Accuver Updates

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•May 2015



Contents

Accuver at a glance 3

Accuver at Facts on LTE 4

We work with leading players 8

Aim of Workshop 9

Agenda - 10

XCAL-M, XCAP-M Key Updates 11

Automation – Unattended location, Taxi, train and buses 24

Big Data Monitor, Troubleshoot & Analytics 29

Benchmarking – Supplement current Customer ways 51

Tablet and Handheld Measurement – Indoor & Stadium 52

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Accuver at a glance

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Established in Sep, 2000

€59.4m net sales in 2013350+ employees ( > 280+ R&D)

Close collaboration with customers and partners

20+ customers in 40+ countries

9,000+ LTE licenses



Accuver Facts on LTE

4

We have been always the first to marketon the new coming technologies

LTE CSFB VoLTE SRVCC

LTE-A (Carrier Aggregation)

LTE Cat. 6 device support(Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm)

There are >9,000 LTE licenses runningin our customer’s hands



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We work with leading players

Key

Customer

Segments

1

Network operators

2

ystem Vendors

3

hipset Vendors

Engineering Services

http://www.francetelecom.com/en/



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Aim of Workshop

A Present the Proof of concept

B Prove the value

C Share Accuver Experience

D

Listen to Customer feedback & understand the CustomerRequirements

E Harmonise Next Steps – separate workshops with detail

& dedicated agenda, Arrange Trial and Evaluations



Agenda -

A XCAL-M, XCAP-M Key Updates

Tablet and Handheld Measurement – Indoor & Stadium

D Automation – Unattended location, Taxi, train and buses

F Benchmarking – Supplement current Customer ways

E Big Data Monitor, Troubleshoot & Analytics

G

LTE-CA (Carrier Aggregation), 3CA and Cat 6

Chipset Interface other than Qualcomm

LTE Voice : SRVCC, VoWiFi and VoLTE



XCAL-M, XCAP-M Key Updates

LTE-CA (Carrier Aggregation), 3x CA

UE Category DL max Data Rate UL max Data Rate 3GPP release

Cat 3 102.0 Mbps 51.0 Mbps Release 8




AggregatedData Pipe

AggregatedData Pipe

LTE-A 2x CarrierAggregation Network

LTE-A 3x Carrier

Aggregation Network

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

20 MHz

40 MHz

60 MHz

Up to 301.5 Mbps

Up to 452.2 Mbps





1. Timing Offset between Pcell & Scell carriers

Based on 3GPP, both Pcell and Scell should be time synchronised with utmost 32us

deviation. But in reality, it may need to be within 1.4us in the field from our experience.





2. Secondary Cell Activation and Deactivation status Info based in MAC headerdecoding





3. Band Service Indication





4. Data rate on each carrier 5. L1/L2/L3 Information on each carrier




Various LTE Chipset Interfaces – State of Art level in XCAL/XCAP

All MSM & Snapdragon chipset Series

All Exynos and Shanon Modem chipset serieses

Balong 710, 720 & Kirin 920LTE XMM 7260/7262

ALT3100, 3800, 3802SQN3120, SQN3220

GDM7240, GDM7243S, GDM7243Q

Samsung Galaxy AlphaHTC Honor 6

Galaxy S6

Many ……





Three Phases of LTE Voice

Phase 1

CSFB

(Single Radio)

Phase 2

VoLTE with SRVCC

Phase 3

Seamless Packet Switched

VoIP & Data Continuity

Across LTE, 3G, HSPA, WiFi

Success ratio

Call Setup timeKPI VoLTE

Voice MOS

Call Setup time

HO Success ratio

HO Voice interruption time

M2E delay

SRVCC

Voice MOS

HO Success ratio

IRAT handover delay

Voice interruption time*

Voice MOS

Call Setup time

VoWiFi

HO Success ratio

HO user plane delay

M2E delay

* 3GPP (22.278) voice interruption performance target of less than 0.3 seconds





SRVCC Technology Overview

• Sv : Interface used to support IRATHO from VoLTE to CS

• SCC-AS. The SCC (Service

• Centralization and Continuity) AS :responsible for handling thesignalling required for the process

