COMMUNICATIONS tEST & MEASUREMENT

E6474A Drive Test

Wireless Network Optimization Platform

Key Features Benefits

• Flexible and customizable platform • Single platform that can expand as

your needs increase – Lowers your
• Multiple technologies supported on cost of ownership
a single platform
• Open architecture for post process-
• Integration of phone and receiver ing or dedicated post processing
measurements toolbox

• Real-time parameter mapping with • One stop support from the same
base station overlay vendor for collection and analysis

Applications Facing the challenges of wireless networks

• RF planning/verification/model tuning Optimizing your network, expanding service coverage, and rapidly
deploying new technologies and data services, with the highest possible
• RF optimization and troubleshooting
quality, is critical to the growth of your customer-base and revenue. Having
• Spectrum clearing the right test and measurement tools in place to help you meet these goals
is essential. Tools that are accurate, scalable and cost effective, providing
• Interference analysis
depth of insight into network performance and rapidly pinpointing the root
• Benchmarking cause of problems.
The E6474A Network Optimization Platform enables wireless service
providers and network equipment manufacturers to address their
challenges in optimizing wireless voice and data network performance
by quickly and accurately identifying problems. The E6474A Network
Optimization Platform provides you with a Windows® based wireless
network test solution that can be utilized in site evaluation, base-
station turn-on, system acceptance, and on-going optimization and
troubleshooting. The E6474A Network Optimization Platform grows with
your needs, and provides industry-leading performance during all phases of
the network lifecycle.
The E6474A Network Optimization Platform provides functionality and
performance designed to address the challenges facing the wireless
industry across all major technologies. JDSU is committed to offering early
to market solutions to help you stay ahead of your competition as you roll
out next generation networks and services. Whether your system is LTE,
HSPA+, CDMA, cdma2000, 1xEVDO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, W-CDMA/UMTS or a
combination of technologies the E6474A Network Optimization Platform
provides a solution that will assist you in addressing your challenges.
The best has just got better Expand tools rather than
The E6474A Wireless Network Optimization expanding budgets
Platform has gone through a major re- The functionality of the E6474A Network
engineering process at release 10.0, giving Optimization Platform can be increased, as
you access to the most powerful and versatile your network testing needs increase. Whether
optimization tool on the market. This release determining quality of service from the customer
introduces new platform functions including: perspective, or performing comprehensive
• Flexible user-interface design environment network management, the E6474A Network
with parameter drag-and-drop Optimization Platform offers a common solution
to fit your requirements. As your network testing
• Improved mapping capabilities (with MapX)
requirements increase, you may expand your
• Improved parameter time-charting tools, leveraging your existing hardware and
• Click and Sync view synchronization software. If you decide to enhance your current
network, or migrate your network, the E6474A
• Project and customized view sharing
Network Optimization Platform can be leveraged
• Single sequencer for both voice and data calls so that your tools and training investment is
• New events management system minimized as you evaluate and turn-on new
technologies and data formats.
• Enhanced protocol decode visualization
All these features have been added while Comprehensive network management
retaining the unparalleled measurement integrity, To perform comprehensive wireless network
stability, reliability and breadth of mobile device testing, a phone and receiver combination
support. These new features provide your RF solution is required. This solution allows you
engineering teams with a powerful set of network to identify network problems, and quickly
optimization and service assurance tools with determine the cause of the problems, assuring
the flexibility to build and share ‘projects’ and the highest level of network optimization and
customize measurement views and service test reducing potential negative impact on your
sequences. This unparalleled versatility maximizes customers’ quality of service. The receiver and
the visualization of network performance and phone work together, linked so that they track as
supports real-time troubleshooting. you move through your network. This solution
To compliment the new software architecture, is essential for rapid network installation,
JDSU’s new family of measurement receivers expansion, and proactive maintenance. Multiple
brings market leading performance to your drive phones and receivers may be added when
test toolkit. needed for evaluation and turn-on of new
technologies and data formats.
Manage your drive test tool distribution
The E6474A platform has the option of server-
based software licensing. This provides you
with the ability to maintain a pool of E6474A
measurement licenses on a server and to
distribute them to drive-test client PCs via a
check-out process. This method gives a number
of advantages over the traditional ‘dongle’ license
key methodology including improved resource
sharing across geographically dispersed teams
and protection against loss.
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A phone and receiver combination solution can and troubleshooting of wireless networks.
be used to: A phone-only solution can be used to:
• Manage your network lifecycle measurement • Test network parameters that will allow you
needs with one integrated solution to quantify how your network is perceived by
• Monitor the RF uplink and downlink bands subscribers
while on a call • Collect and record network information
• Perform integrated analysis using the phone messages including network ID and cell
and receiver at the same time identities
• Correlate call drops within the RF environment • Evaluate call-processing operations - setup,
• Compare phone reported neighbor list with disconnect, blocks, drops
the actual strongest neighbors measured from • Measure and report the signal strength and
the receiver (i.e, missing neighbor analysis) quality of the received base station signals
• Identify areas of signal degradation due to and identify no-service or coverage issues
interference • View and log protocol messages in decoded
• Save training and support costs with a single form for easy interpretation
interface phone and receiver system • Evaluate network performance at different
Please refer to the technology specific data sheets layers - MAC, RLC, LLC
for detailed phone and receiver measurement • Quantify wireless data users’ quality of service
information. (with data measurement options)

