Spirent Helps Nokia Siemens Networks Verify Its Evolved Packet Core Solution

Nokia Siemens Networks has selected Spirent Communications to validate the performance of its Evolved Packet Core (EPC) gateway Flexi NG. NSN is using Spirent Landslide to assess the scale and data performance of its EPC gateway against complex mobility and real-world traffic


scenarios to ensure successful live network operations. 

Spirent Landslide is a platform that emulates millions of 2G, 3G and LTE mobile data subscribers, simultaneously accessing the wireless network, using various access models. It emulates all key wireless network elements and combines highly scalable control plane and application data to provide a real-world emulation of millions of mobile nodes in various stages of activation, deactivation, and hand-off between cells.

"Spirent's test equipment has helped us verify our EPC solutions to deliver on our promise of profitable, high-performance and reliable networks to our customers," said Petri Pöyhönen, head of Converged Internet Connectivity business line at Nokia Siemens Networks. "We evaluate IP-based end-to-end networking solutions in our ResIP Center, and trust Spirent's testing solutions for efficient verification of multiple mobile technologies simultaneously. Spirent's integrated test methodologies and intelligent results allow our engineers to validate the performance of Nokia Siemens Networks' EPC solution in high-scale mobility scenarios."

Flexi NG is a carrier-class gateway for mobile broadband networks and is designed to play a key role in next-generation wireless system deployments. Flexi NG can be deployed as the Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) for HSPA networks, and serves as the Serving and PDN Gateway for LTE networks.