Single Radio Voice Call Continuity – ensuring HO from VoLTE to CS voice





SRVCC Technology Overview

High level concepts for SRVCC from E-UTRAN to UTRAN/GERAN

UE E - UTRAN MME MSC Server Target

UTRAN / GERAN

Measurement

Reports

Handover to UTRAN

/ GERAN

required

3 GPP IMS

Initiates SRVCC for voice component

CS handover preparation

IMS Service Continuity Procedure

Handles PS

- PS HO for

non

-

oice if needed

C S HO response to MME

( CS resources

)

To eUTRAN

Coordinates SRVCC

and PS HO responseHandover CMD

Handover

execution





SRVCC Call Procedure and IRAT HO delay



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SRVCC User Plane Interruption Time



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Voice Quality (POLQA) Comparison of Before with After

WB-AMR

12.65kbps NB-AMR 12.2 kbps



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VoWiFi on XCAL-M

Before Implementation

• Voice Quality/MOS (POLQA)

• WiFi signal quality measurements

o

VoWiFi on XCAL-M

• Voice Quality/MOS (POLQA)

• WiFi Signal Quality measurements

• SIP protocol based analysis : setuprelated performance

• RTP/RTCP protocol based analysis :throughput, jitter, delay, packetloss, etc.

• KPI reports – drop, setup failure, etc.

• Wireshark kind of packet capturingon the phone

• Call control using call script

• User interface emulation

• Mobility between VoWiFi to VoLTEor 2G/3G are monitored

TCP/IP

SIP RTP/RTCP

Codec

• Android 4.4 or above

• Chipset Independent

• Rooting Required

• VoIP application

independent



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Automation – Unattended location, Taxi, train and buses

XCAL-Auto



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XCAL-Auto

Smartphone RTU* Administrator

wireless

* RTU : Remote Test Unit

• Voice & VoLTE• POLQA voice MOS

• FTP Down/Up

• Web Browsing

• Youtube

Call Scripts

• RTU On/Off

• Band/RAT Lock

• Log file upload

• Log Mask

• Logging On/Off

Control Commands

Radio Parameters

• GSM, GPRS

• WCDMA/HSPA

• LTE

• LTE CarrierAggregation

QoE

• Data Rate

• POLQA MOS

Status of RTU

• Battery, GPS,Memory, RAT

System Architecture



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XCAL-Auto

RTU Types

XCAL-Mobile

Smartphone + App

XCAL-Ranger

*

Smartphone + App + Housing

* BMM : Built In Mobile Management

• Easy to deploy

• Use the device as the normalsmartphone usage

• External Antenna

• Car engine start detector

• Cascade for benchmarking

• Full Recovery feature forautomation using Phone batteryReset remotely if necessary



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XCAL-Auto

Server provides RTU status, Measurement status and KPI Reports



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XCAL-Auto

Deploy Type

Accuver Provides Customer is expected to provide

Server Server HW, SW None

RTU RTU SW & License Smartphone

Man powerOnsite Installation and

Training

Dedicated Operation

Management

Type 1. Accuver Host Case (Immediate)

Accuver Provides Customer is expected to provideServer Server SW Server HW

RTU RTU SW & License Smartphone


Training

Dedicated Operation

Management

Type 2. Customer Host Case (Immediate + server installation)



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Big Data Monitor, Troubleshoot & Analytics

XCAP-CEM

Customer Experience Management System Architecture

wireless

1. Process the big data from themillions of users

2. Provide Analytics

3. Coverage Info on the map

1. Installed on commercial phones

2. Run Speed test, Voice, VoLTE, Web, Youtube

3. Upload the test results to the server with

the Radio parameters.



