The Road to 4G: Wireless Drive Test Deployment/Optimization for WiMAX, LTE and HSPA+ Networks

4G Wireless World Conference Chicago, Illinois Sept 16, 1:00 PM

Target Audience: Wireless Service Providers, Hardware Vendors and Network Infrastructure Developers Summary: Agilents latest tools for 3.5 and 4G Network deployments

Matthew Simmons Marketing Manager Drive Test Products Agilent Technologies

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Agenda
4G Industry status
Agilent 4G Solutions WiMAX /LTE Current 4G Market Status WiMAX / LTE

Agilent Drive Test Deployment/Optimization Capabilities Latest WiMAX Deployment/Optimization Capabilities Latest LTE Deployment/Optimization Capabilities HSPA+ Deployment/Optimization Capabilities New Product Announcements

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Agilent WiMAX Solutions

www.agilent.com/find/wimax

Software Solutions Fixed and Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX 89601A VSA Software E7613/15B Signal Studio ADS WiMAX Design Libraries VSA, PSA, ESG, Scope, Logic MXA/MXG R&D and Production Battery Drain

DV and Pre-RCT

HH SA FrameScope N9340 A N2620A N8300A Mobil WiMAX Mfg

More Coming Soon!

HH CAT N9330 A

RCT system Mobile WiMAX Test Set & PCT E6651A

(AT4 wireless)

MXZ-1000

Drive Test E6474

Digital VSA Network Analyzers, Power supplies, and More!

WiMAX Protocol Analyzer In Circuit, Automated Optical, X-Ray Inspection, and More!

R&D

Conformance

Mfg

I&M

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WiMAX Roll-out and Market Timing

2005
IEEE 802.16d WiMAX R&D -> Design Validation Certification Rel 1.0 Wave 1- Wave 2 - Rel 1.5 WiMAX Production Wave 1 Wave 2 Rel 2.0

2006

2007
802.16e Corr 2

2008

2009

2010
802.16m

2011

802.16e Rev 2

Network Deployment

Agilent introduces first OFDM signal generation and analysis Agilent Introduces first WiMAX Design Tools Agilent intros OFDMA signal generation and analysis First Mfg and RCT Systems First Mobile WiMAX test set and 2-channel MIMO analysis
Agilent introduces MIMO receiver tester Agilent introduces hand held RF Analyzer
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Whats happening in the Mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) Optimization market?

The Technology is maturing Commercial service in 2008/2009
802.16m

Market Growth

Mobile WiMAX Fixed WiMAX 802.16d WiBro

Growth Market

C
Mature Market

D
Declining Market End of Life

B
Trials 2006 2008 2010

Deployments Copyright Geoffrey A. Moore, 2005, from the book DEALING WITH DARWIN

Chipsets continue improving Wave2 in commercial devices

Beceem, Intel, Samsung, Sequans, GCT,TI (in >90% of devices)

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Whats happening in the Mobile WiMAX (802.16e-2005) Optimization market?

Increasing Interoperability Testing (IOT) NEMS are testing with more devices
Increases the number of potential WiMAX devices that can be used to test the Service Every Chipset has a different interface Requires careful investment before adding Each Chipset provides different level of engineering data Must choose wisely Next Generation of Chipsets are now appearing and the Cycle is starting again

Acknowledged requirement to have WiMAX Receiver Measurements (not just a Commercial CPE Device for phone measurements)
Phone reporting rates not frequent enough inherent in how WiMAX functions Developers, NEMS, Operators all want an independent perspective.

In this environment of change, Agilent Drive Test continues to evolve to meet the needs
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www.agilent.com/find/lte

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LTE Roll-out and Market Timing

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Rel-7 Feasibility study Rel-8 Specification development Rel-8 Test development GCF Test validation LSTI Proof of Concept LSTI IODT LSTI IOT LSTI Friendly Trials First GCF UE certification

Agilent Introduces first LTE Design Tools First LTE Signal Generator Demonstrates first LTE signal analysis First protocol development tools with Anite Agilent introduces MIMO receiver tester

First Trial Networks

First Further Commercial Commercial Networks Networks

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Whats happening in the LTE Optimization market?

LTE is maturing rapidly Commercial service expected in 2010
Market Growth
Very Early Trials 3GPP First Networks Launch

Growth Market

C
Mature Market

D
Declining Market End of Life

B
Trials

Deployments Copyright Geoffrey A. Moore, 2005, from the book DEALING WITH DARWIN

2006

2008

2010

Multiple Chipsets in development - commercial devices expected in early 2010

Expected by LG, Samsung, Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Qualcomm, WiMAX Silicon Vendors, and others based on public domain records from leading LTE operators, NEMs and Device makers
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Whats happening in the LTE Optimization market?

