UMTS SIMULATORS

3G mobile networks pose new challenges to test laboratories for both manufacturers and operators. New high-speed physical interfaces and transport protocols have been introduced, and the mandatory management of the user plane requires much higher processing capacity than ever before.

PRISMA Engineering's testing solutions, based on the Line Server Unit (LSU) family, implement all the interfaces needed to build test environments for UMTS network elements.
High connectivity and processing power make these solutions suitable not only for functional tests but also for load & stress tests, supporting many real-world testing scenarios. With its wire-speed user plane support, a single test system can be used throughout the whole product test cycle.

 

Core Network Simulators

The LSU is used to emulate a complete UMTS core network, allowing test of Node-B and RNC in a controlled environment. Both circuit-switched and packet-switched domains are supported, with simulation of faulty behaviour and abnormal conditions. The simulation includes both user plane and control plane.

Circuit-switched voice and video calls are supported, along with simulation of packet-switched traffic resembling real user activity like web browsing or FTP data transfer.

 

Iub Simulation

Use of the LSU, takes the RNC to its operating limits, verifying its performance and reliability under heavy load. Both user and control plane are included in the simulation.

Realistic scenarios are simulated, with thousands of users making voice/data calls or using real packet-switched data applications (file transfer, web browsing, e-mail etc).