China Mobile selects Spirent to measure 3G network performance

March 27, 2006

Spirent Communications announced that China Mobile has selected Spirent's Landslide Performance Analysis System to test 3G Packet Core Network equipment, including Serving GPRS Support Nodes (SGSN) and GPRS Gateway Support Nodes (GGSN). These devices are critical elements for 3G network architectures and Landslide will be used to ensure top network performance.

The China Mobile Communications Research Institute says that these trials are significant to China Mobile. The China Mobile Communications Research Institute has been at the technological forefront of research for various new technologies and applications and has spent the last few years preparing technologies for the commercial use of the 3G network.

Spirent's Landslide Performance Analysis System provides market leading test capabilities for all aspects of today's 3G Packet Switched Core Networks. Dozens of leading vendors and mobile operators around the world rely on Landslide to evaluate the performance and quality of critical wireless network elements, including wireless application servers, wireless routers, billing systems, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) systems, and security gateways. In a small footprint, the Landslide test platform is capable of emulating real world traffic models from millions of mobile data subscribers all accessing the network simultaneously.

"Spirent is very pleased to cooperate with China Mobile on their 3G testing requirements. Landslide supplies China Mobile with world leading and innovative wireless test methodology to ensure that 3G networks will scale as millions of subscribers sign up," said Joe Zeto, director, product marketing at Spirent Communications. "In addition, it will help guarantee that subscribers have the best and most reliable service possible."