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Develop chipset and UE designs faster Designed to meet the challenging needs of developing wireless devices, reference designs, chipsets, protocol stacks, IMS based services and mobile multi-media. The S-CORE is a cost efficient early to market test solution designed to accelerate your LTE development projects. With setcom s unique set of S-CORE tools, design teams are able to: Develop and integrate new designs faster Improve efficiency, performance and interoperability earlier Prove compliance to globally recognized specifications Demonstrate adherence to leading Operator test plans setcom is active within 3GPP, participating mainly within the RAN5 group where user equipment (UE) conformance and performance tests for LTE & IMS based services are being defined and verified. Enabling our customers to gain industry compliance and measure performance KPI s early in their development lifecycle, thereby accelerating the time to market of mature and stable wireless products into the hands of end users. As a member of the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI), setcom has participated in the implementation of an industry-wide set of common features and interoperability tests performed in a cross vendor environment to establish early proof-ofconcept and baseline real life performance expactations.
S-CORE User Applications S-CORE Key Features & Benefits A single investment for testing baseband, protocol signalling, IMS based services and mobile multi-media Multi-RAT hardware design supporting 2 RF channels per unit including two output streaming ports, ideal for complex Inter-RAT scenarios: LTE (FDD / TDD) GSM/EDGE W-CDMA/HSPA+ CDMA2000 Connect multiple UE s to one S-CORE unit in real-time, bringing interoperability testing back into the lab Supporting all E-UTRA bandwidths profiles up to 100 MHz, S-CORE is LTE Advanced ready A rich suite of tools, diagnostic traces and a TTCN-3 environment to capture and identify interoperability and performance issues fast Industry leading portfolio of conformance and Tier 1 Operator test plan packages to get you to market as quick as possible The S-CORE is a powerful network emulator designed from the ground up to accelerate development of 3GPP wireless designs. Configure and emulate complex wireless network scenarios through an easy to use intuitive interface and tool set, featuring LTE and legacy RAN support, an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and IP Multi-Media Subsystem (IMS) framework, including the industry s leading portfolio of network services, multi-media and application enablers. This broad array of network emulation enables the S-CORE to satisfy many different test team needs: Radio Access protocol development & Interoperability testing, E-UTRA/EPC Baseband performance analysis End-to-end performance analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) GCF & PTCRB (Pre)Conformance & Type Approval IMS based Service development, SMS & MMS over IMS, VoLTE and RCS Operator acceptance test plans Secure point-to-point encryption algorithm design including EPS ciphering & integrity protection performance analysis Stress & soak testing of data throttling algorithms, IP performance and excessive signalling from rouge applications
S-CORE for Research and Development E-UTRA & EPC Protocol Stack Development R&D teams designing and testing complex protocols such as E-UTRA and the Evolved Packet Core (EPC) require a test system with a high degree of flexibility with the ability to get down to the bit level control of the network signalling. The S-CORE delivers on this requirement with an easy to use GUI environment and comprehensive selection of productivity tools with an extensive API, enabling protocol stack developers the option to script complex Multi-RAT and Inter-RAT network scenarios within a repetitive lab based environment. Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access With support for both FDD & TDD variants of LTE, the S-CORE test platform supports up to the December 2010 revision of the 3GPP E-UTRA user plane (PDCP/RLC/MAC/PHY) and control plane (RRC) specifications. All E-UTRA Bandwidth profiles from 1.4-20 MHz, S-CORE is ready for LTE Advanced bandwidth profiles of up to 100MHz All Modulation Schemes up to 64QAM 2x2 MiMO Configure all RRC messages with an easy to use message editor tool - rapidly test control plane interoperability and RRC state transitions PDCP Ciphering, deciphering and RoHC Concatenation, segmentation and reassembly of RLC SDUs including duplicate frames and negative testing HARQ/ARQ Error correction and MAC Scheduling control Mapping between all Physical and Transport (Broadcast, Control and Shared) Channels Multiple Radio Access Technologies Already supporting W-CDMA / HSPA+ in all FDD bands with GSM/EDGE, TD-SCDMA and CDMA2000 to be supported soon. Evolved Packet Core A full featured Evolved Packet Core (EPC) enables control of all Non-access stratum (NAS) layer signalling between the UE and MME for: UE Mobility Management including handovers between E-UTRA and legacy radio access networks Session Management procedures to establish and maintain IPv4v6 connectivity between the UE and multiple Packet Data Network Gateways (PDN GW) NAS Security protocols for Integrity protection and S-CORE emulates the complete protocol stack of a Multi-RAT LTE/IMS based network
S-CORE S-CORE for IMS based Services & Apps S-CORE for Operator Acceptance Testing The S-CORE supports not only Multiple Access Technologies such as LTE or W-CDMA, but also a 3GPP compliant IP MultiMedia Subsystem (IMS) framework, complete with diagnostic capabilities highlighting SIP messaging with bit level decoding and graphical XML traces to identify issues faster. The Tier 1 operators have rigorous UE acceptance test plans designed to provide them with metrics on how a given UE performs and whether it is interoperable within that specific Operators network configuration. Testing UE Key Performace Indicators Stress and soak testing of data throttling algorithms Analyze data throughput and latency all the way through the stack Measure Packet Jitter, IP packet loss and error rates VoIP Speech quality analysis Determine state transition times Mobility Scenarios incl. Multi-RAT & Inter RAT Handovers and Cell Selection S-CORE trace of SMS over IMS signalling log With a compelling roadmap featuring IMS based services the S-CORE currently supports SMS & MMS over IMS with a growing number of Services including VoLTE in development. IMS Based Services using S-CORE IP v4 & v6 support 3GPP SMS over IMS (both 3GPP & 3GPP2 formats) OMA MMS over IMS GSMA Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) IR.92 profile GSMA Rich Communication Suite (RCS) User Experience tests Operator Acceptance Test Plans Leveraging test leadership in Device management, IMS based Services and to end-to-end UE Key Performance Indicators, setcom is continuing to work very closely with network operators and is listed on many of the acceptance test plans of leading global operators from China to the United States. Covering UE interoperability and performance test plans from the radio access to the applications layers: Protocol Interoperability test plans at Radio Access & IP layers Device Management SMS & MMS over IMS Device Management over LTE setcom has years of experience testing Device Management in UE R&D, Certification and Operator test plans, features supported include: UE Provisioning & Boot Strapping procedures Complete or partial Firmware upgrade (FOTA) In the field UE Bug fixes and remote admin Lock & Wipe Browsing and Streaming
S-CORE Control and Diagnostic Information Protocol development demands accuracy, clear and intuitive logging and decoding at every layer. Highlighting unexpected messaging and providing bit level decoding of all messaging sent or received all the way through the stack. S-CORE Scenario Builder With a built in scenario builder, a powerful yet simple to use drop & drag approach to creating complex network emulation, empowering interoperability & regression test engineers to create test scenarios in seconds. S-CORE logs and traces cover all layers: Physical layer information Radio access signalling layers 2 & 3 Non-access stratum (NAS) Mobility and Session management Detailed TCP/UDP IP logs IMS control layer S-CORE Scenario Builder enables customisation using easy to select parameter settings Scenario Builder Scripting Mode - Build and Send all RRC and NAS messages, configure all parameter values S-CORE decode of an RRC message using ASN1 notation Using the S-CORE engineers acquire a rich selection of diagnostic logs and traces to identify interoperability and performance issues quickly. Predefined Tests - High level approach of building a scenario one function at a time, i.e. Setup Cell, Perform Attach, Create Secondary EPS bearer etc Protocol Stack Mode - Enables a call box mode where the S-CORE can dynamically respond to UE signalling and requests. Ideal for testing UE & Server interoperability Scenario Commands - Simple BASIC style software commands to create loops etc... Automation Commands - Send AT commands or native instructions to activate the UE to respond to UI prompts, activate connectivity or trigger services and applications - Enabling engineers to perform automated regression testing overnight or during the weekend. S-CORE Device Management XML messaging trace
