In this Issue:
TESTING APPLICATIONS
DCT2000 WiMAX
Enhanced with
Release 1.1.0
Catapult and Testing Technologies® Collaborate on TTCN-3 for Conformance Testing
WHAT'S NEW...
Trade-In Credits for Legacy Test Systems
TECHNICAL TIP
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DCT2000 WiMAX Enhanced with Release 1.1.0
Catapult is active in the WiMAX forum in a number of ways including helping to define testing standards. Catapult's DCT2000/WMX test system now fully supports conformance testing to the recently approved WiMAX Forum Network Architecture – Release 1.1.0 specification. The DCT2000 can now be used to test voice quality, authentication for the WiMAX network, Data Path Control and Mobile Station (MS) state change.
The DCT2000/WMX provides protocol support for functional, load, and end-to-end testing of Mobile WiMAX.
In the example above (figure 1), the DCT2000/WMX is being used to test the base station by initiating test functions as a MS simulator or triggering calls on actual WiMAX devices such as laptops and cell phones. It is also simulating an ASN Gateway over the R6 interface.
The DCT2000 in this scenario supports:
- High load testing
- Verification of correct or negative conditions
- Handover scenarios from simulated base stations
- Security – Authentication Relay and Key Reception confirmation
- Client MIP and Proxy MIP correct operation
- Data path setup and teardown
- QoS DL and UL setup and verification
- Service Flow Management
- Radio Resource and Context function correct operation
Please contact your Catapult Representative for more information on DCT2000/WMX and support in developing a business case for your WiMAX testing needs.
Catapult Communications is a contributing member of the WiMAX Forum's Network Working Group. Visit: http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/roster for more information.
Catapult and Testing Technologies Collaborate on TTCN-3
for Conformance Testing
Catapult Communications and Testing Technologies IST GmbH announced a joint marketing agreement to deliver TTCN-3 based conformance test suites and development tools to the telecom test market. Under the agreement, Catapult and Testing Technologies will collaborate to further integrate Testing Technologies’ TTCN-3 products with the DCT2000 test system and to implement a variety of marketing programs.
Conformance test suites for SIP, H.248, SUA, M3UA, SCTP, and IPv6 to run on the DCT2000 test system are immediately available from Testing Technologies.
For specific information on the TTCN-3 implementation with DCT2000 test systems, please contact your Catapult Representative. For more information on Testing Technologies, please refer to http://www.testingtech.de.
Trade-in Credits for Legacy Test Systems
Catapult currently offers commercial programs to help users migrate from their existing i2000 and i3000 MGTS or Solaris DCT2000 systems to one of the new Linux based p-series or m500 platforms. Benefits of migrating include:
- Better price-performance value for interface cards and processing cards
- Much higher data handling capacity to meet demands driven by new applications
- Access to new DCT2000 features and functionality such as IMS, WiMAX and LTE testing
The current system migration program offers:
- Up to 100% free migration of old software (like-for-like, 1-for-1)
- Up to 100% credit for Linux Card Driver Licenses (like-for-like, 1-for-1 per new processing card purchased)
- 100% free migration of DCT2000 PPCI cards to any p-series platform
- Optional Concurrent Operation to simultaneously run DCT2000 and MGTS software on the same hardware platform
For more information regarding the migration programs, please contact your local Catapult Representative.
What's New on DCT2000 Releases 13.2 through 13.4
New and updated protocols:
- WiMAX – NWG Release 1.1.0
- Data Path Control
- MS State Change
- TLS state machine
- Context Transfer
- Authentication Relay
- QoS
- IMS
- OSA/Parlay 3.2
- MMS
- MMS/MM1 – Multipart file attachment functionality
- MBMS
- IuPS R6 version Dec 2006
- RANAP R6 version Dec 2006
- TD SCDMA (China)
- NBAP R5 variant 9
- RRC R5 variant 8
- Other protocols:
- ISDN Q.95x Supplementary Services
- NbUP over IP (R4-R6) version 4.3.0
- NAS R6 version Dec 2006
- ITU-T H.248.1 version 3 (Sept 2005)
- Other system and utility upgrades:
- RTP state machine - Push to Talk enhancements
- RTP foreground traffic generation
- LAPD on SSTM-1
- New hardware:
- m500 cBC+ Base Card
What's New on MGTS Releases 15.1 through 15.3
New and updated protocols:
- MM7 – R6 Sep 2006
- IUA (RFC 4233)
- IuFP over RTP/RTCP
- Control bundling in SCTP
PASM updates:
- Hex string to integer and integer to hex string action conversions
- New “GET Next SLS (SLC)” action on Structured STM-1
- DCPL variable files for EMR blocking
- User definable association ID parameter
- State machine subset execution
- Database assignment in sequence group
- Stop function as action state for PASM load
Other system and utility upgrades:
- 64 NPLT links on a single interface card
- IP Passthrough on m500
- Quickstart for ISUP over Structured STM-1
- mCU5 UDP and TCP support
- Statistics for IP, TCP and Net using context diagnostics
For a complete set and details of all supported capabilities and technical specifications, please consult with your Catapult sales representative.
“Context Diagnostics” used for IP, TCP and NET statistics
Statistics for IP, TCP, and 'Net' can now be queried via the 'Context Diagnostics' window. Commands to query each group of the statistics and a "clear_stats" command have been added to the TCP_UDP state-machine.
Documentation is in the 'Context Diagnostics' section of the MGTS reference manual.
Catapult Communications is a leading supplier of advanced digital telecom test systems to global equipment manufacturers and service providers, including Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Nortel and Nokia Siemens Networks. The Catapult DCT2000® and MGTS® systems deliver superior high-end test solutions for hundreds of protocols and variants - spanning IMS, WiMAX, 4G/3G/2.5G/2G UMTS, VoIP, GPRS, SS7, Intelligent Network, ATM, ISDN and other network environments. The Company is committed to providing testing tools that are at the forefront of the telecom technology curve.
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