Overview
GL's TRAU Analyzer is used to non-intrusively monitor TRAU frames at the A-bis interface (BTS to BSC links), and A-ter
interface (BSC to MSC links). Application can automatically detect and capture TRAU frames of half rate (HR-8 kbps) or full rate (FR-16 kbps).
Various codecs such as FR, EFR, AMR, and HR are used for compression/decompression of speech. TRAU frames are decoded as per
the specifications GSM 08.60 V 7.2.1 Release and GSM 08.61 V 7.2.2 Release.
Analysis of TRAU calls, including detail statistics, wave graph, oscilloscope, spectral display for various codecs can be done using
TRAU Packet Data Analysis (PDA) feature. It also allows users to play voice files to speaker, write speech data to a file, filter calls, detect
digits and view graphs such as Active Calls, and Traffic Monitoring to identify the frames and classify traffic.
In addition, the following TRAU applications are supported that further help in transmitting and capturing pre-defined TRAU frames:
Main Features
- Provides summary, detail, hex-dump, and statistics views.
- Summary view displays TRAU Frame type, Frame Direction, Speech Frame classification, Time Alignment, CRC and so on.
- Detailed view displays decodes of user-selected frames.
- Hex dump view displays the frame information in HEX and ASCII format
- Statistics view displays statistics based on frame count, byte count, frames/sec, bytes/sec etc for the entire capture data
- Decode TRAU frames such as GSM 6.10, HR, EFR, AMR, O&M, Data at 16 kbps (GSM 08.60) & 8kbps (GSM 08.61)
- Decodes & displays frame synchronization bits, data bits & control bits
- Supports filtering and search features based on various TRAU frame direction, type, time alignment, CRC, and more
- Exports detailed and summary information to a comma delimited file for subsequent import into a database or spreadsheet
- Remote monitoring capability using GL's Network Surveillance System
Additional features supported by real-time analyzer are:
- Trau streams may be captured on the selected time slots (contiguous or non-contiguous), sub-channels or full bandwidth
32 or 24 channels
- Capture and decode TRAU frames such as FR (Full Rate GSM 6.10), HR (Half Rate), EFR (Enhanced Full Rate) , AMR(Adaptive
Multi Rate)., O&M, Data at 16 kbps (GSM 08.60) & 8kbps (GSM 08.61)
- Extracts speech data from TRAU frames, play the speech data on PC soundcard, or, record voice to a file, after
decompressing TRAU speech data to 16-bit linear PCM
- Variations accommodated in the software are inverted or non-inverted data, byte reversal or non-reversal
- Multiple streams of TRAU traffic on various T1/E1 channels can be simultaneously decoded with different GUI instances
Additional features supported by Offline TRAU Analyzer:
- Trace files for analysis can be loaded through simple command-line arguments
- Multiple trace files can be loaded simultaneously with different GUI instances for offline analysis
Summary, Detail and Hexdump Views
The real-time TRAU analyzer application is invoked from the main menu of GL's T1/E1 Analyzer. The offline TRAU analyzer is
invoked from the installation directory of the offline TRAU Analyzer. The analyzer displays summary, detail and hex dump view
in different panes. The summary pane displays Direction, Frame Number, Time, Length, Error, CRC, RIF, Frame Sync, Time
Alignment and more. User can select a frame in summary view to analyze and decode each frame in the detail view.
The selected frame is analyzed and decoded according to TRAU frame specifications. The Hex dump view displays the frame
information in HEX and ASCII format.
Screen Shot of Summary and Detail View
Real-time and Offline Analysis
Users can capture and analyze TRAU frames using either real-time or offline analysis. The recorded trace file can then be
analyzed offline and exported to ASCII file, or printed. The raw data capturing requires user to specify timeslots, bit inversion,
octet bit reversion, user/network side, and hyper channels. The Recorded trace file can be played back on T1/E1 using the TRAU
Traffic Playback application.
