Overview
UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) being an access network in the mobile communication area
provides a common interface to both GSM and GPRS core network. UMTS is capable of handling both Circuit-Switched (CS)
as well as Packet-Switched (PS) data simultaneously through its UTRAN network.
UMTS separates the user plane from control plane, radio network plane from the transport network plane, access
network from the core network, and access stratum from the non-access stratum. Separation of transport network
subsystem and radio network subsystem enables the UMTS to use multiple transport layer mechanism.
IP and ATM are the most preferred transport network layer protocols used in UMTS network architecture. ATM based
UMTS network is more popular since it ensures various QoS and Classes of Services to the end user.
GL’s OC3 / 12 and STM1 / 4 UMTS analyzer is capable of capturing, decoding, and performing various test
measurements across various interfaces i.e. Iub, Iur, IuCs and IuPs interfaces of the UMTS network based ATM transport
layer. It helps in fault diagnosis and troubleshooting of UMTS network. Multiple instances of UMTS Analyzer can run
simultaneously capturing data (real time and off-line) on multiple OC-3 or OC-12 interfaces.
Screen Shot of UMTS Protocol Analysis Main Window
Main Features
- Supports real-time as well as offline analysis.
- Performs numerous measurements across Iub, Iur, IuCs and IuPs interfaces.
- Search and filtering capabilities for both real-time as well as offline analysis.
- Decodes different control plane protocols i.e. NBAP, RNSAP, RANAP, ALCAP, SSCOP etc and user plane protocols i.e.
Iu-UP, Iu-FP, AMR etc.
- Decode NAS protocols (i.e. CC/MM/SM/SMS/GMM) along with the UTRAN specific protocols.
- User can configure VPI/VCI values for PVCs carrying NBAP, RNSAP, RANAP and ALCAP messages to enable decoding
of the said protocols.
- Captures, decodes, filters, and reassembles AAL-2 and AAL-5 frames from within the ATM cells according to
user-defined VPI/VCI.
- Ability to configure .ini file for VPI & VCI (for ALCAP, NBAP, RANAP, and so on).
- CRC verification for AAL5 carrying packet data.
- Call Trace capability over IuCs and IuPs interfaces.
- Displays Summary, detail, hex-dump, statistics, and call trace views.
- Summary view provides the information about few important fields (Dev #, Time Slot, VPI/VCI, PT, OSF, AAL type, CID,
AAL type 2 signaling message -ALCAP message) in a tabular format.
- Detail view displays decodes of a user-selected frame from the summary view.
- Statistics view displays statistics based on frame count, byte count, frames/sec, bytes/sec etc for the entire capture
data.
- Hex dump view displays raw frame data as hexadecimal and ASCII octet dump.
- Capability to export summary view details to comma separated values (CSV) format for subsequent import into a
database or spreadsheet.
- Capability to export detail decode information to an ASCII
Protocols Supported
The list of protocols that are supported by GL's OC-3 / STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 UMTS analyzer are as given below:
Supported Protocols Structure for UMTS
Protocol Analysis
- Iub Interface - RNC to Node B interface
- ATM (ITU-T I.361)
- AAL–5 (ITU-T I.363.5)
- AAL–2 (ITU-T I.363.2)
- SSCOP (ITU-T Q.2110)
- SSCF for UNI (ITU-T Recommendation Q.2130 (07/94))
- MTP-3b (ITU-T Q.2210)
- ALCAP (ITU-T Q.2630.1)
- NBAP (3GPP TS 25.433 V6.3.0 (2004-09))
- FP (3GPP TS 25.427 V6.1.0 (2004-12) and 3GPP TS 25.435 V6.1.0 (2004-03))
- MAC (3GPP TS 25.321-610)
- RLC (3GPP TS 25.322-610
- RRC (3GPP 25.331)
- MM/GMM/CC/SM ( 3GPP 24.008)
- Iu-PS Interface - The UTRAN interface between RNC and the packet-switched domain of the GSM Phase
2+ CN interface
- AAL–5 ((ITU-T I.363.5))
- SSCOP (ITU-T Q.2110)
- SCCP (Q.713, CCITT (ITU-T) Blue Book / ANSI T1.112-1996)
- SCTP (RFC 2960)
- GTP–control (GTP–C), GTP–user (GTP–U)
- IP (RFC 791)
- UDP (RFC 768)
- RANAP (3GPP TS 25.413 V6.3.0 (2004-09))
- GMM/ SM ( 3GPP 24.008)
- Iu-CS Interface - The UTRAN interface between RNC and the circuit-switched domain of the GSM Phase
2+ CN interface
- ATM (ITU-T I.361)
- AAL–5 (ITU-T I.363.5)
- AAL–2(ITU-T I.363.2)
- SSCOP (ITU-T Q.2110)
- SSCF UNI (ITU-T Recommendation Q.2130 (07/94))
- MTP-3b (ITU-T Q.2210)
- ALCAP (ITU-T Q.2630.1)
- SCCP (Q.713, CCITT (ITU-T) Blue Book / ANSI T1.112-1996)
- RANAP (3GPP TS 25.413 V6.3.0 (2004-09))
- MM/CC ( 3GPP 24.008)
- Iur Interface - UTRAN interface between two RNCs
- ATM (ITU-T I.361)
- AAL–5 (ITU-T I.363.5)
- AAL–2 (ITU-T I.363.2)
- SSCOP (ITU-T Q.2110)
- SSCF NNI (ITU-T Recommendation Q.2140 (02/95))
- MTP3b (ITU-T Q.2210)
- ALCAP (ITU-T Q.2630.1)
- SCCP (Q.713, CCITT (ITU-T) Blue Book / ANSI T1.112-1996)
- SCTP (RFC 2960)
- IP (RFC 791)
- UDP (RFC 768)
- M3UA (RFC 3332
- RNSAP (3GPP TS 25.423 V6.4.0 (2004-12))
Summary, Detail, and Hexdump Views
The analyzer displays Summary, Detail, Hex Dump, Statistics, and Call Detail Views in different panes. The summary
pane displays Frame Number, Time, Length, Error, VPI, VCI, PT, OSF, AAL Type, CID, LI, UUI, CPI and Frame Type message.