Chipsets are Maturing to meet 3GPP standards Increasing amount of Interoperability Testing (IOT) NEMS are testing with more devices
Increases the number of potential LTE devices that can be used to test the Service Every Chipset has a different interface Requires careful investment before adding Each Chipset provides different level of engineering data Must choose wisely First Generation likely to be LTE only or LTE and one technology based on WiMAX Experiences

Band Clearing is required for new LTE bands , Enhanced Geo-Coded Spectrum Analysis capability is needed for Trials and Deployments Expect LTE Receiver Measurements required base on WiMAX experiences (not just a Commercial UE Device for phone measurements)
Phone reporting rates not frequent enough Inherent in how LTE functions Developers, NEMS, Operators all want an independent perspective.
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Innovative Solutions for 4G Drive Test

Agilents Wireless Network Optimization Platform http://www.agilent.com/Find/drivetest
Single solution can be used anywhere in the World
All Technologies supported on a single scaleable platform Extensive Handset/Test Mobile support

Simple, Integrated Application Data Testing

Wireless Industrys Most Complete Suite of Data Tests Automate User Experience Testing with Data Usage Profiles Test more services concurrently Parallel Testing is most Efficient

Operations & Maintainence Network & Service Optimization Deployment IOT & System Test RF Design

Worlds Most Advanced Multi-Technology Receiver

Simultaneously measure multiple technologies with a single receiver Integrated components minimize cabling (improved reliability)

Customizable User Interface, Automated Testing, Integrated Real-Time Analysis

Handsets / USB Dongles RF GPS Notebook (Windows XP) Handsets / Data Cards/ USB Dongles/ Ethernet CPEs E6474A User Devices

USB (Charging) User Devices W1314A

USB 2.0

Mobile WiMAX + HSPA + UMTS + TD-SCDMA + GSM + EGPRS + CDMA2000 + 1xEVDO + iDEN
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Application Tests Confirm Delivery and Gain insight into User Experience of Actual Services
Link to 3rd Party Applications like iPERF for UDP testing

Video MOS VoIP R-factor MOS Use UDP to validate service capability Raw sustained (Throughput) Use FTP Get to validate actual User Download Speeds (Throughput) Use FTP Put to validate actual User Upload Speeds (Throughput) Use VoIP to confirm VoIP Connectivity Statistics and Voice Quality Use Video Streaming to confirm user experience of Video and Audio
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E6474A Integrated RF/VoIP Testing

VoIP Statistics parameters calculated based on incoming RTP packets

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Mean Opinion Score Round trip delay (ms) Packet loss ratio (%) Inter-arrival jitter (ms)
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E6474A WiMAX Applications (Phone Based)

Visualize Server Understand Video and Neighbors Quality and Impairments - Correlated to RF (via RX or phone)

Isolate RF issues vs. IP issues with VoIP Services

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E6474A WiMAX Applications (Receiver Based)

WiMAX Devices in Scanning Mode W1314A Receivers

Use for Basic WiMAX coverage verification

Use for Enhanced coverage verification and detailed troubleshooting and interference analysis
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E6474A WiMAX Applications (Receiver Based) Time Domain Analysis

Preamble MAP RTG Downlink Data TTG Uplink Data

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5 MS Frame

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Summary WiMAX Optimization Requirements

Phone Based Protocol message verification Receiver Based Missing Neighbor Analysis Interference Analysis RF coverage verification Idle mode reselection optimization Handover optimization Network access optimization Connectivity and Availability Issue Troubleshooting

Subscriber performance validation Spectrum Clearing (DL and UL)

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Agilent Drive Test for LTE

LTE is an extension to the existing drive test platform.
Agilent W1314A Receiver based and Phone Based Measurements Seamless integration with existing HSPA / UMTS / CDMA / EV DO/ WiMAX Leverage of existing Data Test suite including: FTP, HTTP, Video Streaming Voice Quality / VOIP Extensions for IPV6 Customizable for external applications Indoor and Outdoor Test capability. Flexible Data Export for post processing.

