MAPS™ UMTS for IuPS Interface Emulator

Overview

GL’s Message Automation & Protocol Simulation (MAPS™), is a protocol simulation and conformance test tool that supports a variety of protocols such as SIP, MEGACO, ISDN, SS7, GSM, LTE, and many other TDM, IP, and Wireless protocols. MAPS™ has been enhanced for testing UMTS IuPs interface. It can simulate RNC (Radio Network Controller), and 3G SGSN (3G Serving GPRS Support Node) by generating RANAP and DTAP signaling messages over SCTP as Transport layer in an IP network as defined by 3GPP standards.

The application gives the users the unlimited ability to edit messages and control scenarios (message sequence). “Message sequences” are generated through scripts. “Messages” are created using message templates.

The application is available as

MAPS™ – IuPS (Item # PKS164)

In addition, GL also supports the following UMTS analyzers and simulators:

MAPS™ UMTS IuCS & IuH Simulators (PKS160)
T1 or E1 UMTS Protocol Analyzer (XX165)
Offline UMTS Protocol Analyzer (OLV165)
OC-3 / STM-1 UMTS Protocol Analysis (LTS206)
OC-12 / STM-4 UMTS Protocol Analysis (LTS306)

The product also supports Mobile traffic core – GTP (ETH101) simulation for user-plane packet transmission and reception services between any two nodes in LTE and UMTS networks. Mobile Traffic Core – Gateway (ETH102) module allows simulation of Gateway Traffic to test media gateway telephony interfaces over IP. These modules also support generation and verification of data traffic such as Email, FTP, Web (HTTP), Video, and more.

Main Features

Simulates RNC, and SGSN entities.
Generates and supports all Mobility Management, Session Management, RANAP and DTAP messages.
User controlled access to RANAP, and DTAP messages.
Ready scripts for Routing Area Updating, GPRS Attach, and Detach procedures for quick testing.
Supports Authentication, TMSI Reallocation, Encryption, and other optional procedures
Supports mobile traffic simulation with additional licenses
Provides fault insertion, and erroneous call flows testing capability.
Impairments can be applied to messages to simulate error conditions
Supports customization of call flows and message templates using Script editor and Message editor.
Supports scripted call generation and automated call reception.
Supports mobile traffic simulation with additional licenses
Provides detail protocol trace with full message decoding, and graphical ladder diagrams of call flow with time stamp
Call flow graph allows to easily verify the messages exchanged with DUT
Displays call status, results, call information, total iterations to be done, and completed iterations
Script based & protocol independent software architecture.
Provides call statistics and associated captured events and error events during call simulation.