By Marc Cohn On November 18, 2019
Networks
SD-WAN, SECaaS, Security-as-a-Service, MEF70, SD-WAN Standard, MEF19, PoC, Proof of Concept, Tata, Fortinet, enterprises, virtualization, NFV, VNF, MSP, 5G, IoT, Software Defined Wide Area Network, multi-cloud access, security

Tata Communications Transformation Services, Fortinet, and Spirent join forces to demonstrate the first MEF SECaaS Proof of Concept

By Stephen Douglas On November 5, 2019
Networks
fronthaul, 5G, assuring 5G user experience, 5G fronthaul network testing, timing and synchronization, RAN, TDD, RRU, SyncE, PTP, ITU-T, Synchronous Ethernet, 5G fronthaul synchronization, 5G synchronization requirements, 5G timing synchronization, synchronization testing

5G user experiences rely on a tightly synchronized 5G fronthaul network, highly accurate time synchronization testing will be key to assuring the promise of 5G.

By Stephen Douglas On October 21, 2019
Networks
fronthaul, evolved fronthaul, 5G, RAN, 5G C-RAN, enabling 5G user experiences, 5G C-RAN performance requirements, latency, fronthaul architecture, assuring 5G user experience

The role of fronthaul in enabling 5G user experiences and the demands that will be made of it in 5G C-RAN environments.

By Rahul Gupta On September 25, 2019
Positioning
5G, Spirent, timing, GNSS, multipath, receiver, Sim3D, Furuno, NTT

5G requires GNSS time clocks to be located at or near street level. That makes them vulnerable to multipath, creating design and test challenges for developers.

By Patrick Johnson On September 3, 2019
LSA
lab as a service (LaaS), lean manufacturing principles, Lab and test automation, DevOps and Agile, continuous testing (CT), continuous integration (CI), promote continuous delivery (CD), waterfall development methodology, NFV, 5G, TAC center

The Months to Minutes blog series highlights how continuous testing, driven by test and lab automation, optimizes the validation of an organization’s networks and business offerings amidst the growing challenges of digital disruption. The result: taking testing processes which too often take months to perform and deliver improvements where it can all be achieved in minutes – with increased efficiencies and capabilities.

By Marc Cohn On August 22, 2019
Networks
virtualization, MEF, SD-WAN, SDN, NFV, Ethernet, NFV interoperability, virtual network function, VNF, 5G, cloud, certification, networks, service assurance

News from the MEF Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, which marked new priorities and a new role as part of the MEF Leadership Team

By Patrick Johnson On August 21, 2019
LSA
DevOps, test and lab automation, test and measurement, Digital Transformation (DX), XaaS, 5G, NFV, SDN, Lean Manufacturing, Automation Platform Technologies, testing as a service (TaaS) and lab as a service (LaaS) Product as a service, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

The Months to Minutes blog series highlights how continuous testing, driven by test and lab automation, optimizes the validation of an organization’s networks and business offerings amidst the growing challenges of digital disruption. The result: taking testing processes which too often take months to perform, and deliver improvements where it can all be achieved in minutes – with increased efficiencies and capabilities.

By Vitus Zeller On August 8, 2019
Networks
interoperability testing, network functions virtualization, NFV, NFV Plugtests, MEC, ETSI, MEC interoperability, NFV interoperability, lifecycle validation, Virtual Network Function, VNF, 5G, cloud, Spirent TestCenter Virtual, Spirent CloudSure

Read about ETSI NFV Plugtests 2019 highlights and how NFV suppliers are resolving interoperability challenges to realize the benefits of virtualized environments.

By Ross Cassan On June 25, 2019
LSA
Active Assurance, Passive Assurance, 5G, Active Testing, Fault Isolation, Performance Management, Automated Assurance, Automated Testing, Service Assurance, Network Slicing, Orchestration, Virtual Networks, End-to-End Service, Service Quality, QoE, Quality of Experience, Automated Network, Customer Experience, Problem Resolution

Improving Fault Isolation With Active Assurance and Passive Assurance

By Malathi Malla On June 3, 2019
Networks
5G, VNF, NFV, ETSI TST-001, ETSI TST-007, Spirent CloudSure, Cloud workload migration, MANO-readiness, ensure infrastructure performance, cloud, microservices, ETSI, network infrastructure, Virtualized network infrastructure, benchmark NFV, validate NFV performance, service providers, validate NFV, NFV rollout, service flexibility, cloud performance, cloud infrastructure performance, compare cloud performance, infrastructure capacity planning, accelerate cloud migration

Learn about best practices for accelerating cloud migrations and be on your way to a successful “cloud-first” journey.

By Stephen Douglas On May 23, 2019
Wireless
5G, Leading Lights, Light Reading, 5G Test, Test and Measurement, Outstanding Test and Measurement Vendor

Spirent wins Light Readings Leading Lights 2019 Outstanding Test and Measurement Vendor award for leadership in 5G. Read my new blog to learn why 5G industry leaders recognized Spirent’s role in assuring the promise of 5G.

By Ross Cassan On May 1, 2019
LSA
5G, Automated Assurance, Operations Automation, Digital Transformation, Service Assurance, Lifecycle Service Assurance, Network Automation, 5G Automation, Network Slice, VisionWorks, SLA management, change management, 5G standalone core

In this blog, we’ll examine the critical role change management plays in dynamic 5G networks.