Screen Shot of Real Time Analysis
TRAU analyzer can decode TRAU speech frames, which uses the codecs given below
| Codec |
Rate |
Codec Spec |
Frame Size |
Format Spec |
| FR |
16 kbps |
GSM 6.10 |
40 Bytes |
GSM 08.60 |
| EFR |
16 kbps |
GSM 6.60 |
40 Bytes |
GSM 08.60 |
| AMR |
16 kbps |
GSM 6.90 |
40 Bytes |
GSM 08.60 |
| Idle speech |
16 kbps |
- - |
40 Bytes |
GSM 08.60 |
| HR |
16 kbps |
GSM 6.20 |
40 Bytes |
GSM 08.61 |
| HR |
8 kbps |
GSM 6.20 |
20 Bytes |
GSM 08.61 |
| AMR |
8 kbps |
GSM 6.90 |
20 Bytes |
GSM 08.61 |
TRAU analyzer can also capture & decode TRAU frames of other types such as O&M, Data at 16 kbps (GSM 08.60) & 8kbps
(GSM 08.61).
Filtering and Search
Filtering and search capability adds as another powerful feature to the TRAU Analyzer. This feature can isolate required frames
from captured frames in offline analysis. The frames are filtered after completion of capture based on Frame Direction, Type, Speech
Frame Classification, Time Alignment, RIF, AMR mode, and so on.. Similarly, search capability helps user to search for a particular
frame based on specific search criteria.
Screen Shot of Setting the Filtering Criteria
Statistics View
Statistics is an important feature available in TRAU analyzer and can be obtained for all frames both in real-time as well as offline
mode. Numerous statistics can be obtained to study the performance and trend in the GSM network and it is based on protocol fields
and different parameters e.g. Use Type (Key/Total/Field), Statistic type (Frame count, Byte count, Frames/Sec etc.) and patterns like
Range List, Wild card and Value Sets.
Screen Shot of Statistics View
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 set using display filter feature.
Screen Shot of Enhanced Trace Saving Options Window
Save/Load All Configuration Settings
Protocol Configuration window provides a consolidated interface for all the important settings required in the analyzer.
This includes various options such as protocol selection, startup options, stream/interface selection, filter/search criteria and so on.
All the configuration settings done in any of these options can be saved to a file, loaded from a configuration file, or user may just
revert to the default values using the default option.
Screen Shot of Save/Load All Configuration Setting Window
TRAU Packet Data Analysis
TRAU Packet Data Analysis (PDA) is a part of the TRAU Protocol Analyzer and when invoked it displays call information in tabular
and graphical formats (PDA - Summary View) as well as detailed frame by frame information (PDA - Detail View).
PDA Summary View
PDA (or Traffic Analyzer) summary view displays summary of data transmission in each direction including call identity, device
number, channel number, start/end subchannel, total packets, codec type, CRC errors and bad frames. Each call displays Call Header
with Call Number, Call Start Time, and Call Duration of the call, below to which summary of two sessions (left and right) will be
displayed. It includes separate statistical counts on total packets, calls, and captured frames, etc.
In addition, it provides active call graphs to view active calls over the duration of the capture and TRAU Traffic Monitoring graph to
identify the frames and classify traffic. An Active call graph is a simple line graph, depicting the Number Of Calls Vs Time. The TRAU Traffic
Monitoring graph uses specific color codes to identify the frames, along with the direction of its transmission. Each pictorial block
indicates individual TRAU sessions. For simulation purposes these sessions can be created using TRAU ToolBox™ or TRAU Traffic
Playback.
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Summary View
Screen Shot of TRAU Traffic Monitoring
PDA Detail View
PDA (or Traffic Analyzer) detail view allows the user to have a detailed view at the two (or one) TRAU sessions that are part of
a single call. The view is divided into two parts a left and a right pane to accommodate the two sessions. This distinction assists in
any comparisons that are to be made between the two sessions. Vital aspects from the TRAU frame needed for close analysis are
included in the table. The data is updated in real-time, i.e., as and when new packets pertaining to the call are received they are
processed and added to the table(s).
