Mobile network bandwidth is growing at an exponential rate but revenue per subscriber is flat. To ensure a competitive offering carriers and equipment vendors must address this paradox.  Ethernet & IP meet the bandwidth and cost targets but require rapid evolution to handle some of the key features of the TDM/ATM network. Testing with Spirent TestCenter in will ensure a seamless transition to IP & Ethernet mobile backhaul.

Quality of Service. Spirent TestCenter’s advanced QoS testing capabilities ensure mobile voice, video and data traffic get the bandwidth they need and that traffic management schemes are working as expected even in worst case scenarios

Carrier Grade. Timing and synchronization, connections and the management tools are inherit to TDM/ATM but are all new for Ethernet and IP. Spirent TestCenter is the only test tool with the accuracy required to ensure these new features are working correctly and don’t result in dropped calls or corrupt video & data.

Converged. Spirent TestCenter is the only test platform capable of emulating real network topologies allowing collapsing of complex mobile network topologies to a single test port.

• AbacusAbacus tests scalability, performance, interoperability, and voice quality for voice over IP prior to and during deployment.
• AvalancheAvalanche is the most comprehensive and highest performance/capacity L4-L7 test solution available on the market today.
• DLSSpirent Communications provides the most extensive range of wireline simulation and impairment generation solutions in the industry.
• Support ServicesSupport Services Overview for Wireless, Networks & Applications, Positioning Technology and Service Assurance

Layer 2-7 Performance Emulation for the following protocols:

• Assuring QoE with over-the-top VideoThis paper provides guidelines for realistic measurement of end-user QoE for video OTT services using adaptive bit rate streaming.
• EANTC: Testing Cisco's Mobile Core, Data Center and Business Services White PaperEANTC's testing team spent four weeks at Cisco's labs validating solutions presented to them. This white paper is the second feature highlighting the results of this test.
• EANTC: Testing Cisco's Next-Generation Mobile IP Network SolutionHow do we get from today's voice-driven networks to tomorrow's heavily broadband-enabled solutions?
• Testing MPLS-TP Deployments in the Mobile Backhaul WhitepaperThis white paper explores why MPLS-TP is now emerging at this stage in the convergence journey, the applicability of MPLS-TP in the mobile backhaul and access networks and the importance of testing new MPLS-TP deployments.
• Network Test: 10 Essential Benchmarks for High-Performance Data CentersThis in depth white paper from Network Test covers 10 test sets that should be a mandatory part of any comprehensive evaluation of data center switching. It also describes the less-than-ideal practices that should be avoided.
• The Risk of Inadequate Network TestingIn many organizations, testing the network infrastructure is at best neglected and at worst completely overlooked. This situation persists despite the serious implications to productivity, profitability, liability, and even reputation.
• Testing Timing & Synchronization in an Ethernet BackhaulThis whitepaper discusses the market trends that are causing service providers to upgrade the legacy TDM backhaul to an Ethernet backhaul. It also highlights the importance of testing new Ethernet backhaul deployments, and the methodologies to test packet-based (IEEE 1588) and physical (SyncE) timing distribution.
• The Big Data RevolutionBig data has emerged as one of the most visible topics in technology today. As with other trends such as mobile, social and cloud computing, big data represents both business opportunities and technical challenges.
• Wi-Fi Offload—Is Your Gateway Ready?As consumers and business users increase their use of mobile broadband and IP services, carrier mobile networks can’t always keep up.
• Spirent Journal of Access and Edge PASS Test MethodologiesThis Spirent Catalog of Test Methodologies represents an element of the Spirent test ecosystem that helps answer the most critical Performance, Availability, Security and Scale Tests (PASS) test cases.