The mobile network is evolving to 3rd generation where voice, video and data services all reside in one high-speed, spread spectrum radio access network. To satisfy the new requirements of monitoring 3rd generation mobile radio access and core networks, a new generation of protocol analyzers is required.

Agilent Technologies’ Signaling Analyzer family maximizes the effectiveness of engineers that develop, plan, install, optimize and troubleshoot complex, mobile networks.

The Signaling Analyzer solution allows complete testing of network and individual call performance across all mobile network technologies and call types. Faster 3G deployment with the ability to trace calls in 2G, 2.5G, 3G, SS7, SS7/IP, IMS networks, which simplifies resolution of the most complex interoperability problems in telephony.

• GSM • GPRS • EDGE • GERAN • CDMAOne • CDMA2000 • UMTS

• HSDPA • UTRAN • IP UTRAN • Vendor proprietary decodes • IMS • SS7 • National Variants

Signaling Analyzers GUI

Graphical and Tabular Statistics and KPIs
Statistics for a variety of counts and ratios that range from message type to cause values and specific information elements within protocols such as call set up and tier down performance, SIR values in NBAP Dedicated Measurement Reports, FER/BLER per NodeB/BTS, Quality distribution analysis, Tx Carrier Power Analysis, Rx Total Wideband Power Analysis, IMSI-based SAI/LAC analysis and more. Most tabular statistics have a unique drill-down capability to the Call Trace capability.

KPI are classified in the following categories:
Call Set up Successful Ration
Drop Call in Signaling Plane
Crop Call in User Plane
Signaling Congestion Ratio
Traffic Congestion Ratio
Soft Handover Successful Ratio
Hard Handover Successful Ratio
CS Traffic Loading
PS Traffic Loading
PS Traffic Amount
Busy/Idle Cell Ratio

Leverage investment
Signaling Analyzer obtains data from the Agilent DNA, DNA PRO and DNA MX platforms leveraging the same hardware used for data analysis, which enables getting even greater benefits from test tools investment. Signaling Analyzer includes 7-layer network analysis for LAN/WAN/ATM infrastructure. 15% of mobile problems occur at the transmission layer according to an Agilent study.