Landslide Performance Test System – Release 24.3 September 2024

Release 11.0 Updates

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Release 11.0

The major enhancements and new features included in Release 11.0 are listed below. The following provides a highlight only. Refer to the Release Notes for a detailed list of changes in Landslide 11.0.

Command Mode  Command_Mode   LTE Features and Enhancements   Tcl API TCL Scripting   VoLTE VoLTE   General Others

Previous Releases

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

Release 10.8 Release 10.5 Release 10.0 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 11.0 supports Command mode in GGSN Nodal, MME Nodal, SGW Nodal, PGW Nodal, UMTS Nodal, and PCRF Node testing.

• About the Command Mode Test Activity

• Command Mode Test Activity Settings

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LTE Enhancements

Landslide 11.0 LTE support adds enhancements to MME Nodal, SGW Nodal, and PGW Nodal 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

• See also About the Command Mode Test Activity,  Command Mode Test Activity Settings and Using On Demand Test Case Commands

 

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TCL Scripting API

Landslide 11.0 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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Voice Over LTE (VoLTE)

The Landslide VoLTE implementation supports testing of in LTE ePC as a whole or in part with a two-arm configuration. In addition, the implementation also supports one-arm configuration with the IMS Core Network and combined ePC / IMS CN for VoLTE support.  

• About VoLTE Testing

• About VoLTE Testing in Network Host

• SGW Nodal Testing

• MME Nodal Testing

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General

Highlights some changes. Please refer to the Release Notes for a complete list of changes.

• DMF

• • Save Test Case DMFs and associated Bearer assignment (Data Traffic tab: DMF Profile; Instances and Assignments)

  • Provide usability improvement to help with building text based DMF messages that contain CRLF's (CRLF Viewer tab), such as SIP and HTML.

• GGSN

• • GGSN Node supports Network Requested Secondary PDP Context Activation

  • GGSN Node supports IMSI Persistency

• IPSec

• • Support IKEv2 Redirect (RFC 5685) in IP Application Node and Site to Site Nodal test cases.

  • Includes complete SHA-2 support (for Auth Type and Hash Type)

• MME

• • Support VoLTE implementation: MME Nodal Test Configuration

  • Support for 3GPP LTE December 2011 Release 9 and March 2012 Rel 10 version of the specs (S1AP, NAS)

  • MME Node support for Test Algorithm during authentication

  • MME node supports S10 interface

  • MME Nodal supports UE Network Capabilities to configure different Cyphering algorithms and integrity protection and turn Cyphering off

  • MME Nodal Command Mode supports LTE/UMTS (3G) HO to MME Nodal,  and GERAN/LTE HO

  • MME Nodal supports S1-MME to send eNodeB Configuration Update

• PGW

• • Support for 3GPP LTE December 2011 Release 9 and March 2012 Rel 10 version of the specs ( PMIPv6)

  • PGW Node supports IMSI Persistency

• PCRF

• • Support for 3GPP LTE December 2011 Release 9 and March 2012 Release 10 version of the specs (LTE Spec VErsion)

  • Support for all subscription-ids

  • Supports establishment of multiple default bearers per subscribers

  • PCRF Node supports processing delay in replying to received messages (PCRF Node>PCC Rules>CCA Delays)

• Port Reservation

• • Allows you to reserve ports on a multi-process test server without reserving processes

  • See Reserving Ports For Your Test Session

• SGW

• • Support VoLTE implementation: SGW Nodal Test Configuration

  • Support for 3GPP LTE December 2011 Release 9 and March 2012 Rel 10 version of the specs (PMIPv6)

  • Allows you to Pause/Resume any DMF on the Command Sequencer tab

  • SGW Nodal supports GTPv2 based S2b interface (Test Configuration, Network devices tab; Target ePDG Node (Control and User node))

• SGSN Node:

• • Support S3/S4/S12 testing. (PGW Gn Interface and SGW/PGW Emulation;GTP Control/User Node)

• UMTS:

• • Support S3/S4/S12 testing. (PGW Emulation and SGW/S4 Interface;PGW Control/User Node)

• WiFi Offload Gateway Nodal (WOGW):

• • Support CAPWAP Protocol

  • Support Message Editor for CAPWAP protocol

 

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Online Help

The Online Help includes Example Test Data Files and will continue to include more improvements to features and enhances every release:

• LTE Test Terminologies (This topic continues to evolve!)

NOTE: Overview sections for certain Emulator Node test cases will be available in the future releases.

 

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