Versatile LTE analyser adds 2G, 3G, 4G network simulation

One can also setup a virtual real-time network simulating all the network elements using ‘MAPS 2G 3G 4G Wireless Lab Suite. MAPS LTE Emulator also supports emulation of several interfaces in LTE and IMS network S1 - MME, X2-AP, eGTP-c (S3, S4, S5, S8, S10, S11 and S16), and Diameter (S6a, S6d, S13, Cx, Dx, Gx, and Rx). It can simulate up to 500 Smartphones (UEs) powering up and down. The analyser offers unlimited capturing, decoding, and measurement capability, and it supports a variety of protocol stack for decoding S1, S3, S4, S5 (or S8), S6a, S10, S11, S13 and X2 interfaces and Diameter sessions over S6a, S6d, Cx, Dx, Sh, Gx, and Rx interfaces.

The X2 AP (Application Protocol) is the interconnecting interface between two eNodeBs in LTE network and supports both Control Plane and User Plane. The principle Control Plane protocol is X2-AP (X2 Application Protocol) resides on SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol). GL's MAPS LTE X2AP is used to co-ordinate handovers and performs load management between eNodeB (Evolved Node B) network elements - Source eNodeB and Target eNodeB. The MAPS X2-AP test tool is designed with specific test cases, as per LTE 3GPP mobile standards.

GL's Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS) designed for testing LTE S11, S5/S8 (eGTP) interfaces can simulate MME (Mobility Management Entity), SGW (Serving Gateway), and PGW (Packet Data Network Gateway) network elements. The MAPS LTE eGTP gives the users the unlimited ability to edit S11, S5/S8 eGTP-C (Evolved GPRS Tunneling Protocol for Control Plane (eGTP-c) messages and call scenarios (message sequences).