User Guide
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Ascom Network Testing Inc.
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LTE FEATURES
LTE measurements collected with
Samsung devices, Qualcomm devices, and
LG devices
Support f or DRT 4301A and PCT EL EX LTE
scanners
More than 130 specific LTE IEs
More than 30 predefined LTE presenta-
tion windows
Support f or FT P, HTTP, Ping, and UDP
service testing in Service Control (com-
mand sequence)
Serving and neighbor cell measurements
LTE DL and UL information
Throughput and delay measurements
LTE scanning measurements include signal
scans for up to 12 EARFCNs, spectrum scan,
and enhanced power scan (PCTEL only)
HSPA FEATURES
Approximately 100 HSPA-specific I Es
Support f or Dual-Carrier HSPA devices
HSPA related events
Predefined HSDPA and HSUPA pre senta-
tion windows
Application layer throughput
Full decoding of HSPA messages
HS 64 QAM, 16 QAM, and QPSK modula-
tion rates
MIMO related information elements
HS CQI
DSCH BLER, retransmiss ion rate and
throug hpu t (kb/s)
HS Phy requested, scheduled, and s erved
throug hpu t (kbit/s)
HS UL Average Serving Grant and E-TFCI
HS-SCCH channelization code inf ormation
WCDMA FEATURES
More than 300 IEs
Predefined WCDMA-specific presentation
windows
Phone-based scanning: CPICH scan, SIB
decoding, an d NW search
Audio Quality Measurements including
PESQ and Frequent AQM
SQI, SQI-MOS, VSQI, VTQI, and MTQI
Scanning and UE-based missing neighbor
detection
Decoding of L ayer 2 and 3 messages
Serving/active set + monitored/detected
neighbor information
GSM neighbor me asurements in WCDMA
Intra- and inter-frequency HO information
RLC throughput UL/DL
Tra nsport channel logging
RRC state logging
RACH report
GSM/GPRS/EDGE FEATURES
More than 300 IEs
Predefined GSM-specific presentation
windows
Phone-based scanning
Audio Quality Measurements including
PESQ and Fre quent AQM
SQI and SQI-MOS
Serv ing + neighb ors measurements
C/I per timeslot and C/A measure ments
GSM channel verification
Decoding of L ayer 2 and 3 messages
WCDMA neighbor measurements in GSM
Hopping informa tion
GPRS prot ocol messages
DT X usage
GPRS and EGPRS status and time slot
in formation
WIMAX FEATURES
More than 50 information el ements
Predefined pres entation windows
Preamble Scan (5, 10 MHz Bandwidth)
Co ntinuous Wave Scan (10, 12.5, 15, 25,
30, 50, 250 KHz Bandwidth)
MAC Decoding (FCH, DL-/UL-MAP, DCD,
and UCD)
TDSCDMA FEATURES
Close to 200 information elements
More than 25 presentation windows
Advanced Device Control functionality
Support f or UE and scanner measure-
ments
TD-SCDMA specific even ts
Layer 3 and mode reports decoding
TD-SCDMA radio parameters
Midamble/SyncDL Top N scanning
RSSI scanni ng
Physical Channel monitor
Missing neighbor detection
GSM neighbor measurements in TD-SCDMA
CDMA FEATURES
Approximately 300 IEs
CDMA-specific events
Predefined pres entation windows
Audio Quality Measurements including
PESQ
SQI-MOS
Layer 3 and mode reports decoding
General CDMA information
CDMA mobile and server information
CDMA radio p arameters
A/C/N Set information
Follow-phone func tionality with scanner
DATA AND SERVICE TESTING
IP protocol trace
Application throughput UL/DL
Session information including curren t and
mean throughput UL/DL
Delay measurements
AQM/PESQ measurements
VoIP mea surements (PESQ)
Stre aming video
FTP, HTTP, Ping testing
E-mail, MMS, S MS testing
UDP testing
Serv ice Co ntrol (Co mmand sequence) for
service testing
Note: Measurement capabilities of handsets vary.
TEMS Investigation has functionality that exceeds
that of any one supported handset.








