With analysts predicting that the IMS equipment market will become a multi-million dollar industry in the years to come, providers can no longer ignore the coming key role this technology will play in the telecommunications realm. As IMS deployments grow, the need for testing equipment will become even more vital.

 

Solutions for testing IMS deployments is the topic of an upcoming session at Internet Telephony Conference and EXPO East (Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jan. 23-26, 2007), titled “Overcoming Challenges on the Road to IMS.”

 

Among the presenters of the session—scheduled for 9:30-10:15 a.m. on January 24—is Jason Steele, Product Marketing Director for Tekronix’s active test division (formerly Minacom (News - Alert)). Steele and his co-presenters will discuss why it is necessary to conduct IMS network tests such as traffic simulation and device emulation.

 

The session will focus on first-stage IMS testing, which involves different formats of SIP headers, as well as handshakes for wireless, wireline, circuit-switch and packet-switched networks. Reliable delivery of service level agreements (SLAs) requires this type of testing—which ensures that handshakes occur properly, and that errors/drops/retries are responded to a in timely manner.

 

For more information about IMS and VoIP test solutions, please visit Tektronix’s (News - Alert) TMCnet.com channel, VoIP Test Solutions.

 

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