Anite announced two recent firsts, one of which is support for commercial LTE-A and carrier aggregation testing for mobile network operators and infrastructure vendors using its Nemo Outdoor testing platform.
Carrier aggregation allows operators to combine spectrum resources in order to increase network speeds. Anite’s Nemo Outdoor platform provides information about the primary and secondary component carriers for CA, including physical cell ID, signal levels and quality; plus link adaptation and radio resource allocation, among other LTE parameters. Anite said the new CA testing feature complements existing testing for 2G, 3G and LTE, while supporting analysis and optimization of heterogeneous networks that include small cells.
“Key industry players are already preparing for LTE-A and carrier aggregation deployments,” said Petri Toljamo, managing director for Anite’s network testing business. “With our help, operators can make sure their networks are optimized for providing the high data rates their customers are demanding.”
Anite also announced that it is the first vendor to support POLQUA voice quality testing with the Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-i9505) on a handheld measurement tool. The company also announced several new features with the latest release of its Android-based Nemo Handy-A measurement solution, including Wi-FI offload and HetNet monitoring in real time and a transaction log view.
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