Total Testing for LTE

With the launch of LTE services by multiple service providers across

the world, telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs) must deliver

Policy and Charging

Control Subsystems

Aricent's Test
Expertise

innovative, differentiated, and cost-competitive products in order

AF

Gx

to succeed in the wireless ecosystem of the future.

E-UTRAN

We provide a comprehensive set of testing services to help

TEMs deliver differentiated solutions across the entire LTE
engineers, our testing services are based on a strong foundation
of domain expertise across access, core, and wireless LTE networks.

S1-MME

MME

S11

SGW

S5/S8

S10

LTE-Uu

ecosystem. Backed by a team of more than 1,800 dedicated test

eNodeB

PGW

Gz

Gy

S1-U
S6a

UE

Rx

PCRF

EPC Core

Sp/Sh

OFCS

Ga

SPR
CGF

OCS
HSS

LTE Nodes Testing Expertise

Mobility
Management
Entity (MME)

Default and dedicated bearer

creation/deletion/modification
(UE- and NW-initiated triggers)
Peer node partial/complete restart

Serving Gateway
(SGW)

Packet Data
Network Gateway
(PGW)

Default and dedicated bearer

creation/deletion/modification
(UE- and NW-initiated triggers)

Default and dedicated bearer

creation/deletion/modification
(UE- and NW-initiated triggers)

Handover (S1, X2)

eNodeB setup and restart

Tracking area updates

Ciphering/Integrity/
Authentication

Session/Bearer handling

GW selection

External interfaces
(S6a, S1-MME, S10, S11)

Alarm/Statistics support

Paging/Idle mode
MME handover

Bearer plane scenarios

Idle mode

Indirect tunneling

External interfaces
(S11, S5/S8, Rf)

Fast path

Offline charging

IP address allocation

Bearer plane scenarios

Policy- and charging-based

scenarios

SGW handover

Subscriber data management

QoS enforcement

Peer node partial/

complete restart
External interfaces
(S5/S8, Gx, Gy, Gz)
Peer node partial/complete
restart

Policy and
Charging Rules
Function (PCRF)

Event-based triggers
and notifications

Subscriptions to
user data changes

PCC rules testing

Vulnerability testing

Home Subscriber
Server (HSS)

Location management

Authentication

Notifications

QoS subscription

Subscriber data
management

HSS resets

Static/Dynamic QoS
management

External interfaces (S6a,

Sp/Sh)

Online Charging
System (OCS)

Credit control session

Handover

Tariff change unit validity

External interfaces (Gy)

Multi-rating multi-service

Envelop handling

Reporting level

Event triggers

Offline Charging
System (OFCS)

Event triggers

Link failure scenarios

Redirection to other OFCS

External interfaces (Gz, Ga)

CDR generation

Interim CDRs

CDR storage

eNodeB

Transport level packet marking

Bearer plane and bearer level

control

Handover(X2/MME/SGW)

User plane ciphering

MME selection

External interfaces
(LTE-Uu, S1-MME, X2,
S1-U)

Release and paging

Bearer management
Traffic area updates

S1 release

Roaming and handovers

Paging and gating

User data handling

Authentication

Service requests

Bearer management

Offline/Online charging

User subscription
management

Policy and QoS control

Subscriptions and
notifications

End-to-End LTE

External interfaces (LTE-Uu,S1-MME,

S10, S11, S5/S8, S6a, Gx/Rx, Gy, Gz,
Sp, S1-U, X2)

MME change

Session control

External interfaces
(Gx, Sp/Sh, Rx)

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Testing Lifecycle Services

Test Simulators and Frameworks

Our testing services span across the entire product lifecycle,

Our in-house test simulators and automation frameworks help

including:

TEMs deliver superior product quality and accelerate time to

> Conformance Testing

market for LTE products.

> Functional Testing

Software Tool for Automated Test Environment (STATE):

> Performance and Load Testing

STATE accelerates unit testing, subsystem and system integration

> Vulnerability Testing

testing, and regression testing of 2G/2.5G/3G/LTE products. This

platform agnostic tool allows script creation and execution, event

> Test Automation

tracking, logging, and customizable statistics and reports.

> Platform Testing

LTE Network Element Simulators: Our LTE network element

> Interoperability Testing

simulators are 3GPP R8-compliant. They include:

> Integration Testing

> Aricent LTE PGW Lite

> Lab Management Services

> Aricent LTE SGW Lite

> Aricent LTE EPC Lite

Test Plans and Suites

> Aricent LTE MME

We have a rich repository of reusable/customizable test cases

> Load generator (UE + eNodeB, for load and performance testing)

and in-house stubs to test for various LTE network elements,

> Aricent LTE HSS

including:

> Aricent LTE EPC NMS

> MME

> PGW

> SGW

> HSS

> eNodeB

> STATE and MME libraries

Test Equipment
Aricent MME

test equipment includes traffic generators and analyzers from leading

S11

S1-U
S1-U

Aricent PGW

delivering testing expertise across the entire LTE ecosystem. Our

EPC

MME
S11

Aricent SGW

Our investments in test equipment and infrastructure are vital to our

S10

S1-MME
S1-MME
eNodeB + UE
Simulator

S6a
S6a

Aricent HSS

SGW
S5/S8

vendors such as SignaLion, IXIA, Spirent, Agilent, etc. Additionally,

S5/S8

our labs are equipped with routers and switches from Cisco, Juniper,

PGW

Gz
STATE - Gz tester

Gx

LAN
LAN

and HP.

Aricent PCRF

NEXT STEPS

SUT (System Under Test)

Aricent STATE-based simulators (scripting framework for positive/negative testing)

For more information visit aricent.com/services/total-testing-lte.

Aricent Frameworks (licensable binary offering for positive and load/soak testing)
Aricent Simulators (source code offering for positive and load/soak testing)

EPC Test Setup

For more information, contact us at info@aricent.com

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