User can select a frame in summary view to analyze and decode each frame in the detail view. The Hex dump view
displays the frame information in HEX and ASCII format.
Protocol Summary, Detail, and Hex
Dump Views in UMTS Protocol Analysis
Real-time and Offline Analysis
Users can capture and analyze UMTS frames in real-time and record all or filtered traffic into a trace file. The recorded
trace file can then be analyzed offline and exported to ASCII file, or printed. UMTS raw data capturing requires user to
specify timeslots, bit inversion, octet bit reversion, user/network side, ATM mapping, scrambling, and inverse multiplexing
(IMA) options. The real-time data capturing requires user to specify ports and user/network side.
Port Selection for Real-time
Capture
Filtering and Search
Users can record all or filtered traffic into a trace file. Filtering and search capability adds a powerful dimension to the
UMTS Analyzer. This feature can isolate required frames from all frames in real-time, as well as offline. Users can specify
custom VPI, VCI, and PT type values to filter frames during real-time capture. The frames can also be filtered after
completion of capture based on Frame Number, Time, Length, Error, VPI, VCI, PT, OSF, AAL Type, CID, LI, UUI, and more.
Similarly, Search capability helps user to search for a particular frame based on specific search criteria.
Offline Filtering and Search Criteria
for UMTS Protocol Analysis
Real-time/Pre-Capture Filtering
Criteria for UMTS Protocol Analysis
Reassembly
Using reassembly option user can specify VPI /VCI value to reassemble as per the Segmentation and Reassembly
rules defined by the specified AAL type.
Reassembly Options for UMTS
Protocol Analysis
Call Detail Record and Statistics View
Call trace defining important call specific parameters like Call ID, Call disposition, Call duration, Mobile ID,
Called/Calling Number, Call type (SMS/PDP/Setup/Location update etc) are displayed for IuCs and IuPs interfaces.
Statistics is an important feature available in UMTS analyzer and can be obtained for all frames both in real-time as
well as offline mode. Various statistics can be obtained in statistics view to study the performance and trend in the ATM
network based on different parameters e.g. Use Type, Statistic type (Frame count, Byte count, Frames/Sec) and patterns
(Range List, Wild card).
Statistics Options for UMTS Protocol
Analysis
Enhanced Trace Saving Options
Users can control the captured trace files by saving the trace using different conventions such as trace files with
user-defined prefixes, trace file with date-time prefixes, and slider control to indicate the total number of files, file size,
frame count, or time limit. This feature also allows the captured frames to be saved into a trace file based on the filtering
criteria
Protocol Trace Saving Options for
UMTS Protocol Analysis
Buyer's Guide
| Item No. |
Item Description |
| LTS206 |
OC-3 / STM-1 UMTS Protocol Analysis |
| LTS306 |
OC-12 / STM-4 UMTS Protocol Analysis |
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Other Related Software |
| LTS200 |
OC-3 / STM-1 ATM Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW |
| LTS300 |
OC-12 / STM-4 ATM Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW |
| LTS201 |
OC-3 / STM-1 PoS Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW |
| LTS301 |
OC-12 / STM-4 PoS Monitor, BERT, Tx/Rx Test, RAW |
| LTS202 |
OC-3 / STM-1 ATM and RAW Record / Playback |
| LTS302 |
OC-12 / STM-4 ATM and RAW Record / Playback |
| LTS203 |
OC-3 / STM-1 PoS and RAW Record / Playback |
| LTS303 |
OC-12 / STM-4 PoS and RAW Record / Playback |
| LTS204 |
OC-3 / STM-1 ATM Protocol Analysis |
| LTS304 |
OC-12 / STM-4 ATM Protocol Analysis |
| LTS205 |
OC-3 / STM-1 PoS Protocol Analysis |
| LTS305 |
OC-12 / STM-4 PoS Protocol Analysis |
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Related Hardware |
| LTS100 |
Dual OC-3 / STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 PCI Express Card |
| LTS105 |
Portable Dual OC-3 / STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 |
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DDR2 Memory Options - 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB |
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SFP Options - |
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Fiber cables |
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Fiber connector |
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OC-3 / STM-1 OC-12 / STM-4 Monitor Parts |
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