The major enhancements and new features included in Release 11.8 are listed below. The following provides a highlight only. Refer to the Release Notes for a detailed list of changes in Landslide 11.8.
| NOTE: See the Landslide Installation Guide for information related to installing your Landslide® System and system hardware. |
Command Mode
CSV-TDF Editor
DMF
LTE
Tcl API
VoLTE
General |
Changes made in previous releases are listed in the following topics:
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 11.8 supports Command mode in GGSN Nodal, MME Nodal, OCS Node, SGW Nodal, PGW Nodal, UMTS Nodal, and PCRF Node testing.
Use TDF-CSV Editor to create Test Data Files to provision unique, non-sequential/complex list values for some parameters.
By editing the number of transactions/sec
By editing the quantity of data that is sent in a transaction.
You may edit Traffic Rate/Mix and Throughput at the table/pie chart level and are not required to open each DMF to make the change.
Supports Any-to-Any I-RAT Handover scenarios
MME nodal supports ability to perform handovers from a range of enodeBs to a range of SGSNs/RNCs for 3G and a range of BSSs for 2G. This enables emulated UEs to handover to different SGSNs/RNCs/BSSs and even hand back to different enodeBs when performing I-RAT handovers.
Landslide 11.8 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.
In addition, you may also save the existing test sessions, DMFs, and/or MEs as Tcl file. See also Save As Tcl.
Release 11.8 support VoLTE Emergecy Call Sessions.
Highlights some changes. Please refer to the Release Notes for a complete list of changes.
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Relevant Links |
| AAA | Support authentication without password for Application = S6b Interface, STa Interface, or S6b/STa Interfaces. | NAS App (AAA Nodal) AAA App (AAA Node) |
| CGF Node | Supports monitoring profiles, which monitors Data Record request, based on the rating group (RG) and service Id for PGW and bearer (QCI and ARP) for PGW. | Profiles |
| DRA NODAL | Supports Message Flow Conditional Branch command that instructs the DRA to execute any command within a flow when some predefined conditions are met. | Message Flows (Message Flows Conditional Branching) |
| GGSN Nodal | Supports Sequencer Test Activity. | Sequencer |
| IMS Node | Supports IMS Emergency Call over VoLTE. | IMS Node Emulator Configuration |
| IP Application Node | Supports Pilot Packet testing | Pilot Packets (Data Trafffic > Instances and Assignments > NAT Chunk) |
| Lite DMF | Supports importing PCAP file into Lite DMF and save as aDMF, if required. | Importing a PCAP File to DMF |
| MME |
MME Node supports: Customizing TDF per UE and per Bearer.
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MME Nodal eNodeB attach process continues even if some of the eNodeB attach fails. |
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MME Nodal (MME-IRAT) supports Secondary PDP Context Request/Delete/Modify for UTRAN |
MME Nodal Test Case (ODC) |
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Supports SMS Command Mode |
Command Mode (MME Nodal) |
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Supports MME Node Command Mode (Support for Secondary PDP Context Request/Delete/Modify for UTRAN) |
Command Mode (MME Node) |
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MME Nodal Supports IMS Emergency Call over VoLTE. |
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| OCS Node | Supports negative call flow testing (command mode) |
Ro | OCS App Command Mode (OCS Node) |
| OFCS Node |
Supports profile monitoring based on APN |
OFCS | RF > CDF App |
| PCRF |
PCRF Node – Supports negative call flow testing |
Command Mode (PCRF Node) |
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PCRF Node and Nodal Supports SCTP multi-home |
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PCRF Node/Nodal Supports S9 interface |
PCRF Testing topic (overview)(Test Configuration / Emulator Configuration: (Roaming); S9 measurements; S9 I/F Node; VPCRF Node |
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| PGW Nodal | Simulates SGW Restart behavior | GTPv2 | Retart Counter |
| Sequencer | Supports Wait Command | Sequencer |
| SGW |
SGW Nodal and Node test cases supports Q-in-Q VLAN |
Inner VLAN |
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SGW Nodal supports Dynamic VLAN |
L3-L7 | Data Traffic | Network Host test node > Advanced settings | |
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SGW Nodal support SRVCC and VoLTE |
SGW Nodal Test Configuration (SRVCC) | |
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SGW Nodal Command Mode supports changing the restart counter in runtime |
Command Mode (SGW Test Case > ControlNode) | |
| TAS | Supports Port Reservation using default Test Server Subnets and Routes (defined in Test Case) | Reserving Ports For Your Test Session |
| Session Builder tab > Right-Click menu | Reassigning Test Servers | |
| WOGW Nodal | Supports Command Mode test activity | Command Mode (WOGW Nodal) |
| Supports Q in Q VLAN support over the AP WAN Node interface | Wifi Offload Gateway Nodal Test Configuration | |
| AP to also acts as a DHCP Relay Agent | DHCP Relay Agent |