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Detail View
Save Call
The Save Call feature enables the user to save a particular call as a separate HDL file. This is especially useful to get data from
real-time traffic locations for detailed analysis of a flawed call. By using this option, user can save the call that needs to be analyzed
as a HDL file and transport it using temporary media to the lab for detailed analysis.
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Save Call Feature
Play Audio and Write to File
The Play Audio extracts speech bits of each frame from the selected call and plays it to the PC speaker. in Mix, Stereo, or
Separate mode Write to File writes the speech data to a file and use the files with voice quality analysis software to investigate
more about the quality of voice in the network.
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Play Audio and Write to File Feature
Triggers and Action Settings
Triggers and Action Settings window allows the user to filter calls based on the triggers and actions criteria set for the
completed calls. The filtered file can be saved in .hdl and all the voice files can be saved in .wav format (in Stereo or Mix mode) by
checking "Save Call to HDL" and / or "Audio Recording" respectively. The file can be saved in .wav format or choose formatting
options such as "Stereo", or "Mix".
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Triggers and Action Feature
Statistics and Inband Events (Only in Detail View)
The user can get the complete details of a single selected call. Details like Total TRAU packets, Codec Type, CRC Error Frame Count,
and Bad Frames count are displayed. Inband Events display inband DTMF and MF digits as they are received with details such as
Timestamp, Type, Event, On-Time, Power, Freq1 / Power1, Freq2 / Power2.
Screen Shot of TRAU PDA Statistics and Inband Events Feature
Wave Graph and Spectral Display (Only in Detail View)
The amplitude of the incoming signal in a selected call is displayed in real-time graphic form as a function of time. The data may be
displayed in either linear or raw (compressed) format. Time Base in seconds can be set, so that that X axis scale is set according to the
selected time base and the user can have a comprehensive view on the wave graph.
Spectral Display shows the power of incoming signal while the capturing is going on as a function of frequency. The power and
frequency of the signal can be viewed with different sampling rates and functions. Readings of power and frequency of data that is
flowing in both the directions can be viewed simultaneously in the spectral display. Also the user has a facility to observe the spectral
graph of data flowing in only one direction.
Screen Shot of Oscilloscope views in TRAU PDA
Screen Shot of Spectral views in TRAU PDA
TRAU Traffic Playback
Overview
Trau Traffic Playback is an application used to generate Trau traffic on T1/E1. This software provides the ability to playback the
recorded Trau file(s) on selected/all subchannels of T1/ E1 lines.
The application allows you to transmit a single recorded trace file or multiple files on the desired subchannels at any given time.
Trau frames are time-aligned as per the control information in the frame.
EFR, FR (GSM 6.10), HR, AMR, O&M, Data, Data 14.5 and Idle Speech frame types, which are stored in the recorded TRAU files,
can be used for transmission TRAU frames can be manually generated using bin2frame application, which takes text file as input
and convert it into .hdl format. This file can be played in real time using TRAU Traffic Playback.
Main Features
- Recorded trace files can be transmitted on specific channels/sub-channels.
- Data transmission rates supported includes 16kbps and 8 kbps.
- Provides the option to reverse or inverse bits in the selected data during transmission.
- Trace files can include TRAU frames types such as EFR, FR (GSM 6.10), HR, AMR, O&M, Data, Data 14.5 and Idle Speech frame
types, which are stored in the recorded TRAU files, can be used for transmission.
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Buyer's Guide:
Please Note: The XX in the Item No. refers to the hardware platform, listed at the bottom of the Buyer's Guide, which the
software will be running on. Therefore, XX can either be DPT, DPE, PCT, PCE, HDT, HDE, DLT, DLE or UTE depending upon the hardware.
* Specifications and features subject to change without notice.
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