S-CORE for UE Certification Reduce your time to certification Catch non compliance to 3GPP specifications early before committing time or budget to formal lab based certification, field trials and operator based network acceptance. Test Case Automation The S-CORE can further improve your test times by executing automated campaigns of 100 s of test cases which can be executed without operator attendance. To accelerate your UE certification setcom has developed the S-CORE to support the following GCF & PTCRB LTE and IMS requirements based on ETSI written TTCN-3 test cases defined at 3GPP RAN5 for lab based UE compliance, interoperability and certification testing. RRM - 3GPP TS 36.521-3 E-UTRA & EPC signalling - 3GPP TS 36.523-1 Multi-media Telephony Services for IMS (MTSI), GSMA IR.92 profile - 3GPP TS 34.229-1 SMS over IMS - 3GPP TS 34.229-1 The S-CORE is also capable of running the industry s broadest portfolio of Application Enablers (AE) test cases currently available on the setcom S-CAT 6000 series test platform, including MMS, Device Management, SUPL and many more. The S-CORE test system is listed at GCF as test platform 107 (TP107) Resolve issues faster Clear Pass / Fail / Inconclusive verdicts per test case and test step Baseline UE stability by running test cases multiple times till a pass/fail condition is met Speed up fault diagnosis by comparing received messaging with expected messaging Quickly identify failure causes by clicking on a failed test case step to go directly to the TTCN-3 source code for further analysis GCF and PTCRB Certification Coverage S-CORE is designed to support the RRM, E-UTRA, EPC and IMS based protocol signalling test cases listed at GCF & PTCRB
S-CORE System Specifications RF Output Output level -120dBm to -30dBm Resolution 0.1dB Absolute Accuracy 0.5dBm typ. IF Bandwidth 100MHz RF Input Maximum Input Power +33dBm (average power) Trigger Level Range -35dBm to +33dBm Channel Power Accuracy +/- 0.3dB typical (CW signal level >-40dBm IF Bandwidth 100MHz Frequency Range Range 450MHz to 2.7GHz Radio Access Networks supported: E-UTRAN (both FDD & TDD variants) UTRAN (W-CDMA/HSPA+) GERAN (GSM/EDGE) Modulation BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM & 64QAM Max Cell Combinations 2 * Cells any RAN configuration any RF band (1 cell Max when using 2x2 MiMO configurations) General Data Time Base Frequency Initial Accuracy TRIG ports (1-4) OCXO 10MHz <+/- 0.05ppm (25 C, after 60 minute warm up) TTL Trigger Input / Output USB Interface *4 USB 2.0 Networking interface *1 1GByte/sec Ethernet Mains Supply 100-250V 50/60Hz Dimensions 15 W * 7 H * 22 D Weight 14kg Power Consumption <700W EMC Safety EN 61326 Immunity for industrial enviroment, Class B emissions IEC 61010-1, EN61010-1, UL3111-1, CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.10-10.1 Mechanical Vibration IEC 60068, IEC 61010 and MIL-T-2880D, class 5 Mechanical Shock ASTM D3332-99, Method B Warranty 12 months Calibration recommended every 2 years Rely on the Wireless Test Platform Leader setcom provides world s leading test platform technology and equipment for next generation wireless development. The new S-CORE is a perfect example of how setcom protects your investment in the long-term by continuous research and development complimented with unparalleled support. setcom group Germany Malta USA Email: info@setcom.eu Website: www.setcom.eu Germany (Munich): Tel: +49 89 4448 8990 Malta (Sliema): Tel: +356 21 314 872 USA (Chicago, IL): Tel: +1 847 540 5964 China: +86 21 6280 0088 jeff.yang@norn.com.cn www.norn.com.cn China: +86 21 3250 3992 paralink@paralink.com.cn www.paralink.com.cn India: +91 11 3081 0200 info@aimil.com www.aimil.com India: +91 98 8058 7676 atulk@qualitreeinc.com www.qualitreeinc.com Japan: +81 3 5774 09973 system@cornes-dodwell.co.jp www.cornes-dodwell.co.jp Korea: +82 2 3662 2471 info@tricomtek.com www.tricomtek.com Singapore & Malaysia: +65 6747 7234 thomas.chen@tmesystems.net www.tmesystems.net Taiwan: +886 2 2511 2159 clement_hsu@dianhsiang.com.tw Taiwan: +886 2 2696 2828 paralink@paralink.com.tw www.paralink.com.tw www.setcom.eu setcom group. S-CORE. All rights reserved. Due to constant product development and improvement, all technical data provided is subject to change without proir notice. January 2011.