Date: 04/08/2009

Agilent's One-Box-Tester for 1xEV-DO eHRPD Protocol Stack

Agilent Technologies has announced the support for 1xEV-DO enhanced high-rate packet data (eHRPD) in Agilent 8960 wireless communication test sets running the Agilent E6706C lab application software. This one-box solution helps to test and verify the interaction of new eHRPD designs with existing 1xEV-DO and future LTE designs.

To prepare wireless networks with LTE implementations, the 3GPP2 standards committee developed eHRPD as a new version of the 1xEV-DO upper-layer protocol stack. The modified stack provides upper-layer protocols compatible with the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC). This capability will eventually drive handovers between LTE and 1xEV-DO.

The eHRPD functionality builds on the existing 1xEV-DO packet data foundation, which includes full-throughput multiflow packet application (MFPA), enhanced multiflow packet application (EMPA) and robust header compression (RoHC).

E6706C key features are,

Support for sessions and connections with the new Alternate EMPA application when the FlowNN protocol ID is set to 7 (eHRPD mode).

Supports new vendor-specific network control protocol (VSNCP) protocol and internal eAN/ePCF plus HRPD serving gateway (HSGW) functions.

Full user-equipment-initiated QoS bearer setup with 16 F/R IP flows, four F/R RLP flows, four RTCMAC Sub-type 3 flows and RoHC.

Supports a single PDN connection with IPv4 support, IPv6 support or dual IPv4/IPv6 connections if requested by the AT.

Support for EAP-AKA authentication.


"These enhanced capabilities will help engineers test how well their designs and devices deliver the intended data rates and perform the required handovers," said Niels Fach?, general manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Operation. "With the addition of eHRPD, the one-box 8960/E6706C solution continues to be the industry's leading 1xEV-DO network emulator for mobile data analysis and handset testing."

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Price:
For software: Starts at $42,000
For complete solution: Starts at $88,550

Availability: Now

For more details visit: www.agilent.com/find/E6706C.