Ixia and Alcatel-Lucent Break the 100 Gigabit per Second Barrier for LTE Evolved Packet Core Mobile Gateways

CALABASAS, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading global provider of converged IP wireless test
solutions, today announced the results of a an LTEEvolved Packet Core (EPC) test
performed with Alcatel-Lucent. The test broke the 100 Gbps barrier for mobile
gateways, paving the way for terabit capacities in the EPC for upcoming LTE
network deployments. A set of two Alcatel-Lucent7750 Service Routers, deployed
in the role of LTE/EPC Serving Gateway and Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway,
were stressed using Ixia`s IxLoad application and Acceleron load modules and
successfully passed multimedia traffic over simultaneous 80 Gbps downstream and
20 Gbps upstream links.

Ixia IxLoad application and Acceleron load modules generated and tested a
continuous flow of real-time traffic using more than 1.5 million active LTE
connections (bearers) loaded at 65 Kbps each. This traffic, aggregated at more
than 100 Gbps, was processed and passed across an Alcatel-Lucent EPC, which
included two Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Routers. The scenario roughly equated
to 1.5 million voice LTE channels or, inversely, more than 65,000
high-definition html-based H.264 video sessions running concurrently at
aggregate speeds over 100 Gbps.

"These test results show that aggregate speeds over 100 Gbps are today`s reality
for the Alcatel-Lucent LTE Evolved Packet Core gateways - speeds that are
necessary to accommodate the exponential rise of traffic in the mobile broadband
evolution," said Kevin Macaluso, Vice President and General Manager of the
Service Router product group within Alcatel-Lucent. "Ixia had the hardware and
software that could accommodate the scalability we needed to validate our
product with real world application traffic."

IxLoad is a scalable solution for testing converged multiplay services and
application delivery platforms. IxLoad emulates data, voice, and video
subscribers and associated protocols for performance testing. Its unique and
advanced subscriber modeling capabilities create realistic scenarios to validate
subscriber quality of experience (QoE). Ixia's Acceleron family of load modules
is the highest performing and most scalable application traffic generation
solution available in the industry. It offers complete layer 2-7 packet
generation, routing, and application testing functionality in a single XM load
module.

According to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), the number of mobile
operators committed to deploying LTE advanced mobile broadband systems has more
than doubled in the past year. With 64 operators working to implement LTE in 31
countries, GSA expects that up to 22 networks will be in commercial service by
the end of 2010. The Economist recently predicted that mobile Internet users are
expected to surpass fixed Internet users in 2011. If true, mobile data traffic
in the coming years will reach volumes thousands of times higher than previously
seen in wireless networks, imposing significant challenges on both the radio
access network (RAN) and EPC in LTE mobile broadband rollouts.

"LTE is about massive increase of video and data traffic which demands massive
throughput in the Evolved Packet Core," said Victor Alston, Senior Vice
President, Product Development at Ixia. "This collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent
sets a new benchmark for LTE data plane processing and showcases the best
practices in LTE service quality validation."

To view a video about the test, please go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDSNj1xM0OM. Ixia`s hardware and software
solutions for wireless EPC solutions can be found on our Acceleron and IxLoad
product pages.

About Ixia

Ixia is a leading provider of converged IP performance test systems and service
verification platforms for wireless and wired infrastructures and services.
Ixia`s test systems are used by network and telephony equipment manufacturers,
semiconductor manufacturers, service providers, governments and enterprises to
validate the performance and reliability of complex networks, devices and
applications. Ixia`s multiplay test systems address the growing need to test
voice, video and data services and network capability under real-world
conditions.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris: ALU) (NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation
partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense,
energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing
solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users.
A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies,
applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and
scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in
the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the
most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is
a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro
15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices
located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

Ixia and the Ixia four-petal logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Ixia. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Ixia
Kelly Maloit
Director of Public Relations
818-444-2957
kmaloit@ixiacom.com
or
Vantage Communications for Ixia
Robert Adler
415-984-1970 x104
radler@pr-vantage.com

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