Benchmarking Tool

Comparison
 Tools
Tools that are widely used in India for
Benchmarking are
1. SwissQual
2. XCAL
3. Nemo
4. Tems
 SwissQual
(Diversity Ranger)
Test and benchmarking a wide range of services:
Voice telephony: CS & VoIP Speech Quality (narrow
and wideband), noise suppression, Echo, RTT, DTMF
Data: Ping, FTP, UDP, HTTP
Browsing: WAP, HTTP IE
Messaging: SMS, MMS, E-mail
Video streaming and media layer analysis: MPEG4,
H.263, H.264
Mobile TV: Video IP portals and YouTube
3G Video telephony
 Accuver
XCAL
Features
Easy to learn, easy to configure
Support various LTE devices on time - UEs, Scanners
Support various LTE test scenarios - FTP, Ping, UDP, Mobile VoIP, VOD etc
Support LTE metrics - PHY, HARQ, Scheduling, RRM, MAC, RRC, NAS etc
Support LTE network performance KPIs - throughput, latency, mobility etc.
Key Parameters
Layer 1 information
Cell Info, Channel Info, CQI, Serving cell RSRP, RSRQ, UE Tx power, RACH
Info, PDSCH throughput, PDSCH BLER, PBCH BLER, DL grant, UL Ack/Nack
status, PUSCH PHY throughput, UL scheduling status, UL grant, DL
Ack/Nack status.
Layer 2, 3 information
PDCP Info (pdu, throughoutput, configuration, security), RLC info (states,
throughput), MAC Info (pdu, throughput, HARQ Ack/Nack info, BLER, TA),
RRC message, NAS message.
 Nokia
NEMO
Voice Measurement
Circuit switched data measurement
Packet switched data measurement
UMA measurement
DVB-H measurement
Scanner measurement
Indoor measurement
Benchmarking measurement
Application testing
POC measurement
Voice quality measurement
Streaming video quality measurement
Missing neighbor detection
IP packet capture
 TEMS

GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, and CDMA support.

GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, and CDMA features
Verify and optimize intersystem handover and cell reselection
Verify compressed mode behavior
Verify and compare coverage and performance
Verify WCDMA/HSPA and GSM system accessibility
Layer 3 and Mode reports decoding
AQM Measurements
Streaming Video
IP Protocol Trace
Data throughput UL/DL
Ftp, http, and ping test applications
MMS and SMS testing
New Command sequence
Roundtrip delay