Author: Mu Dynamics

Summary

As mobile traffic increases more than a hundredfold over the next five years, network operators must scale their complex networks gracefully and cost effectively. Carriers and vendors, alike, must be prepared to manage the unexpected, as they make the transition to LTE to try to meet customers’ seemingly insatiable demand for increased mobile coverage and capacity. 

Challenges

To succeed with LTE, you must be able to:

1. Manage costs – low-quality equipment that doesn’t meet your standards for robustness will create issues in a production deployment.
2. Keep up with the evolving test landscape – while the 3GPP Release 8 standard was locked in December 2008, specific deployment choices remain in flux, making testing an ever-moving target.
3. Ensure the robustness of new technology – new technology is inherently more fragile and laden with risks because there is insufficient data to create a true picture of how the products will perform in the real world.
4. Avoid service disruptions- quality issues can impact customer satisfaction, which can directly affect your revenue and customer retention rate.
5. Support Legacy Equipment – new LTE functionality can negatively impact legacy services and, in turn, impact your revenues.

Solution

Mu Dynamics is taking a leading role in helping network operators and vendors prepare their test strategy to overcome the top five barriers to success with LTE. Mu Dynamics significantly increases test coverage and reduces test creation time by several orders of magnitude through:

• Thorough and precise test coverage
• Rapidly customizable test scenarios
• Denial of Service modules
• Shareable templates
• Service level monitors and response time charts

Benefits

1. Avoid wasting resources and incurring operational penalties by preventing unnecessary fire drills.
2. Take advantage of differentiated offerings that could give you a sustainable competitive advantage.
3. Avoid expensive recalls and bug fixes and put yourself in a stronger position to win in the marketplace, at a lower cost.
4. Avoid service degradations and ensure customers are satisfied with the performance of the network.
5. Protect the current revenue base, while successfully rolling out next-generation services to create new revenue opportunities.

Use Cases

• Network operators designing, deploying and operating their LTE infrastructures, in concert with their existing mobile infrastructure.
• Vendors designing and developing innovative LTE hardware and software solutions.

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