Product category: Stand-Alone Instruments
News Release from: Tektronix | Subject: K1297-G20
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 9 October 2002
Tester speeds UMTS network development
Tektronix has a new solution for real-time monitoring and analysis of the latest Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) mobile networks elements
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UMTS network elements are much more complex to test than second generation (2G, 2.5G) components and continue to require fast, accurate verification at each interface. With this increased complexity and the evolving nature of UMTS element development, many of today's test solutions fail to completely address critical interfaces and protocols.
Tektronix' newest software release for the K1297-G20 protocol tester, Version 2.01 (V2.01), adds important pieces to the UMTS "puzzle".
Most significantly, V2.01 includes dynamic monitoring, an innovative feature that provides the first real-time analysis on the Iub interface, eliminating the need for post-processing of data.
"By providing dynamic monitoring, Tektronix is paving the way for faster UMTS mobile network design, enabling operators' success in a challenging market", said Bob Agnes, Vice President, Monitoring and Protocol Test, Tektronix: "With this significant feature available only on the K1297-G20 protocol test platform, manufacturers and operators are closer than ever to successful UMTS deployment".
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Prior to the release of Tektronix' V2.01, mobile equipment manufacturers and operators gathered data on the Iub interface and proceeded to process and analyse the information afterwards (post-processing).
In this scenario, the user was unable to monitor traffic during post-processing, limiting the accuracy of compiled data and using up valuable time.
With V2.01, Tektronix' dynamic monitoring feature provides the capability to monitor and analyse traffic moving through the Iub interface and identify which of more than 150 channels are being used in real time.
Users are able to skip the post-processing phase and gather timely information, increasing the user's confidence of the data received.
Extending the capabilities of Tektronix' K1297-G20 UMTS solution package announced earlier this year, V2.01 also adds call simulation on the Iub interface.
This feature enables monitoring of data simulation over the high-performance online AAL2 (real-time) layer.
The K1297-G20 is a full-featured, compact protocol tester that can be configured for a wide range of protocols.
It supports multichannel and multiport protocol testing and incorporates a broad selection of conformance test suites.
The K1297-G20 is set apart by its ability to simultaneously monitor and enable interoperability of GSM, GPRS and UMTS network elements.
The existing GPRS-related features of the K1297-20 have made Tektronix the Number One supplier of GPRS signalling protocol test equipment.
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