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Addressing the Top 10 Challenges of
LTE EPC Testing
LIVE WEBINAR Sept 2011
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Aricent’s Testing Services
We have more than 15,000 person-years of testing experience
and a dedicated team of more than 1,800 testing specialists.
With domain expertise in telecom technologies, test tools,
automation, and test equipment, we form strategic alliances with
our clients.
Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation and technology services company
that helps clients to imagine, commercialize, and evolve products
and services for the connected world
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Options for LTE EPC Testing
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Option 1: End-to-End EPC Testing
•Single vendor offering all EPC
nodes for testing
•Focus on testing of all external
interfaces from EPC
• Integration with external simulators
and applications
Executed end-to-end EPC testing for a Tier-1 OEM using in-house simulators for optimized test
coverage
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Option 2: Combinational Testing
•Vendors may offer various
combinations of LTE-EPC
nodes for testing
•Focus on testing features
relevant for the combinational
nodes
• Integration of combination
nodes with simulated/emulated
peer nodes
Successfully tested an SGW+PGW combination for a datacom vendor using in-house simulators
Option 3: Individual Node Testing
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•Vendor offers testing for an
individual node
•Multiple inter-dependent
node(s) may be offered for
testing
•Testing of individual nodes for
all their external interfaces
Signaling vendor’s MME was successfully tested for LTE and interworking with 3G networks
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CHALLENGES OF
LTE EPC TESTING
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Challenge 1
Non-standard Ciphering/Integrity
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Challenge 2
Carrier Grade Solutions
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Challenge 3
Solution Scalability
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Challenge 4:
Interoperability
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Challenge 5
Charging Use Cases
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Challenge 6
Value Added Policy Control
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Challenge 7
Inter/Intra RAT 3GPP Handover
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Challenge 8
Interworking with Non-3GPP
Technologies
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Challenge 9
Voice Support in LTE
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Challenge 10
Test Coverage Optimization
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Test Tool Capability
Requirements
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Test Tool Capabilities
• Allows testing invalid and inopportune test scenarios
• Enables the creation and execution of automation
suites
• Readily integrates with any proprietary authentication
and encryption algorithm
• Easily extensible and customizable
• Permits message decoding, parameter extraction
• Supports TLIV, TFLV, TLV, TV, LV and ASN.1 (BER) data
formats
• Supports transport layer TCP/UDP/SCTP over IPv4/v6
• Handles multiple protocols and technologies
• Enables auto length calculation, generation of statistics
and reporting, and support for verdict.
• UE initiated triggers
• Network initiated triggers
• Handover (intra-RAT)/TAU
• Policy and charging
• Interworking with 3GPP and non-3GPP
• Peer node restart
• Create different load and performance scenarios
using built-in procedures
• Control/govern different load patterns
• Collect relevant metrics and measurements
• Generate next to real time traffic
• Support data and signaling paths
Generic
Functional Testing Load/Performance Testing
Key Takeaways
– Although very complex, LTE EPC testing challenges can be
overcome with careful test planning and domain expertise
– Selection of test tools with LTE feature support is critical
– Exposure to previous LTE interop/field issues helps with
complex issue resolution
– LTE network element and interface simulators enable greater
test coverage
– Test enablers are pivotal in accelerating time to market
– Expertise on different 3GPP/non-3GPP technologies is very
beneficial
LTE EPC Testing Challenges
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_2011_ss.html
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