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W1314A NGR LTE Measurements Summary

E6474A-645 LTE Receiver Measurements
Phase 1 - LTE Channel Analyzer:
P-SS RSSI ( formerly P-SCH RSSI) S-SS RSSI (formerly S-SCH RSSI) LTE Physical Layer Cell-ID 450MHz to 3.8GHz frequency range (not contiguous)
(NiXT 14.0 March 2009 SHIP)

Phase 2 - LTE Reference Signal Analyzer:

Reference Signal RSRP Reference Signal RSRQ Reference Signal CINR (RS-CINR)*

LTE Measurements will run in all bands supported on the W1314A Receiver. LTE Measurements will run together with other technologies:
UMTS, GSM, CDMA, EVDO, WiMAX

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LTE Channel Analyzer

Used for LTE Coverage Measurements
User will enter the E-UTRA ARFCN(s) to monitor Operates in Channel Bandwidths 5MHz, 10MHz, 20MHz Select Frame Trigger to be Frame Synchronized (with GPS) or Not

User List Measurement, TopN Measurement

P-SS RSSI (Formerly P-SCH RSSI (Primary Sync Channel RSSI [dBm])
LTE Physical Layer Identity [0-2]

S-SS RSSI (Formerly S-SCH RSSI (Secondary Sync Channel RSSI [dBm])
Physical Layer Identity Group [0-167]

LTE Physical Layer Cell Identity [0-503] LTE RSRP (Reference Signal Received Power) [dBM] LTE RSRQ (Reference Signal Received Quality [dB] RS-CINR (Reference Signal - Carrier/Interference/Noise Ratio [dB]
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Composite of S-SS RSSI, RSRP and RSRQ coverage over drive

LTE Channel Analyzer SS-RSSI, RSRP.RSRQ

S-SS RSSI map only to show where LTE devices can synch to the network

RSRP Map showing entire drive

RSRQ map showing entire drive

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TD-LTE Channel Analyzer

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End to End Call Analysis using both Drive Test and Signaling Analyzer
Integrated Radio-Network Analysis Tool for 3G, 3.5G and 4G Wireless Networks

UMTS & CDMA2000 today LTE Subject to UE availability

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Summary - LTE Optimization Requirements

Phone Based* Protocol message verification

Receiver Based Missing Neighbor Analysis Interference Analysis

Subscriber performance validation Spectrum Clearing (DL and UL)

RF coverage verification Idle mode reselection optimization Handover optimization Network access optimization Connectivity and Availability Issue Troubleshooting
*Subject to UE availability

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HSPA + Support
Initial Devices Supported: Qualcomm MDM 8200
Includes Current HSDPA and HSUPA functionality

New for HSPA+

HSPA+ Decode Status MIMO CQI Status DL 64 QAM Status Info HS-SCCH Info (Type 0-3) MAC Configuration Info Rake Finger Info
Rake Index Lock Status CPICH Energy

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Agilent Handheld Network Monitor Nov 2009

Feature Summary:
Low cost alternative to standard collection tools Provides a Pocket Multi-Meter type capability for quick network verification FTP / HTTP / Voice Testing built in Network Scanning capability Uses the devices inbuilt GPS Data Capture to Memory Card Allows post collection transfer of data to E6474A for replay and analysis Initially supplied with the Nokia N85 (HSDPA/UMTS/E-GPRS/GSM) Can be used as a full trace mobile with E6474A

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Agilent Network Analysis Tool Nov 2009

What Is It?
Agilent Companion Post Processing Tool Directly read the collected drive files Merging of multiple collected drives

Functionality Summary
First level post processing Built-In Analysis Functions Missing Neighbour User Customizable Reports Cell Based Statistics
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Multiple Technology Tracks HSPA / UMTS cdma / 1xEV DO iDEN WiMAX LTE
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4G Deployment/Optimization Tools Requirements

Flexible and scalable to keep up with still evolving standards and devices
Agilents platform is the industrys most flexible, customizable and scalable solution for 3G and 4G technologies, including WiMAX and LTE.

Multi-Band, Multi-Technology scanning to address interference, channel planning and handover issues

The W1314A RF measurement receiver is the most powerful and portable multi-band, multitechnology solution in the industry.

Powerful and easy to use data testing capabilities to cover the myriad of IPbased user services 4G will offer

Agilent B9990A and E6474A Option 700 series provide a comprehensive set of tools for testing data and video connections over your network including Voice and VoIP quality measurements. Agilents parallel sequencing enables the full exercising of 3G and 4G broadband data capabilities.

End-to-end visibility for complete network troubleshooting

Agilents The J7839A and E6474A provide a unique integrated Radio-Network Analysis Tool for 3G, 3.5G and 4G Wireless Networks
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Thank You

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