Tektronix Enhances Network Monitoring System to Ensure Service Quality in UMA Networks

Tektronix Enhances Network Monitoring System to Ensure Service Quality in UMA
Networks
Unified Assurance(R) Offers Core-to-Access Visibility to Help Operators
Effectively Launch UMA Networks

RICHARDSON, Texas, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix Communications, a
leading worldwide provider of communications network management and
diagnostics solutions, today announced it has enhanced its network assurance
monitoring system to include Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) support. The
addition of UMA support to the Unified Assurance(R) solution for mobile
networks enables end-to-end monitoring of voice and data sessions across fixed
and mobile networks with a single platform.
UMA technology allows GSM/GPRS operators to add Wi-Fi as a fixed access
technology to their network, allowing seamless roaming and handover between
local area networks and wide area networks using a dual-mode mobile phone.
With multiple networks and technologies involved, maintaining the quality of a
UMA session is not an easy task. With Tektronix' Unified Assurance UMA
solution, service providers have a comprehensive view of voice and data
service performance from access to core, including handovers between UMA and
GSM/GPRS networks. With this end-to-end visibility, operators can manage the
performance of their UMA networks and the quality of their end users'
experience as they roam seamlessly between cellular, public and private
networks.
The Tektronix UMA offering is fully integrated with the existing GeoProbe
and Advanced Performance Monitoring(TM) (APM) applications and features. All
are part of Tektronix' industry-leading Unified Assurance(TM) suite of
applications for management of next generation converged networks.
The GeoProbe UMA monitoring solution provides a complete set of solutions
for monitoring 2G/2.5G/3G mobile networks from access to core, giving service
providers real-time, end-to-end visibility into their customers' service
experience. The solution's multi protocol call trace provides end-to-end views
for troubleshooting complex call scenarios such as IRAT handover. Proactive,
customer-centric call tracing provides real-time tracing capabilities and
historical trace recall. APM's UMA Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) enable
operators to track voice and data service performance by access point, media
access control and UMA network controller. APM's analysis of historical KPIs
and statistics enable service providers to identify customer QoS degradation
before problems result in customer trouble reports.
"Tektronix partners with its customers to provide solutions that enable
them to deploy, troubleshoot, manage and optimize new technologies such as UMA
to maintain competitiveness," said Mark Driedger, Vice President and General
Manager, Network Management, Tektronix Communications. "We are enthusiastic
about being on the cutting-edge of this new technology, providing an offering
that will enable leading companies to seamlessly deliver new innovations in
mobile communications."
About Tektronix' Unified Assurance Portfolio
Tektronix' industry-leading Unified Assurance (UA) network management
suite provides integrated, end-to-end performance monitoring solutions for
customer, service and network assurance. UA supports a full range of
monitoring capabilities across next generation mobile and IP networks,
including active test solutions that provide active troubleshooting,
provisioning and automated service quality monitoring. The Tektronix solutions
quickly identify, localize and quantify service and network issues, giving
customers an integrated, end-to-end next generation network.
The GeoProbe product provides network engineers with the information
needed to solve network and service problems across technologies, applications
and element vendors. APM enables engineers to manage network services by
associating network events into functional groups for more focused and
effective troubleshooting. More information can be found at:
http://www.tektronix.com/networkmanagement.
About Tektronix Communications
Tektronix Communications provides network operators and equipment
manufacturers around the world an unparalleled suite of network diagnostics
and management solutions for fixed, mobile, IP and converged multi-service
networks. This comprehensive set of solutions support a range of architectures
and applications such as LTE, fixed mobile convergence, IMS, broadband
wireless access, WiMAX, VoIP and triple play, including IPTV. Tektronix
Communications is headquartered in Richardson, Texas. Learn more about the
company's test, measurement and network monitoring solutions by visiting
http://www.tek.com/communications.
Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade
names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.
SOURCE Tektronix Communications

Alisha Goff of Tektronix Communications, +1-469-330-4405, alisha.goff@tek.com;
or Jeniece Gibbs of GolinHarris, +1-972-341-2506, jgibbs@golinharris.com, for
Tektronix Communications