Network performance from your

customers’ perspective
If you do not require the full analysis power of a
combined receiver and phone solution, you can
start with a phone-only system and upgrade later.
This solution is ideally suited for established
networks and provides users the ability to
proactively identify trouble spots, and assist in
performing preventive maintenance. A phone-
only solution can be expanded to include
multiple phones, indoor measurements, wireless
data and services measurements or digital
receivers as your requirements expand. Network independent problem
Extensive phone support solving
The E6474A Network Optimization Platform offers In the multi-format environment of today’s
extensive support of phones, including the most wireless networks, it is essential to equip your RF
popular subscriber phones available today. This engineers with the right tools. The new Wireless
provides the ability to most accurately simulate Measurement Receiver has been developed to
the subscriber experience when optimizing enable RF engineers to visualize the air interface
networks. JDSU provides rapid integration of new and quickly identify and resolve Radio Access
phones to match the demands of the industry. Network (RAN) issues.
Specialized measurements from these phones
give access to Layer 1, 2 and 3 measurements
including RLP, RLC/MAC and LLC parameters
(where appropriate), essential in the optimization
With multiple technology multi-band A receiver-only solution can be used to: Base station turn-on and
(up to 4) support in a single receiver
unit, the new Receiver platform delivers
• Find network problems faster maintenance
through network independent
market leading performance. The E6474A Network Optimization
measurements
Platform may be used to measure
• Fast, accurate, network- • Reduce network downtime by code domain power (CDP) for IS-95A
independent RF measurements for identifying interfering signals while and cdma2000 1XRTT signals. These
optimization and troubleshooting the network is live measurements provide real-time
tasks both in the field and in the lab.
• Manage interference with co- insight for traffic analysis, capacity
• Multi-band (uplink/downlink, channel and adjacent channel management, and base station health.
up to four RF bands) and multi- measurements (e.g., GSM networks) CDP trace capability measures the
technology operation in a single and detection of other spurious relative powers of all 64 cdmaOne
compact hardware package signals Walsh codes, and all 128 cdma2000
• In-built 12-channel GPS for high Walsh codes, depending on the
• Carry out BCH Analysis on GSM
accuracy location measurements configuration. The Walsh codes are
networks, includes BSIC decode
displayed in a bar graph format with
• Software-upgradeable hardware feature.
a unique color for each channel type.
platform for extended product life
View CDP statistics, as well as TopN
• Integral 4-port USB 2.0 hub pilots to provide a complete analysis of
enabling up to four USB devices your base station health.
with charging
Powerful platform
A receiver-only solution gives you
the ability to make measurements features to address your
independent of the network. Phones network optimization
depend on parameters in the network challenges
to help maintain the call - such as
neighbor lists. A receiver-only solution • Perform pilot scanning for CDMA There are many features that are
allows you to identify problems pilot pollution including multipath common to the E6474A platform
independent of the network. For measurements and chip delay. software, irrespective of technology.
example, in CDMA networks, pilot These integral features include the
• Perform code domain power ability to record and playback data
pollution and missing neighbors can be measurements on IS-95A and
identified within your network. In GSM sets, export the data for further
cdma2000 1XRTT networks for analysis (including decoded protocol
networks co-channel and adjacent over-the-air base station testing.
channel interference problems can be messages), link parameters, create and
identified, as can missing neighbors. • Perform spectrum analysis, covering share projects, customizable views,
The E6474A Wireless Network both the downlink and uplink display parameters on time charts
Optimization Platform gives many tools bands and route maps and define flexible
at your disposal to help easily identify • Measure channel and CW power alerts and alarms, based on user
the cause of these problems. requirements. The platform software
For information on JDSU receiver includes powerful on-line help and
A receiver-only solution is ideally suited technologies and bands supported tutorial facilities.
for network build-out and turn-up, please refer to the E6474A
band clearing, RF planning, network Configuration Guide or contact your Simplified system setup
expansion, and base station installation JDSU representative. The setup and configuration of
and maintenance. This solution can be hardware on the E6474A platform
expanded to include multiple receivers, is done using a very intuitive device
and can support different technologies oriented hardware configuration panel
or data formats. One or more phones and associated device add wizard,
can be added to the same platform for giving clear visualization of the drive-
comprehensive network management. test PC’s available ports and connected
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hardware devices. This greatly reduces • View synchronisation – for example highlighting related measurement
the time to setup a system for drive test click a point on a map, chart, information.
readiness. protocol message or event and all
Event monitoring
other views synchronize to that
Project concept The E6474A Network Optimization
