Landslide Performance Test System – Release 24.3 September 2024

Release 10.0 Updates

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Release 10.0

The major enhancements and new features included in Release 10.0 are listed below. The following provides a highlight only. Refer to the Release Notes for a detailed list of changes in Landslide 10.0.

Command Mode  Command_Mode     LTE Features and Enhancements   PCRF Enhancements PCRF   Tcl API TCL Scripting   General 10.0 Performance Capacity and Numbers Landslide and iTest Others

Previous Releases

Changes made in previous releases are listed in the following topics:

Release 9.5/9.5.1 Release 9.0 Release 8.5 Release 8.0 Release 7.5

Release 7.0 Release 6.5 Release 6.1 Release 6.0 Release 5.8

Release 5.7 Release 5.6 Release 5.5 Release 5.0 Release 4.5

Release 4.1 Release 4.0 Release 3.5 Release 3.0 Release 2.5

 

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Command Mode

Command mode Test Activity allows you to control and dynamically alter the UE’s mobility procedure or next data transmission during test execution. The command mode test case, also allows you to have manual or automated control of the mobile subscriber's actions. You may specify the operation to be performed on a specific mobile subscriber, the type of events to execute (example, Attach, Detach, Handover, Add Bearers/contexts, Delete Bearer/Contexts, etc.), and the timing of the event during test execution.

Landslide 10.0 supports Command mode in GGSN Nodal, MME Nodal, SGW Nodal, and PCRF Node testing.

• About the Command Mode Test Activity

• Command Mode Test Activity Settings

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GGSN

Landslide 10.0 supports the following GGSN features and enhancements:

• Supports Command mode Test Activity.
• Supports  multiple TFTS for the secondary PDP context (TFT Settings).
• GGSN Node supports next hop capability on Gi (GGSN Node Emulator Configuration) interface to allow the network host and GGSN to be co-located on the same server.

 

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LTE Enhancements

Landslide 10.0 LTE supports adds enhancements to MME Nodal, SGW Nodal, PGW Nodal, OCS Node, and OFCS Node testing.

Please see the Release Notes for a list of all LTE features and enhancements.

• The MME Nodal Testing

• The SGW Nodal Testing

• The PGW Nodal Testing

• OCS Node Testing

• OFCS Node Testing

• See also Using On Demand Test Case Commands and Using On Demand Test Case Commands

 

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TCL Scripting API

Landslide 10.0 Tcl-based API allows total control of the Landslide system via the Tcl interface. All the capabilities available via Landslides GUI are available via Landslide’s Tcl API.  

• About Landslide Tcl API

• Using the Tcl API

• Using the Global API Commands

• Object, Attribute, and Relation References

• Landslide Tcl API Object and Performance Function Reference

In addition, you may also save the existing test sessions, DMFs, and/or MEs as Tcl file. See also Save As Tcl.

 

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PCRF

Landslide 10.0 supports the following PCRF features and enhancements:

• PCRF Node: Supports on demand commands for call flows

• PCRF Nodal: Supports Codec-Data to be added to PCC Media Component Description in the Rx Interface.

• PCRF Node supports UE initiated dedicated bearer creation on Gx interface (Help Added: Gx>PCC Rules>Reserved, Filter table, received packet filter operation; PCC Tab (Nodal TC)>UE initiates dedicated bearer)

• PCRF Node - Supports Echo back the QCI and Precedence received in the CCR-U to the MME by the PCRF.

• PCRF Node - Supports event trigger AVPs for CCA(I) and CCA(U) (PCC Rules, QoS Rules, BBERF Session, PCRF DCCA Session)

• PCRF Node - Supports compliance with December 2009 specification (build Flow-Description, Flow-Direction AVP value, etc. - PCC Rules, QoS Rules, BBERF Session, PCRF DCCA Session)

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General

10.0 Performance Capacity and Numbers

The Landslide Release 10.0 performance and capacity numbers are included in a PDF document for your ease of reference: Landslide 10.0 - 7100 Session Capacity and Performance Numbers.

NOTE: During HNB GW Nodal testing with mobility test activities, the session capacity is limited to half the licensed maximum.

See also:

• Managing Your Test Servers to assign Extreme Capacity license to your Test Server

• Session Capacity and Performance > Extreme Capacity and Throughput

• Managing Accelerator (Data and Performance) and Extreme License

 

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Landslide and Spirent iTest

You can launch Landslide via Spirent iTest, run test sessions, capture and replay, that is, automate Landslide tests using iTest.

• See Using Landslide and Spirent iTest

 

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Others

• AAA Testing: Supports Dual Stack. See also VSA/AVP template.

• • Supports accounting updates without sending accounting stops in IP Application Node testing (Accounting Message Cycle)

• ASN Nodal: See WiMAX Forum tab

• • Supports pre-attachment request message, configuration of R6 message retry timer,

• CGF Node: supports September and December 2010 Specification Upgrade (CGF Node Parameters)

• DMF support:

• • Ensures support of separate client/server ports in multiple DMFs.

  • Ensures main flow DMF stays active while sub flow is active.

• HSS Node

• • Supports configuring APN Operator Identifier

  • Supports Authentication-info AVP in AIA message.

• IPSec

• • Allows you to configure/specify the payload to be included in the delete request.

  • Allows you to Ignore Timeout on Rekey Delete Response to support client initiated rekey attempts. (Selecting this parameter ensures that the new SA is up when the request acknowledgement is sent and the rekey is complete. That is, Landslide ignores the Informational Delete response from SecGW in phase1 rekey process).

  • Supports increased number of tunnels to be setup. This ensures the DUTs do not respond to IKE requests immediately (increase retry attempts) and allows repeated attempts to setup all required tunnels.

  • Supports digital certificates to be uploaded with recycling the test Servers.

• LNS Nodal and Node Testing: Supports BCP (Bridge Control Protocol) over L2TP.

• QCI-DSCP Settings: Supports a way to mark transport-level IP DSCP based on the bearer-level QCI value. The default mapping is based on the 3GPP standardized QCI values and the information contained in RFC 4594.

• UMTS: Supports Release 7 TFTs for Secondary PDP Contexts.

 

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