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Spirent Communications (News - Alert),, providing performance analysis and service management solutions, announced that its Spirent Landslide test system has WiMAX testing capabilities.

 

Spirent Landslide WiMAX (News - Alert) Performance Test System is built on a mobile packet core test platform which enables equipment manufacturers and carriers to deliver wireless broadband networks and services. Sprint (News - Alert) and Clear wire are expected to launch WiMAX services this year itself as WiMAX seems to be the best 4G networking technology for carriers.

 

Network equipment validation is as important as network capacity and interoperability when it comes to WiMAX network deployment. Hence the need for testing systems like Spirent Landslide WiMAX performance test system to test the network from end-to-end said Spirent.

 

“Spirent Landslide is assisting Bridgewater in conducting rigorous WiMAX conformance and quality assurance testing to help ensure that our solutions meet the high standards service providers require for WiMAX network launch,” said Eamonn Garry, vice president of research and development for Bridgewater Systems (News - Alert) in a press release.

 

The Spirent Landslide WiMAX performance test solution includes features and functionalities which allow for WiMAX protocol and performance testing. This enables network equipment vendors, service providers and mobile device manufacturers to provide products, services and systems which will meet Quality of Experience (QoE) required by wireless broadband service subscribers.

 

“In a market characterized by increased competition within the vendor and service provider community, Spirent is committed to providing high performance, automated solutions that enable customers to quickly and cost efficiently roll out new next generation networks and services,” remarked Bill Burns, chief executive officer, Communications Group Spirent Communications plc.

 

“The addition of the WiMAX test capability to the Spirent Landslide platform continues Spirent’s tradition of providing highly scalable, easy to use performance validating solutions that help accelerate the deployment of new technologies,” added Burns.

 

The test system offers real-world traffic generation besides nodal emulation capabilities like base station and mobile subscriber station simulation in order to test user-defined control in the WiMAX core network. It also includes WiMAX AAA and Data protocols, per-session and aggregate measurements like latency, throughput, average and peak readouts and scales to meet up to 32 test servers per system.

 

 

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