Service Assurance at MWC 2011

Monitoring - maximise network performance and revenue generation

Today’s mobile networks are more complex than ever. The quantity of Services and Technologies is accelerating as traditional “voice + SMS” migrates into mobile broadband with complex business models, multiple parties in service delivery and a widening handset diversity.

Anritsu offers unique solutions that manage services, customers, devices and revenue across multiple networks, from 2G to 4G, and from radio network to core network. MasterClaw gives you the competitive advantage with work-flow optimisation, seamlessly covering Radio Access Management, Customer Experience Management, Business/Marketing planning, and Troubleshooting across GSM, UMTS and LTE networks.

Visit the Anritsu booth at Mobile World Congress to see first hand our newest and most exciting products:

LTE Support in MasterClaw: MasterClaw is now deployed in multiple LTE networks. Anritsu has maintained it’s strategy of one MasterClaw system to cover all technologies, and LTE is now available as an extension for all existing customers.

A-CEM: Advanced Customer Experience Management combines network events from MasterClaw with customer profiles from CRM, billing data and much more, to provide the information you need to drive your business. Identify target customers, measure the results of marketing campaigns, calculate the return on investment for new network infrastructure, identify customers at risk of churn, etc, etc.

eoCompass: The most advanced and comprehensive network-wide management system for UMTS radio network management. Dramatically cut the cost of drive testing while improving the quality of service with eoCompass’s advanced map based tools and radio KPIs. Capturing every event on every Iub interface, with full Troubleshooting, Performance Reporting and Optimisation applications.

Access Quality: Developed over several years with many network operators, MasterClaw Access Quality provides the most intuitive and powerful solution to managing the OSS data generated by GSM and UMTS network elements. Access Quality supports all major infrastructure vendors and latest releases. Predefined reports group information by region, vendor or technology. Easy navigation and drill-down capabilities ensure maximum convenience for users.

eoFinder Trace: The next generation of MasterClaw Call Trace. New features include

• tabbed layout for easy comparison of multiple calls
• Merge multiple Call Trace results for ad-hoc multi-leg correlation
• View Call Trace results, message sequence diagram and protocol analysis all in one window

eoFinder Browse: Super fast retrieval of Call Trace results when searching based on subscriber identity (IMSI, MSISDN or IMEI). The perfect application for Customer Care or an alternative option for troubleshooting

eoLive: More flexible, more powerful real time dashboard display for MasterClaw. User defined KPIs for service establishment and delivery across all network domains. Example dashboard displays include In/Out-Bound Roamer Performance, LTE Bearer Setup, IMS end to end Call Setup performance and any other transaction in 2G - 4G networks. Drill down functionality for root cause distribution and trend curves complete the package for a comprehensive Service Surveillance tool.

Research and development - improve time to market with faster, more reliable testing

Controlled by the RTD graphical flow-chart tool, the MD8430A provides sophisticated LTE network simulation. Anritsu will be demonstrating inter-working with a number of multi-mode terminals including demonstrating the ability to include Fading with the MF6900. Flexibility and sophisticated control will be demonstrated at both L3 and also Lower Layers in the stack, showing the ability to integrate tests created in early development with those created later.

Manufacturing - increase device quality through stable feature rich testing

The multi-standard MT8820C Radio Communication Analyzer is designed for R&D and production test of all types of UE including LTE. The MS2830A is the latest mid-range Spectrum Analyzer from Anritsu with best in class RF performance and measurement speed. With the option for an internal signal generator, it becomes an ideal solution for future manufacturing test supporting LTE FDD/TDD, WiMAX, WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, & GSM/GPRS.

Conformance - reduce testing and certification costs with more reliable, stable test environments

See the NEW ME7834 Mobile Device Test Platform, a single platform to address the needs of modern wireless terminal developers, test houses and network operators. This comprehensive platform is aimed at getting LTE terminals into the market fast and efficiently. Also on the stand, the ME7873L LTE RF Conformance Test System, with the highest performance, stability, repeatability and test times on the market today.

Installation - maintain optimum infrastructure performance with cutting edge handheld tools

Our latest handheld products feature the highest performance with unbeatable ease of use, and the widest functionality. The NEW BTS Master features the latest support for HSPA+ and LTE and is a future-proof platform with 20 MHz demodulation bandwidth and a Vector Signal Generator for receiver testing. Also see the NEW PIM Master the industry’s first field test solution that can accurately and quickly locate the source of passive intermodulation (PIM), whether it is at the base station or in the surrounding environment