Tektronix Communications Extends Mobile Network Monitoring Capability for Femtocells

Tektronix Communications Extends Mobile Network Monitoring Capability for
Femtocells

Quality of Service Expands to Femtocell Networks; Paves the Way for 4G
Broadband Network Deployments

RICHARDSON, Texas, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Tektronix Communications, a leading
worldwide provider of network intelligence and communications test solutions,
today announced its femtocell monitoring solution based upon the
industry-leading GeoProbe network monitoring platform.

Tektronix Communications' GeoProbe Femtocell solution provides real time,
end-to-end network visibility and trouble-shooting capability for operators
deploying femtocell access networks alongside their UTRAN mobile access
networks. Adoption of femtocell networks is projected to continue into 4G as
the need increases for more cost-efficient capacity and bandwidth growth. As
part of the Unified Assurance(R) portfolio, the GeoProbe platform of
monitoring solutions will support both standards 3GPP release 8 and vendor
proprietary versions of the femtocell interfaces.

Femtocell networks rely on a new architecture that leverages existing 3G
network elements (MSC, SGSN) but also includes new network interfaces (Iuh)
and new network elements (HNB, HNB-GW, Security-GW, etc.) that are unproven in
a mobile network environment where the expectations for quality are very high.
For operators deploying femtocell networks, this represents a significant
quality assurance risk, especially given the fact that the HNB located at the
customer premise will be exposed to external factors unforeseen by traditional
network elements that are typically housed at the central office or in a
secure location.

"Tektronix Communications' femtocell monitoring solution enables operators
adopting femtocells to ensure the same level of QoS in their femtocell
networks as they have come to expect in their mobile network with the ability
to monitor and troubleshoot customer impacting problems all the way to the
femto home node B," said Mark Driedger, vice president and general manager of
Network Monitoring for Tektronix Communications. "In addition, operators now
have the flexibility to scale their network monitoring needs as they adopt new
broadband technologies such as HSPA and LTE."

Because the number of network elements involved in a femtocell access network
are considerably more than in a GSM or UMTS access network, there is an
economic need to monitor the potentially tens of thousands of Iuh interfaces
remotely as opposed to relying on portable tests carried-out by field
technicians which can be considerably more expensive and less efficient.

Tektronix Communications' femtocell monitoring solution enables operators a
smooth transition to next-generation networks. The solution can generate
statistics for nodal troubleshooting, network baselining and planning
purposes, as well as data records for internal and external BSS and OSS
applications.

About Tektronix Communications' Unified Assurance Portfolio
Tektronix Communications' 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:
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
www.tektronixcommunications.com.

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, +1-503-970-2496,
alisha.goff@tektronix.com; or Jeniece Gibbs, +1-972-341-2506,
jgibbs@golinharris.com, for Tektronix Communications