By Ross Cassan On April 19, 2019
LSA
5G, Automated Assurance, Operations Automation, Digital Transformation, Service Assurance, Lifecycle Service Assurance, Network Automation, 5G Automation, Network Slice, VisionWorks, SLA management

In our first blog in this series, we described the challenges the 5G brings, the need for automated networks and assurance and some key automation use cases to get started with. In this blog, we’ll drill into the service activation and turn-up use case with a specific focus on network slicing. To kick off, let’s briefly review what a network slice is and how it’s changed from 4G to 5G.

By Stephen Douglas On April 3, 2019
Wireless
5G, 5G Performance, Power Consumption, Environment, 5G Testing

Now the dust has settled after MWC Barcelona 2019 one thing struck me. With 5G's new power consumption requirements can 5G be “green" and still meet the new performance requirements.

By Ross Cassan On April 2, 2019
LSA
5G, Automated Assurance, Operations Automation, Digital Transformation, Service Assurance, Lifecycle Service Assurance, Network Automation, 5G Automation, Network Slice, VisionWorks

If the excitement of Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2019 illustrated any key lesson, it’s that 5G is intensifying the rate of digital transformation for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) as they respond to challenges on multiple fronts: They must compete against both traditional service providers and web-scale companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google; defend their existing revenue streams; and generate new revenue by offering innovative digital services. To deliver on their promises to their customers of digital transformation and 5G, CSPs will want to embrace extreme operations automation and look at every opportunity to reduce human intervention.

By Ross Cassan On March 25, 2019
LSA
5G, China, Landslide, Mobile Infrastructure, Infrastructure Validation, Core Network, Standalone 5G Core, 5G NR, Spirent TestCenter, Spirent TestCenter Virtual, 5G trials, VNF, Virtual Network Function, NFVI, Network Functions Virtualization, NFV Infrastructure, cloud networks

In China, the major platform promoting 5G research is the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group, a non-profit jointly established in February 2013 by three ministries in China—the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology. Any vendor with plans to take a leading position in 5G must meet the IMT-2020 requirements. Spirent’s testing and assurance system and expertise have been playing a notable role helping many vendors accomplish that.

By Stephen Douglas On February 5, 2019
Wireless
5G, 5G Security, 5G RAN, 5G Core, 5G Network, Cybersecurity, IoT

5G is poised to kick mobile network security threats into high gear. Lear about strategies being formed to help assure your 5G deployment will be secure.

By Stephen Douglas On January 14, 2019
Wireless
5G, 5G Cloud, 5G Savings, 5G Network, 5G Testing, 5G Service Assurance, 5G Business Case, Automation

Read how the success of 5G’s business case is contingent on the efficiencies enabled by the 5G telco cloud where carrier-grade requirements and high levels of test and service assurance will be critical.

By Stephen Douglas On October 11, 2018
Wireless
5G, 5G Testing, 5G Test, 5G Service Assurance, 5G Validation, 5G Conformance, 5G Verification, 5G R&D, 5G Acceleration, 5G Revenue, 5G Savings, 5G Security, 5G RAN, 5G Core, 5G Fronthaul, Cloud RAN, 5G Performance, 5G Quality, 5G Experience, 5G Labs, 5G Trials, 5G Deployments, 5G Business Case

Service providers can’t afford to allow the complexity and envisaged costs brought by 5G delay progress. Learn how Test and Assurance can accelerate innovation and reduce the complexity and costs of delivering 5G.

By Stephen Douglas On October 5, 2018
Wireless
5G, 5G Testing, 5G Test, 5G Service Assurance, 5G Validation, 5G Conformance, 5G Verification, 5G R&D, 5G Acceleration, 5G Revenue, 5G Savings, 5G Security, 5G RAN, 5G Core, 5G Fronthaul, Cloud RAN, 5G Performance, 5G Quality, 5G Experience, 5G Labs, 5G Trials, 5G Deployments, 5G Business Case

5G promises to transform our world and power a new industrial and social revolution. Assuring this promise is possible, but requires navigating unprecedented challenges. Getting there will be an intense journey but the rewards will be well worth it.

By Saul Einbinder On August 15, 2017
Wireless
5G, wireless networks, connected car, millimeter wave, mmWave, autonomous vehicles

A fundamental building block for 5G networks is coming in the form of mmWave technology, which will enable key aspects of future autonomous vehicles.

By Stephen Douglas On May 12, 2017
Wireless
IoT, NFV, VNF, service provider, 5G

The Internet of Things (IoT) brings big opportunities for carriers, but also big changes and challenges. Network virtualisation can help carriers clear the hurdles, and make the most of the IoT opportunity.

By Marcel Medina On January 18, 2016
Networks
2.5G, 2.5GbE, 5G, 5GbE, BASE-T, BASE-T cabling, testing solution, 802.11ac, Wi-Fi, Cat5e, Cat6, Ethernet, 1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3 NGEABT Study Group, NBASE-T Alliance, MGBASE-T Alliance, Aquantia PHY, Broadcom PHY, IEEE 802.3bz Task Force, 2.5G/5G standard, Spirent, Spirent Boost Program

There is considerable market demand for a cost-effective solution that new speeds between Gigabit and 10 Gigabit offer. Market forces are driving the need for 2.5G and 5G BASE-T products to help optimize existing structural cabling, allowing enterprises and SPs to reap the benefits of higher performance and cost savings.

By Jeff Atkins On October 1, 2015
Wireless
Wireless, 5G, 4G, LTE, VoWiFi, VoLTE, user experience, service experience, network, testing, next generation, Verizon, Communication, seamless, device, WiFi, mobile, Spirent

5G network, may well be arriving much earlier than expected and it is slated to be capable of connecting a large number of diverse devices and provide faster connections.