LTE Device Testing Overview

The arrival of Long Term Evolution (LTE) brought significantly different wireless network capabilities. Today’s wireless user wants and expects superior service and performance. To make sure this happens, extensive and frequent network testing needs to be done. And when it comes to LTE testing, nothing can be spared. Plus, with the quality expectations of mobile users on the rise, service providers need to know their network infrastructure can handle burgeoning traffic loads and ever-more-complex application traffic without compromising performance or security. This type of testing, however, can become extremely expensive and inconvenient. Wireless network operators must find innovative, affordable ways to test their networks, as it will become more and more part of everyday life.Successful LTE deployment depends on the compatibility and effective inter-working of the system’s different elements. Conformance LTE testing, according to Agilent, ensures that those specific elements meet a minimum level of performance as defined in the 3GPP specifications. The LTE conformance test also covers base station, user equipment, and radio resource management performance. Read more