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XCAP-CEM

System Architecture

XCEM Client XCEM Speed Test Server XCEM Analysis Server

Android i-OS

Is installed on smart phones with

Android and i-OS Capture limited RF KPIs in all the

mobile networks

Speed Testing(DL/UL) and Latency

Testing

Web, Voice, Youtube Testing

Capture user experiences and

behaviors from OS

Run based on the setting configured

by CEM server

Upload all the information to XCAL-

CEM Server

Is needed for real speed testing

and located in the position to

provide high data bandwidth for

multiple users Support Speed test using FTP or

HTTP Support latency measurement using

ICMP or UDP

Controls XCEM Clients for testing

purpose and provides various

kinds of results Configure all the settings for XCAL-

CEM Client including testing method,

logging method, upload method andothers

Aggregate all the information

captured by XCEM clients

Various kinds of statistics are

supported

Geometric Analysis on defected area

with poor quality

Trend Analysis

Customer Complaint Analysis Survey Statistics and Analysis




XCAP-CEM

Benefits

Collect and improve wireless network quality at minimum cost

• Quickly view QOE and coverage of the whole region

• Sort out weak coverage area and bad service quality area

• Collect detailed measurements for problematic regions, which allows to minimize

the cost of the field test and RF optimization

• Analyze benchmark between operators

Improve customer’s satisfaction on service effectively

•Recognize the root cause for the problem upon complaint

• Improve client satisfaction by managing the problem based on the data

• Compare the performance of all the device types

Utilize various information and measurement results collected for marketing, etc



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XCAP-CEM

Test Modes

Mode Trigger

Active Speed Test User click ‘Start’ button. DL Speed,

UL Speed and latency is measured

Active Service Quality

Test

User initiates Web, Voice/VoLTE and

Youtube on the CEM application.

Background Speed Test Speed Test is triggered by CEM

Server. It runs in the background

periodically as configured by the

CEM server.

Passive backgroundLogging

User’s normal usage shall be loggedand reported to CEM server.

Event based Passive

background Logging

User’s normal usage shall be logged

and reported to CEM server once

predefined events occurs.



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XCAP-CEM

Outcomes from the Server – Reports, Statistics



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XCAP-Vuze

Big Data based Analytics Solution System Architecture

Central Server• DB Processing

• Web Interface

• Call Statistics

• Analysis

• Report

• Query

Front End Server

Front End Server

Front End Server

• Log file upload

• Parsing and

decoding

XCAL-Mobile

XCAL-M

Benchmarking

tools (XCAL-MO II,

MTS, P8+)

Log File

Upload

Log File

Upload

Log FileUpload

Optimisation Manager

Customer Centre Manager

CTO

Web Browser & Email

Web/Email User Interface

• Area/Period based

Regular Report

• Trend Analysis

• Weak coverage analysis

• Fault Detail Analysis

(L1/L2/L3/App)

XCAP-Vuze



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XCAP-Vuze

Values

• Big Data processing

• Trend Analysis over weeks, months and years

• Query across the Geographic and Periodic

conditions

• Cost effective by reducing the manual analysis ofthe traced data.

• Standardised Report generated and distributed tothe members involved.

• Scalable system architecture to interconnect withother network components, i.e. OSS or Customersupport centre DB.



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XCAP-Vuze

Example



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Deploy Type

Accuver Provides Customer is expected to provide

Server Server HW, SW None

Man power Onsite Installation andTraining

Dedicated OperationManagement

Type 1. Accuver Host Case (Immediate)

Accuver Provides Customer is expected to provideServer Server SW Server HW


Training

Dedicated Operation

Management

Type 2. Customer Host Case (Immediate + server installation)


XCAP-Vuze



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AEGIS

eUTRAN End to End Monitoring System Architecture

MME

Switch

eNB

Switch

SGW

Switch

PGW

AEGIS-D WEB

AEGIS-C(Data) AEGIS-C(Signal) AEGIS-C(VoLTE) AEGIS-C(IMS)

