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Spirent Addresses the Increasing Challenge of Wi-Fi/LTE Mobility and Interoperability for Mobile Devices
Spirent
Communications, today announced a new capability to evaluate the Wi-Fi
Offload and Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) performance of mobile devices on
the Spirent Elevate™ Test Framework.The new solution extends
Elevate's unique ability to test multiple devices end-to-end on a single
platform to cover Wi-Fi/LTE (News - Alert) mobility and interoperability testing.
Wi-Fi is recognized as the predominant wireless Internet access
technology, used every day in home, work and public spaces. This
ubiquity and accessibility makes Wi-Fi a critical part of carriers'
strategy to extend the user experience of VoLTE into areas where
cellular coverage is poor or capacity is limited, especially indoors.
According to the Wireless Broadband Association, an estimated 60 percent
of carrier network traffic will be offloaded to Wi-Fi networks by 2017.
And with over 1 billion VoLTE subscriptions expected by 2019, the
importance of evaluating the Wi-Fi and LTE mobility and interoperability
performance of wireless devices is an increasingly important challenge.
"With the need to improve network capacity and maximize indoor coverage,
Voice over Wi-Fi is being deployed by several leading North American
carriers and is also being aggressively investigate in Europe," said
Saul Einbinder, vice president of marketing, Wireless at Spirent (News - Alert)
Communications. "We have been involved in the initial deployments of
Voice over Wi-Fi and continue to work closely with the industry on
definition of Wi-Fi interoperability test plans. We've brought this
expertise to our unique Spirent Elevate Test Framework, positioning us
as leaders assessing LTE/Wi-Fi mobility and interoperability
performance."
Wi-Fi capability on Spirent Elevate allows developers to fully control
and configure an emulated Wi-Fi access point as well as the ePDG entity
in the core network responsible for authenticating Wi-Fi devices. When
coupled with the Elevate Test Framework's ability to test multiple
devices end-to-end, these new capabilities allow a wide range of
additional scenarios to be tested, from correct Wi-Fi registration to
complex VoWiFi, Wi-Fi offloading and RCS procedures.
Spirent also announced support for testing of Wi-Fi Access Points
through an RF interface on Spirent
Landslide™, adding to that solution's existing ability to test from
the core network and Wi-Fi offload gateways to the Wi-Fi access points.
For more information, please see http://www.spirent.com/Products/Elevate
or stop by Stand 6J37, Hall 6 during Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) 2015, March 2
- 5 in Barcelona.
Additional Resources
About Spirent Communications (News - Alert) plc
Spirent Communications plc. (LSE: SPT), a global leader in test and
measurement, offers an extensive portfolio of solutions to test data
centers, cloud computing and virtualized environments, high speed
Ethernet networks and services, 3G/4G wireless networks and devices,
network and application security, and positioning technologies. For more
information visit http://www.spirent.com/about-us/News_Room/About_Spirent_Communications_plc.aspx
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