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News Release from: Anite Telecoms | Subject: Development Toolset
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 February 2007
Toolset turns to multimedia broadcast
testing
MBMS test features aim to remove testing complexity and significantly reduce time to market for MBMS-ready devices and services.
Anite has announced the release of its Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) feature set as part of its Development Toolset test solution MBMS is expected to become one of the preferred standards for wireless file transfer and streamed television, video: "ticker tape" applications and other rich media content over mobile networks, and is standardised in 3GPP
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Targeted at handset developers, the MBMS features use DT's Developer's API which can be used for testing at Layers 1, 2 and 3.
The common API means developers need only write test scripts once that can then be reused during the integration phase.
Integration and development teams normally dedicated to each Layer can therefore collaborate more easily, resulting in increased flexibility and reduced complexity.
"Operators have been looking for 'killer apps' for some time to open up new revenue streams".
"The timely commercial deployment of 3G networks and the standardisation of MBMS means that delivery of rich media to subscribers can now become a reality", said Dr Colleen Cheung, Anite Development Toolset Product Manager.
"However, with new standards such as MBMS, it's essential that manufacturers carry out thorough development, integration and interoperability testing to prove first that the technology works properly - otherwise, those revenue streams are fated to disappear before they even start delivering the dollars".
In conjunction with Anite's SAT(H) host testing platform, the MBMS features within the Developer's API support stack development and testing of the new MBMS logical and physical channels, giving developers the ability to test protocol stacks prior to integration with the baseband.
For baseband and RF testing, DT's L1 Simulator provides a graphical user interface to rapidly test the new MBMS physical channels and physical channel combinations, allowing developers to immediately see the impact of changing channel parameters under simulated operational conditions.
Using the L1 Simulator or the Developer's API to generate test signals, Anite's comprehensive and flexible support of a variety of digital I+Q formats ensures that the SAT platform is able to interface with the system under test at all stages of development maturity.
Development Toolset (DT) is a comprehensive suite of tools, which support all phases of wireless terminal development, from pre-silicon protocol module development through to systems integration and verification.
The hardware platform on which this toolset is based is also common to Anite's other tools, including Conformance Toolset (CT) and SAS ensuring sound return on investment.
Anite will exhibit on Stand E21 in Hall 2 at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
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