NQDI

Scalable, flexible, detailed processing, investigation and reporting of network survey data..
NQDI is SwissQuals post-processing system. It can be used with the data produced by the QualiPoc and Diversity families for network optimization, service monitoring and benchmarking. NQDI provides a detailed analysis of the quality of voice, video, and data services using primary RF measurements, network trace events and call control parameters for all radio technologies.

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Features
Combines high level KPI
summaries with full access to detailed drilldowns Smart adapting GUI is sensitive to contextual information Time synchronization and correlation of numerous data layers helps automate fault categorization NQDI goes beyond basic post processing and allows us to get into extreme detail, even looking at voice and video MOS scores for individual calls. Thats important when the delta between being first or second for quality is just one dropped call.

Correlated
NQDI correlates information from physical, service, and application layers in time-synchronized views using maps, grids, line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, tables and hierarchical lists.

Payload
NQDI offers extensive payload analysis of voice and video services, with onboard QoS algorithms supporting troubleshooting and optimization the end-to-end services QoS.

Technologies
NQDI supports all the major mobile radio technologies, including GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA R99, HSDPA R4, HSUPA R6, HSPA+ R7, CDMA2000, EV-DO, IS-136, iDEN, DVB-H, WiMAX, and LTE.

Centralized
NQDI is designed as a client/server application using Microsoft SQL Server as a data repository and is fully scalable from a standalone laptop solution to large client/server enterprise systems.

Did you know?

Smart Making complicated systems is hard. Making them easy-to-use is harder still. But SwissQual has taken giant steps in making systems that deliver complex answers very quickly. We not only give customers the ability to define their own bespoke KPI values, but also calculate them in real-time live, during data acquisition. That means that the KPIs coming directly off the network drives are those the customer likes to see, without waiting for any post-processing.

GUI
NQDI has a smart adapting GUI which is sensitive to the context of time & date, technology, operator, device type, map polygons, quality thresholds, and events being displayed.

Storage
NQDI stores detailed information in the database instead of aggregated data and raw binary files, allowing more detailed analysis, more flexible filtering and long-term trend analysis.

Layers
NQDI allows time-correlated physical and protocol diagnosis across numerous layers RF, L2, L3, TCP/IP, RTSP, UDP,H.245, H.324M, WAP, HTTP, FTP, streaming media player and more.

Automated
NQDI has automated analysis of CS and PS calls with failure cause categorization that assists the user in finding the top most quality degrading network problems within just a few seconds.

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TECHNOLOGIES
Extensive technology test support including: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, LTE, CDMA/EVDO, WiMAX, HSxPA, iDEN, IS-136, TDMA, PSTN, ISDN and IP.

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS
Automated analysis of CS and PS Calls with failure causes categorization that assist the user in finding the top most quality degrading network problems, which are detected in the measurement data, within just a few seconds.

REPORTING
More than 200 KPIs available for Service QoS and Network performance reporting and trending. The extensive set of Standard Reports includes Voice, Video, Data, Messaging, GSM, WCDMA, CDMA, GPRS/EDGE and HSPA reports. It also possible to embed map plots in the reports.

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Microsoft SQL Server database engine fully scalable from a standalone laptop solution to large client/server enterprise systems with Terminal server. Supported on both 32- and 64-bit Windows platforms to ensure that the user can find the optimal balance between price and performance. Available with named and floating licensing.

SERVICE ANALYSIS
In depth analysis of all mobile network services and protocols: - Voice telephony: CS & VoIP Speech MOS (narrow and wideband), noise suppression, Echo, RTT, DTMF - Data: Ping, FTP, UDP, HTTP - Browsing: WAP, HTTP IE - Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail - Video streaming and media layer analysis: MPEG4, H.263, H.264 - Mobile TV: Video IP portals - 3G Video telephony

REPORT GENERATOR
KPI report generator allows users to create their own custom KPI reports that are saved in the database and can be easily shared across your organization. The Excel reports can contain success rate and average pivot tables with PDF, CDF and Pie charts. A trending sort function can group the data into time bins ranging from Hour up to Year.

DATA STORAGE
Store detailed information in the database to avoid compromising the flexibility and detailed analysis filtering. Due to the intelligent design of the data files produced by the SwissQual probes the import speed into the NQDI database is extremely fast.

MAP PLOTTING
More than 500 pre-defined Map plot items in a powerful and fully configurable plot engine which supports MapInfo and Google Earth. Support configurable binning on grid or latitude-longitude precision. User can save and easily reuse the most used plots from a Favorites list. BTS lists for GSM, UMTS, CDMA and LTE can be loaded. Serving sector line indicates Serving BTS and BTS Coverage function displays BTS sectors coverage for all points like a spider web. Smart window splitting and map layer offsetting makes the analysis of multiple networks and multiple parameters easy. The map window is time synchronized with the analysis charts and tables.

PROTOCOL LAYERS
Full logging and decoding of multiple protocol layers on all technologies: 3GPP and 3GPP2 RF, L2, L3. TCP/IP including PPP, RTSP, WAP, SIP and more.

SPEECH AND VIDEO QUALITY ANALYSIS

Detailed and accurate analysis of all measurement values captured with SwissQual and ITU voice and video MOS algorithms: - ITU-T and SwissQual POLQA - ITU-T P.862/P.862.1 (PESQ) - SwissQual SQuad intrusive voice (narrow & wideband), echo, noise suppression and RTT - SwissQual NiNa+ non-intrusive voice - SwissQual VQuad and VMon video and multimedia also featuring audio-visual synchronization assessment

USER INTERFACE
Context sensitive user interface adopts the presentation automatically to the content and technology, there is no need to change between workspaces or rearrange any windows manually. Drill down and visualization of information from Service and Application layers down to RF in time synchronized views using maps, grids, line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, tables and hierarchical lists.

DATABASE MANAGEMENT
NQDI databases are easily managed with the integrated data management tool, without the need for specific SQL server or database knowledge. NQDI can create and build historical databases to provide the global overview and trending over time.

DATA SELECTION
Flexible and customizable data selection and filtering capabilities including time & data, network technology, operator, provider, device type, map polygon regions, service quality thresholds, call markers, layer 3 messages and much more. User can save and easily reuse the most used selection parameters from a Favorites list.

IP ANALYSIS
Dedicated protocol and IP throughput analysis of Diversity and QualiPoc probes IP trace data including DNS resolver details. Files including PCAP IP trace can automatically be loaded into Wireshark with NQDI time synchronization.

WEB PLATFORM
Fully compatible with NetQual NQWeb platform for corporate wide distributed presentation and reporting.

For more information call +41 32 686 65 65 or email info@swissqual.com

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