GL’s Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS™) designed for testing LTE – S1 interface (any interface excluding Air interface) can simulate eNodeB (Evolved Node B), and MME (Mobility Management Entity).
MAPS™ is also designed for testing LTE S1 Conformance which can simulate MME with conformance script to simulate various network side procedures conforming various success/failure test cases and automating the entire eNodeB (DUT) testing.
The application is available as:
MAPS™ is also capable of simulating S11 and S5/S8 (LTE-eGTP) interfaces. Refer to MAPS™ LTE eGTP (S3, S4, S5, S8, S10, S11 and S16) webpage for more details. Other interfaces such as S4, S11, and S12 will also be supported by the application in near future.
The application gives the users the unlimited ability to edit S1-AP/NAS messages and call scenarios (message sequences). “Message sequences” are generated through scripts. “Messages” are created using message templates.
Possible applications include:
GL Communications has enhanced its MAPS™ protocol emulation tool to simulate multi-protocol and multi-interface offering a complete range of test solutions, covering the entire 2G, 3G, and 4G network.
By mimicking real-world customer behaviour in lab environments, our solutions allow mobile operators and equipment manufacturers to verify their wireless networks before deployment. In other words, one can setup a virtual real-time network simulating all the network elements using “MAPS 4G Wireless Lab Suite”. The test suit supports simulation of S1-MME, S11, S5/S8, and other eGTP interfaces along with Diameter interfaces.
The product supports Mobile traffic core – GTP (ETH101) simulation for user-plane packet transmission and reception services between any two nodes in LTE and UMTS networks. Mobile Traffic Core – Gateway (ETH102) module allows simulation of Gateway Traffic to test media gateway telephony interfaces over IP. These modules also support generation and verification of data traffic such as Email, FTP, Web (HTTP), Video, and more.
MAPS™ LTE S1 emulator is enhanced with CSV based UE/Subscriber configuration option to allow massive UE simulation. In real time scenario, there exists huge number of subscribers with unique UE parameters.
GL’s MAPS™ LTE Conformance Test Suite (PKS154) is designed with 50+ test cases, as per 3GPP TS 36.413 (LTE S1) specifications. It includes inbuilt conformance scripts (*.gls) for MME conformance in S1 interface as per 3GPP standards. Test cases include general Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN); S1 Application Protocol (S1AP) messaging and call flow scenarios over LTE network. Logging and pass/fail results are also reported. Test cases verify conformance of actions such as UE attach/detach, periodic updating, E-RAB setup, Handover procedure, UE context release, and error indication.
GL also provides a GUI based LTE Analyser for on-line capture and decode of the signalling in real-time both during tests and as a stand-alone tracer for live systems.
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