time signature
The platform’s new project concept Platform provides comprehensive and
combined with it’s device manager Tabbed worksheets flexible events management allowing
means you will be able to get up and The E6474A Network Optimization visualization of events on the route-
running out-of-the-box extremely Platform gives full flexibility of map, chart, events list and protocol
quickly and be able to manage your workspace management through views. In addition to audio notification
drive teams with a new level of control. the tabbed worksheet feature. Any you have the facility to cause platform
A project is defined as a collection measurement views can be displayed actions such as stop or pause. Event
of views with associated hardware, on any worksheet, and indeed, can configurations are created through
measurement, call sequence, events be displayed on multiple worksheets the intuitive measurements drag and
and map/chart settings and can if desired. This provides you with drop facility or can be exported and
even be defined without hardware the flexibility to represent data and imported, allowing operators to share
connected. A set of default technology information and group views as you alarm set-ups or use the supplied
and application oriented projects desire. default set. Event markers can be
are provided. Projects are designed viewed during a drive-test and in
for sharing and distribution – the playback and can be exported for post-
associated layouts and settings are processing. You can also add events
saved with the project file. They can be during playback to help simplify data
built from scratch or adapted from a searching and analysis.
supplied set.
Mapping interface
Flexible user interface Call sequencing
The Route Map view shows the current
The new flexible user interface means All the tests are configured and position and the route travelled on a
that almost every part of the GUI can managed from the tree structured map as data is collected. Several layers
be moved and changed to suit your sequencer. The tests available provide a of user-selectable information can be
needs. Create list, time-chart, or graph comprehensive range of test scenarios displayed, including map layers, color
views from scratch or choose from the from a simple voice call test to full data coded channel and signal information,
default technology-oriented set and, network testing including SMS and alarm markers, and notes. Base station
if required, adapt them to suit your MMS and internet connection testing. locations, with site names, can also be
needs. Create and modify these new Protocol analysis plotted on the map when linked to the
GUI elements by simply dragging and appropriate cellsite database.
Provides you with the flexibility you
dropping parameters on a chart, a grid
need to display which protocols you
or a map, with automatically assigned
want and in how many views. This
default scales and colors. You can
ensures that you can see every protocol
even do this while collecting data, and
message during collection and replay.
save your own views for later use or
Double-click on a protocol message to
distribution. Key Features include:
see what all the other views, charts and
• Drag and drop interface maps show at that point.
• Generate a grid containing user View synchronization
selected results even from multiple
devices During recording and playback
you can synchronize all your open
• Chart, graph and map your choice views, to the same point in time by
of parameters double-clicking on a map, chart, event
• Template views will be provided for marker or a protocol message. This
each supported technology assists troubleshooting by quickly
The E6474A software now incorporates mobile gives you an array of integral to WAMS include voice call,
MapX® technology to provide: troubleshooting possibilities, through video call and GPRS attach/detach.
• Compatibility with the widest access to the Layer 1, 2 and 3 WAMS Lite (E6474A-745) is a low
possible range of customer measurements from the device. cost entry point to basic data service
furnished maps E6474A Wireless Data Measurements testing. Tests included are FTP,
• Extensive range of supporting option is a client/server based data PING, voice connectivity and video
map projects (for example WGS84, measurement capability and is aimed connectivity.
at early verification of the data-
NAD27, and more) Video telephony and streaming
oriented network. This option provides
• Faster troubleshooting through key measurements such as bit error To measure the quality of your video
better visualization of the collected ratio, packet error rate, latency and services, the E6474A drive test system
parameters data throughput on both transmit has both video telephony and video
• Up to four measurement traces can and receive paths. Real-time test streaming test options. These test
be plotted, with visual offsetting, at results can be displayed and recorded options integrate seamlessly with
the same time on the client PC. The server can be the other data tests and platform
strategically placed for enhanced fault functionality.
• Multiple synchronized mapping
finding, for example prior to rolling E6474A #741 video streaming
views
out live services it can be placed at test
Outdoor and indoor the GGSN, isolating the external web
configurations interface. Your control of different This test provides the ability to
uplink/downlink data geometries, download video streams in either
The E6474A Network Optimization
delays in server response time and TCP/ .rm or .rtsp formats. It supports the
Platform can easily be configured
UDP transactions, enables emulation of Real Player format and provides
for outdoor applications. For indoor