Traffic input to the AEGIS

Traffic Processing

& Correlation CDR

Analytics & Statistics

Monitoring Analysis StatisticsReal Time Trace



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AEGIS

Supported Interface

MMEeNB SGW PGW

HSS OSCF OCS OFCS

eNB

PDN

X2

EIR PCRF AAA

S5/S8 SGiS11S1AP

S1-U

S13 Gx DiameterS6aGn/ Gp

MSC

SGs Ga Gy Gz

MGCF TAS SLF

CSC

F

IBCFIMS

Cx

L T E N

e t w o

r k

eNB

MME

SGW

S 1 - UeNB

HSGW

SGSN

PCRF

AAA

X 2

ePDG

HSS

EIR

PGW

BTS

S G i

OCS

OFCS

S10

MSC

SGs

PDN

S5/S8

Gy

Gx

Radius

Gz

GGSN

S3 S4

Gn

I-CSCF

MME

IBCF

Rx

P-CSCF

Mx

AS TASMGCF

ISCS-CSCF

S 1 1

B e a r e r

eNB

MME

SGW

PGW S 5

B e a r e r

S 1

S i g n a l

S 1 - U ( G T P - U )

I P

Attach RequestService RequestPagingTrackingArea UpdateHandoverRequest

Type Interface

EPC S1-MME| SGs| X2| S11| S10| S3| S5| S8| S1-U| Sgi| etc...Diameter Radius| S13| S6a| Gx| Gy| Gz| Rx| Sp| SWx| S6b| Sta| SWn| etc...

VoLTE & IMS SBC| Gm| ISC| TAS| Mn| Cx| Dx| Mg| Cr| Mx| IBCF| Ma| etc...



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AEGIS

Feature Summary

• Control Plane

• Supports S1-MME/S11/ S6a/ S10/ S13/SGs/ S3

• Real Time Deciphering

• S1-MME Analysis :Attach, SRMO, SRMT,TAU, S1HO,Success/Fail, Failurecause and Releasecause

• S11/S10 and DiameterAnalysis : Transaction,Timeout, Fail cause

Signaling

Data VoLTE & IMS

• UE (IMSI/MSISDN/IMEISV)

• System: Cell/eNB/MME

/SGW/PGW /CSCF/MGW

• Location : Cell/eNB

• VoLTE Call statistics

• QoS based on RTP Analysis

• Silence/One way delay call

detection.

• Real time packet trace by UE

•

Time and IMSI basedSession/Protocol/Traffic analysis

• IMS Transaction Analysis

• SIP Analysis

• Diameter Analysis

• Query for all raw packet

• Session/Protocol/Traffic

Analysis

• Network QoS Analysis

based on UE, System,Location and L7 service

category

• Support signature over

than 2000 L7 service

• Session KPI Analysis of

DNS, TCP, HTTP, UDP• Real-time Packet Trace

• Store all signaling packet

and filtered data packet



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AEGIS

Values

• Useful for Real time monitoring, problem detection,customer experience management, policy control

• Traceable based on IMSI or IMEI

• Analytics based on the user groups, i.e. devicemodel, coverage status, RAT and service type.

• Real time call trace and session/protocol/trafficanalysis

• Scalable and cost effective in monitoring &analyzing the End to End network performance.



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AEGIS

Use Cases

1. Network Performance Management Use

App RX_BYTES

Monster 74,283,770,577

Dalvik 485,012,329

Mozilla 139,430,335

monster 49,025,546

ModooMarble 16,947,919

sknights 10,662,498

fivestone 3,738,234

Total 75,740,265,559

a. Abnormal traffic increase atgateway is detected. AEGIStriggers further detail analysis

b. Problematic Service providerdetected and reported at the timeof problem happening.

c. Automatic Report generated withthe details .

