A conversation about testing with Todd Cotts, product marketing manager at Ascom Network Testing
The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.”
Testing and monitoring in densified networks has to evolve to enable operators to understand network performance and identify performance issues in networks that are more advanced but also more complex. We talked with Todd Cotts at Ascom Network Testing about how testing and monitoring are changing, and how they can assist operators in planning their networks.
Cotts shared common questions he gets from operators, which Ascom addresses: “Is it the right place – is it the right time for the solution? Do I need a small cell, or do I need a [distributed antenna] system? Do I need DAS, or do I need Wi-Fi, or do I need both? Where should I place them to make sure that my network is going to perform to the target expectations that I planned it to perform and meet those [Quality of Experience] expectations?
“Some of the solutions will be hybrid scenarios, where carrier Wi-Fi and enterprise Wi-Fi play nicely in the same sandbox. We have to certainly include that within not only how we test, but also how we design a network. That’s one of the future things,” Cotts added.
We further discussed the topic of densification during our recent webinar. Download the webinar.