different data services. accessibility, throughput and error ratio
configurations (available with release
measurements on the downloaded
10.2 and onwards), GPS navigation is Post-processing stream.
replaced with a simple point and click
positioning interface. measurement data E6474A #742 video telephony
E6474A Wireless Application Test
Manage theintegration and
Measurement Software (WAMS) This test provides the ability to set up
quality of data services enables you to carry out end-to-end a video telephony call between two
With the convergence of mobile user experience tests using real data handsets connected to the mobile
phones and the Internet, wireless applications, for example MMS, SMS, drive test system. Call establishment
networks need to be optimized for data WAP, HTTP, FTP and email, and their and progress metrics are measured,
services. JDSU now offer a number of related protocols and data structures. together with bit error ratio
optional data testing applications on WAMS enables you to quickly verify performance of both the audio and
the E6474A platform: all the elements in the delivery chain video portions of the call. This option
• E6474A Wireless Data (wireless interface, backhaul, and allows you to evaluate the performance
Measurements application specific routers, switches of your video telephony network
and servers) and to give a clear infrastructure to ensure it meets your
• E6474A Wireless Application indication of where to direct your service delivery targets.
Measurement Software (WAMS) troubleshooting efforts, if required. An
Both options are wireless technology extremely intuitive sequencing engine A future enhancement is video Mean
independent, applicable to all 2G, 2.5G enables you to manage your dial-up Opinion Scoring (MoS) measurement
and 3G, circuit switched and packet or LAN connections, serial and parallel functionality. This enhances the
switched technologies. Measurements sequencing scenarios and control of existing video test options. Please
can be made simultaneously across each test’s properties (for example contact your JDSU sales representative
multiple networks using commercial selection of HTTP 1.0 or 1.1, whether for more details on the availability of
modem-capable devices. Used in to include embedded objects, email the Video MoS options.
conjunction with an engineering protocol selection etc.). Other tests For further information please refer
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to Data Service Assurance Product reports, details on performance per Integration with other
Overview and Wireless Application call, neighbor and handover summary
Measurement Software Data Sheet and drill-down, aggregate Ec/Io vs
JDSU products
The E6474A has powerful replay RxPower and many more. J7839 Signaling Analyzer Import
functionality that lets you review the Analysis Reporter currently supports of E6474A Drive Test Data
measurement data that you have just GSM, GPRS, cdma2000, UMTS and data For true end-to-end protocol analysis,
collected. With the use of the built- measurements on a single E6474A you can load your drive test protocol
in charting and mapping functions, product option. logs into your mobile network analysis
you can visualize the measurement software using the J7839 Signaling
parameters right there in the Computer hardware Analyzer Import of E6474A Drive
collection application. Alarms can requirements Test Data. This product allows you to
be set to trigger on specific protocol The E6474A system requires a PC. The visualize the Um protocol and NBAP
messages or when user-set limits PC requirements differ depending on (Node B Application Part) on a single
on measurement parameters are the hardware configuration and on screen with a combined Uu/Iub/Iu
breached. which parameters are being selected. call trace providing correlated data on
If you prefer to analyze your data with the radio and network interfaces on a
Minimum PC specifications:
third party tools such as MapInfo, single screen.
Excel, the E6474A has advanced • XP Professional SP2 (inc XP for
export capabilities that let you share Tablet PC)
all or selected data with other analysis • 1.6GHz Pentium M 512MB RAM
applications. You can select the exact • Parallel port or USB Port (for
set of parameters you wish to export software key)
and filter them within the export
operation to meet your analysis • PCMCIA slot or a USB connection
needs - for example you can export (for multiple hardware support)
items such as number of pilots which • 30 GB hard disk space
exceed a particular threshold or data • CD-ROM drive recommended for
throughput values only when a TBF is installation
active. Exports can be freely made in
CSV or tab delimited formats. • 1024 x 768 display resolution
minimum
Some third party tools, such as those
provided by Actix have direct import Recommended PC specifications:
capability and they can read our data • XP Professional SP2 (inc XP for
files without further modification. Tablet PC)

Analysis Reporter • Intel® Core™ Duo T2500 (2GHz) 2GB

RAM
JDSU offers an extensive array of
tools for different levels of post • Parallel port or USB Port (for
processing analysis capabilities. The software key)
Analysis Reporter option is a simple- • PCMCIA slot or a USB connection
to-use report tool, which is integral (for multiple hardware support)
to the E6474A platform. It works on
• 50 GB hard disk space
pre-defined export files, using both
phone and receiver data, and can • CD-ROM drive recommended for
quickly generate comprehensive installation
network performance overview and • 1280 x 1024 display resolution
detailed network analysis reports and minimum
histograms including performance
summary reports, call quality analysis
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