NITRO Wireless

Simplify the delivery of new technology!

As networks become more complex and layered, a focus on measuring and assuring experience from the user perspective – by emulating usage scenarios modeled on real network data – generates the essential intelligence to simplify the delivery of new technology.

NITRO^® Wireless offers products, solutions and services to enable all participants in the ecosystem – equipment manufacturers, service providers, semiconductor companies, software developers and system integrators – to accelerate technology development by validating performance at each stage in intelligent, intuitive and automated ways.

Path to 6G

With 5G reaching a tipping point in terms of buildout and capabilities, leading service providers and their ecosystems are developing paths to 6G. 

Industrial applications such as large-scale private networks, smart cities and critical communications require higher throughput and lower latency to enable the real-time computing and communication of precise sensing, imaging, and positioning data. 

The introduction of TeraHertz/Terabit/microsecond connectivity through the cloud, open networking in a multi-vendor environment, and AI/ML to automate network operation, all point to a fundamental re-architecting of the network, at the semiconductor, equipment, software and application levels. The resulting challenges of network performance, quality of service (QoS), security and energy consumption now need to be mitigated and simplified.

The challenges of network performance, quality of service (QoS), security and energy consumption now need to be mitigated and simplified.

 

Energy Savings

The RIC and associated Energy Saving Apps can reduce the energy consumed by the RAN by making intelligent decisions about how to deploy resources, for example turning off cells and frequencies during quiet times, without compromising user experience.

Before live deployment, r/xApps and rApps for the RIC need to be assessed and also trained to best optimize 5G energy savings. With TeraVM RIC Test you can emulate RAN hardware, software, cells, power consumption and traffic conditions to test RIC performance under real-world conditions. In an easy and cost-effective way.

In addition, by continually capturing and analyzing subscriber data with NITRO Location Intelligence as rApp/xApp, you can improve RAN power consumption and subscriber QoE further.

Mobility data and subscriber-centric insights are provided to a ML-driven digital twin for analysis. RAN energy savings driven by fully or partially powered off cells and e-tilts can be predicted and quantified by the digital twin in parallel, to safeguard the subscriber's mobile experience. Adjustments can then be implemented to maximum advantage as part of a continuous optimization loop.

Resources for Energy Savings

 

 
Video: How TeraVM RIC Test can be used to run energy saving algorithms form RIC and rApps

 
Video: RAN Energy Savings with VIAVI Location Intelligence

 

SASE Test

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a new way for employees accessing corporate functions and data securely and efficiently from any location.

The advent of cloud deployed applications and data combined with the diverse working locations has accelerated this change.

IT organizations are faced with the conundrum of providing employees with fast secure access while ensuring the corporate data and security are not breached and the same time ensuring productivity is not hampered by poor latency, throughput and response times.

The quickest and safest way to a secure roll out of SASE is to vigorously test in the lab.

With TeraVM SASE test you can be sure enterprise employees will receive a secure connection, operational efficiency and 24/7 access anywhere their laptop takes them.

While SASE is the solution there are many deployment challenges facing corporations:

• • What is the capacity of the VPN links between SASE and private applications?
• • How much authenticated and unauthenticated web application traffic can my SASE solution handle?
• • Does the end user performance vary under different load conditions?
• • How many connections can be sustained?
• • How much traffic can be carried inside the tunnels?
• • Will redundancy work when relied upon?
• • Will everything work seamlessly across a distributed multi-Cloud platform?
• • Will latency-sensitive applications such as Teams collaboration, VoIP, media streaming, and video conferencing work on demand without service affecting issues?
• Will a cyber-attack compromise performance while data is scrubbed?

 

5G Core Test

The VIAVI TeraVM 5G Core Test provides a full wraparound validation of a 5G Standalone Core Network.

One of the biggest challenges facing NEMs and mobile operators as they launch 5G is developing products against constantly changing and maturing 3GPP specs.

TeraVM Core Test gives Core Network engineers a controllable and repeatable test environment that helps implement 3GPP standards rapidly. It also simplifies the development lifecycle of the 5G SA Core Network and the introduction of 5G services to the market.

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TeraVM provides fully configurable emulation of thousands of basestations, millions of UE's and user applications to create the most realistic 5G SA RAN environment to stress the core. Full support for 3GPP interfaces such as N1, N2, N3 and N6 enables the tester to accurately emulate UE applications and mobility behavior for inter-5G and inter-RAT scenarios.

Test the entire core or wraparound individual SBA components for isolation test.

The TeraVM virtualized platform makes it an ideal solution for validating the 5G SBA (Service Based Architecture) virtual mobile core and its components.

A Few NITRO Wireless Use Cases

6G Research

Like in 5G, the importance of industry collaboration in accelerating R&D/testing approaches/deployment of 6G remain strong. We were the first to invest in 4G, and quickly developed our product lines to support in the testing and validating of 5G networks and features. Testing the interactions between 4G and 5G, and comprehensive testing of mobility scenario support over NSA and SA, for instance, are crucial for the successful roll-out of new services. Working with other leaders in the field, we're helping to develop a solid business case for 6G.

Discover our 6G Forward Program

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