Testing Wireless
Wireless networks have become ubiquitous and sophisticated - ranging from enterprise WiFi networks to metro/nationwide wireless networks. These networks have also evolved to include fully converged Triple Play networks. Ixia offers simple, easy-to-use tools for testing wireless - including sophisticated networks such as WiFi, 3G, and WiMAX.IxMobile is a complete 3G-324M/H.324M and H.323 diagnostic solution that enables interoperability testing, troubleshooting, service optimization, and video telephony call traffic monitoring capability. 3G packet-switched connections have a significant amount of overhead, routing delays, and bit errors. In contrast, 3G circuit-switched connections offer consistent bandwidth and relatively stable latencies. IxMobile provides important user quality, service quality, and control-side statistics that easily show how 3G parameters affect video telephony calls.
Testing wireless is required both in development and deployment stages. IxWLAN is a WiFi station emulator that provides significant functional and performance testing capabilities for modern enterprise class access points and wireless networks. IxWLAN is integrated with other Ixia performance-testing applications such as IxChariot and IxLoad, enabling manufacturers and service providers to verify the capability of WiFi devices and networks to support high-end applications. IxWLAN provides comprehensive security testing, including support for WPA and WPA2 (802.11i) for both personal and enterprise (802.1x) versions, functional testing and flexibility to control each station independently through a GUI or CLI, or to automate tests using the SDK. Real-life roaming testing is also available with comprehensive statistics and debugging capabilities.
IxChariot provides end-to-end testing capability for all types of wireless networks: WiFi networks, data services provided over 3G cellular, and emerging wireless technologies like WiMAX. IxChariot provides metrics - such as throughput, response time, jitter, one-way delay, MOS, MDI, etc. - that can be used to derive end-user QoE. When used with WiFi networks, these metrics can be correlated with other 802.11-specific metrics such as signal strength and the associated BSSID to better understand the dynamics of the network. An extensive API makes this a great tool for automating wireless testing.
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