• Traffic Burst time: December 11, 201x, at8: 00 am to 8: 15 minutes

• A surge in service: netmarble – MonsterTaming(Game)

• HOST: sr.img.mcdn.netmarble.kr• Server: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(xxxx)• URL:/sr/KR/Android/v3.04/Bundle/BC83F

089EC968998632C77EEA6A14F7B.zip?• Use User Agent: Monster (app)• Content Type: APPLICATION/X-ZIP-

COMPRESSED (zip file)• That user: about X,482,000



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AEGIS

Use Cases

2. Push Data Impact Monitoring

a. Paging to the UEsburst detected

b. Further detailanalysis is initiated

for the pagingoccasions.

c. Specific serviceprovider andsubscriber causingthe paging burst aredetected.

If those paging burstcan be managed byblocking, negotiatingwith the service provider,this monitoring data isuseful.

a

bc

d



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AEGIS

Use Cases

3. CEM (Customer Experience Management)

Individual

Tracing

raise a networkquality issue

Customer

Support

Team

AEGIS : Trace the user

traffic and signaling by

IMEI/IMSI filtering

Call Centre

Unidentified cases

Network statistics

monitoring

AEGIS : Identifies unusualtraffic & failures on specific

UE firmware or service

provider

O&M Centre

Contact UE or system

vendor or the service

provider

Device Team

Partner Management



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AEGIS

Use Cases

4. System Vendor Independent KPI reports

MME

Radio disconnection with UE Lost

eNB

AEIGS KPI : vendor independent Vendor’s System Log May be)

Normal Release,70%

Radio ConnectionWith UE Lost,30%

NormalRelease,

100%

Vendor System Log -Normal Release

When eNB clear a call and transmit the causeas “Radio Connection with UE Lost”, MMEmay clear the call by “Normal Release” cause.

<Typical Example>

As A Result,



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AEGIS

Use Cases

5. System Wise Monitoring and Alarm

a. Success Rate of MME#3 shows problems.

b. AGEIS warns this to the operator

c. AEGIS Call Type Reason Analysis proposes ‘No AttachComplete’ cases are abnormally many

d. This occurred because of the packet loss inside MME



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AEGIS

Use Cases

6. SIP Invite Burst

a. VoLTE setupfailure increasedwith ‘No 100Trying’

b. After furtherdetail analysisthrough AEGISConditionalAnalysis, theproblem wasidentified as theissue caused bycertain group ofsubscribers.



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AEGIS

Use Cases

7. TAS Problem Identify

a. Identified VoLTE Silent Call increase.

b. Realised only RTP Rx packet areexchanged and no Tx RTP packets areexchanged.

c. Further investigation proved thesymptom occurs more frequently on aspecific TAS (IP xx.xxx.xx.xx) .

d. Further detail packet analysis providedthe answer that there is no ‘SIP – Allow’field in case of silent call.

Rx RTP PacketNO!!! Tx RTP Packet

Individual

Tracing

Normal VoLTE Call : ‘Allow’ field exist Silent VoLTE Call : No ‘Allow’ field




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AEGIS

Use Cases

8. Proof of Value – Proposition from one of our Customers.

O&M Department Number of Daily Users

30~80 50~250

Etc

6

Optimization &CEM 42%

Analysis & Statistic41%

Monitoring11%

Call Centre Response69% ImprovedTime and Man powerResource 70% Improved

KPI definitionstandardised

Marketing Team toanalyse the trafficanalytics results

NetworkOperation

System Package Verification

Benchmarking – Supplement current Customer ways



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Eight, Twenty or Forty Phone interface supported

20 UE interface

XCAL-MO II XCAL-MTS XCAL-P8+40 UE interface – further extendable

8 UE interface

We can help you prepare your current benchmarking campaign with much

simpler configuration and immediate arrangements. Call scenario shall bethe same as Customer’s configuration.




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XCAL-Harmony

XCAL-Harmony(Master)

Cable-less, lightweight, stealth-mode indoor/outdoor benchmarking

solution with tablet PC - control up to six smartphones and a scanner

Smartphones(up to 6)

Scanner(PCTEL IBFlex)




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XCAL-Harmony

Use Case




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XCAL-Harmony

Measurement and analysis

Contacts



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