WiMAX Access Point Testing and Core Networks in an Uncertain Specifications Environment

Most of the focus on WiMAX so far has concerned the airlink. But what about the back part of the network, where the ASN Gateway and the CSN reside? How do you ensure that your core systems are ready for the stress of coordinating an entire WiMAX network?

From the cellular experience, it's clear that core systems are the nerve centers of the network. When the core isn't healthy, the entire network can crash. That's why it's so important to adequately test core systems that handle millions of data packets each day.

Mobile Metrics offers the first WiMAX test system expressly designed to test the ASN Gateway and CSN. The Torrent 7100 WTS (WiMAX Test System) exercises both traffic and conformance capabilities of these nodes. In addition, Mobile Metrics offers ASN Gateway, CSN and Mobile IP simulators, among others.

One of the challenges for vendors and developers is to deal with the uncertainty of the NWG specifications from the WiMAX Forum. While tremendous progress has been made to issue the 1.0 release of the specifications, more work remains to create the 1.5 and 2.0 versions of the specs. In the meantime, vendors and developers need to prepare their systems for interoperability testing in an arena where the specifications are still emerging.

Mobile Metrics will share not only its Third Generation testing strategies, but some of its experiences in working with vendors and developers to determine how to implement the specifications. This is a must-see seminar for those who are developing and marketing ASN Gateways and CSNs.

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• Product verification managers and engineers - to learn about WiMAX core product testing issues and solutions
• Design managers and engineers - to learn about specification interpretation issues and how to leverage commercial systems for easier lab simulation
• System integrators - to get new ideas on testing integrated WiMAX systems
• Field support managers and engineers - to discover alternatives for using a testing tool to resolve field issues
• Tools decision-makers - to understand the advantages of using a commercial test system in a dynamic specification environment.

• The online seminar is divided into two pieces: a PowerPoint-based lecture to discuss concepts, and an illustration, using the Torrent 7100 WTS to demonstrate the concepts in practice.

• Why testing of core systems is so important.
• Techniques for testing your core systems.
• Issues in testing a system whose specification is still developing, including specific instances of specification interpretation that could affect your product.
• Techniques for overcoming interoperability issues.
• Demonstration of these concepts in a real R6 / R3 network.

A technology leader in its field, Mobile Metrics focuses exclusively on providing test solutions for wireless data, and specifically on traffic generation systems. At CTIA 2005, it announced the Torrent 5100 GTS, the first-of-its-kind Third Generation wireless data test system for GGSNs.

In September 2006, Mobile Metrics released the initial version of the Torrent 7100 WTS, the world's first WiMAX test system to perform traffic and conformance testing on WiMAX Access and Core Network gear. For more information, contact Mobile Metrics at 5050 Quorum Drive, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75254; 214.319.2600, or visit its web site at http://www.mobilemetrics.net.