused on user experience and device performance, as well as assessing network conditions.
The Device Automation and Control is a software solution allowing unattended application-specific testing of the user experience on smartphones and other mobile devices in the lab...
Subzero temperatures, subway dwellers, and airborne rattlesnakes were among the challenges that tower climbers have shared with Anritsu as part of the company's 2013 Toughest Site Competition. The test and measurement equipment maker has held the contest for four years to highlight the harsh...
Can Field-To-Lab Get Even Closer To The Real World? Field-To-Lab has revolutionized mobile device testbeds, by enabling operators, device OEMs and other ecosystem participants to record field conditions on live networks and replay them in the lab. As much as FTL has created operational efficiencies by approximating real-world conditions...
Spirent Communication's equipment was used to support China's first public OpenFlow interoperability test event in China at the Global SDN Certified Testing Center (SDNCTC), a subsidiary of the Beijing Internet Institute.
More than 10 software-defined networking vendors participated in the event; Spirent's TestCenter was used...
Spirent Communications says that the launch of Voice over LTE service is "imminent," and has integrated its field testing solution with lab systems for call quality and device testing, so that carriers and mobile device suppliers can use the same testing system in live...
Tektronix Communications says its new Spectra2 XL3 test solution can test more than 400,000 simultaneous, bi-directional G.711 IP-based calls while taking up only a single, two-unit rack space.
The company is aiming to cut operators' and manufacturers' capex and opex costs for testing IMS and...
Agilent Technologies' stock jumped after the company reported a better than expected third quarter, and a partnership with Gradient Design Automation.
"Although we are operating in a very challenging economic environment, we are pleased with our operational performance, as we continue to make progress improving...
Anite has announced that it is the first to release a device testing solution for enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination, or eICIC, an LTE-Advanced feature that deals with interference issues in heterogeneous networks that include both macro sites as well as small cells.
Anite said its...
Ixia saw its revenue for the second quarter grow 28% to $115.9 million, with much of the increase attributed to two acquisitions rather than its core products.
Revenues for the same period in 2012 were $90.7 million. Ixia said that its recent acquisitions of Anue...
National Instruments saw flat revenue year-over-year, with net income plunging from $26.4 million to $14.4 million. The company cited industry weakness in giving a lackluster estimate for its third quarter revenues.
Revenues for the second quarter edged up just 1% year-over-year. NI said its orders...
Agilent Technologies Inc. launched a 28.4 Gb/s multiplexer this week for characterizing receivers for next-gen servers, storage systems and data-center networks.
"To manage the increasing demand for higher bandwidth, lower power consumption and increased interconnect reach, many new network interface standards are emerging, along with...
Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for "every mobile device that supports LTE Positioning Protocol defined by the 3GPP for LTE networks."
The tests have been available on...
Intertek received accreditation from PTCRB and can now conduct testing under "any industry certification scheme for all 2G, 3G and 4G wireless technologies," the company said.
The PTCRB accreditation was issued June 13 and announced today. PTCRB is a device certification group that serves mostly...
Anritsu has received confirmation from the Global Certification Forum of protocol test cases for LTE-Advanced, and the company is aiming at the test market for China with its ME7834 Mobile Device Test Platform with validated protocol conformance test cases for TD-LTE, including interoperability tests.
TD-LTE...
Cell towers are starting to reap the benefits of the technology they enable, thanks to new software developed by test and measurement leader Anritsu. Anritsu's wireless remote tools for its handheld instruments allow technicians to stay on the ground while conducting field measurements like...
