E6701A/B/C/D/E/F/G/T/U GSM/GPRS/EGPRS Lab Application Revision Information

Call Processing

• Enhanced A-GPS - Allows you to enable/disable automatic header creation and segmentation of the RRLP binary message by setting the RRLP Header state. See A-GPS (Assisted-GPS) for more information.
• MS Output Power - allows you to set the MS output power for a PS connection via two method:
  • MS TX Level
  • Alpha and Gamma

  See MS Output Power for more information.

• Security Information - allows you to perform the security procedure which contains authentication and ciphering. See Security Information for more information.
• Broadcast Allocation (BA) Tables - allows you to configure up to 32 (P)BCH GSM neighbor cells. You can set the ARFCN, BCC, NCC, Reporting Priority and State for each neighbor cell. See Broadcast Allocation (BA) Tables for more information.
• DUT Routing State - allows you to use the test set as a router when exchanging IP datagrams between the mobile station and remote servers. See DUT Routing State for more information.
• Equivalent PLMN List - allows you to set a list of equivalent PLMNs that is sent in the LOCATION UPDATING ACCEPT, ATTACH ACCEPT or ROUTING AREA UPDATE ACCEPT message. See Equivalent PLMN List for more information.
• Multiple PDP Context - allows multiple simultaneous services active within the mobile stations. See QoS Profile for more information.
• Enhanced External Handover

  The Enhanced External Handover adds the following procedure:

  • Network Assisted Cell Change (NACC)
  • Packet Switched (PS) Handover

  See Handover Control for more information.

• Packet Flow Contexts (PFCs) - The test set supports Packet Flow Context negotiation procedure. See Packet Flow Identifier (PFI) for more information.
• Packet (P)SI Status Indication - allows the mobile to request specific (P)SI message to be transferred from the test set over PACCH when working in the Packet Transfer state. See CALL[:CELL]:PSINdication and Cell Operation for more information.
• (Packet) System Information Scheduling

  The enhanced (P)SI Scheduling adds the following functions:

  • Periodic PSI List
  • Packet (P)SI Status Indication Response
  • Send encapsulated SI on PACCH
  • Periodic (P)SI repetition time
  • Custom SI List
  • Custom PSI List

  See Control Channel Setup for more information.

• Real-Time Vocoder - Real-Time Vocoder has been extended for additional functions which to contain AMR-WB/WFS, HalfRate/HS and Enhanced Full Rate/EFS codecs. See Real-Time Vocoder for more information.
• Repeated SACCH Frame Erasure Rate (FER) Measurement - measures the SACCH Frame Erasure Rate of a mobile that supports Repeated SACCH function. See Repeated SACCH Frame Erasure Rate (FER) Measurement Description for more information.

Known Issues

The test set incorrectly assigns itself two IP addresses based on the "LAN IP Address" setting in the test set - the IP address specified by the "LAN IP Address" setting and "LAN IP Address" + 1. Thus, the test set will respond to IP traffic directed to "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address + 1". This may result in unexpected network behavior if another device on the network is also assigned to "LAN IP Address" + 1.

Example:

If you set LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.22, the Test Set will also respond to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23. This will result in unexpected network behavior if there is another device on your network set to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23.

Workaround:

Reserve both "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address" + 1 for use by your test set:

• Ensure that no other device on the network is assigned "LAN IP Address" + 1, including other test sets.
• Ensure that the test set's other IP addresses, such as "DUT IP Address" and "LAN IP Address 2" are not set to "LAN IP Address" + 1.

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Call Processing

• Real-Time Vocoder - allows you to perform real-time encoding of analogue audio frequency signals for transmission as a voice payload over a GSM downlink traffic channel, and the simultaneous real time decoding of a received GSM uplink signal to an analogue audio signal. The Real-Time Vocoder supports FR (Full Rate) and AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) codecs in this release. See Real-Time Vocoder for more information.
• Enhanced UMA/GAN test system

  The Enhanced UMA/GAN test system adds the following functions:

  • Support for using an external media gateway for GAN speech calls rather than E6962A owns the embedded RTP server.
  • Support for independent configuration of embedded D-GANC and S-GANC entities in E6962A.
  • New user controls provided to initiate immediate redirection between the D-GANC and S-GANC in E6962A after initial MS registration has completed.
  • New option provided to ignore Discovery Requests arriving at the P-GANC.
  • New option provided to ignore Register Requests arriving at the D/S-GANC.
  • New options provided to ignore or reject CSR channel activation requests arriving at the D/S-GANC.
  • New options provided to ignore or reject PSR activation requests arriving at the D/S-GANC.
  • New option provided to ignore PSR deactivation requests arriving at the D/S-GANC.
  • Support for configuration of a number of new GANC cell configuration parameters including: Emergency Call Mode Preference, Early classmark sending allowed, Access control class.
  • Support for Periodic Location Update including independent configuration of T3212 for both GAN and GERAN operation
  • Support for configuration of Serving GANC Table Indicator IE and Location Status IE included in Register Accept/Update messages sent from the D/S-GANC
  • New option provided to specify the RR cause IE included in CSR release messages sent from the D/S-GANC
  • New option provided to ignore MS Handover-in attempts arriving at the D/S-GANC.
  • New "invalid" RTP sample size of 1ms.

  See UMA/GAN Test System for more information.

• Supplementary Services Pipe - in addition to an RRLP pipe mode, the test set now includes a supplementary services pipe that allows encoding of supplementary service messages in external software and transmission of the messages to the mobile using the test set. The test set also passes any uplink supplementary service messages out for decoding. See Supplementary Services Pipe for more information.
• Settable Timers - allows you to set the value of the following timers:
  • T3212 Periodic Location Update Timer
  • T3312 Periodic Routing Area UPdate Timer
  • T301 Call Originate Timer
  • T308 Call Release Timer
  • T3192 TBF Release Timer
  • T3314 GMM Ready Timer

  See Configurable Timers for more information.

• BER Measurement Loopback Type D Option - allows you to measure BER on GSM signals with Frame Erasure and Unreliable Frame Rate Signaling. See TCH Parameters for information on how to set the mobile loopback type. See GSM Bit Error Measurement for information on how to make Loopback type D BER measurement.
• Settable NMO - allows you to set the Network Mode of Operation between 1 and 3. See User Configurable Cell Parameters .
• Enable/Disable Network Initiated PDP Contexts - allows you to disable Network Initiated PDP Contexts to reduce unnecessary messaging. See "Network Initiated PDP Context" on page 8 .
• Settable USF Granularity - allows you to specify the number of RLC/MAC blocks to transmit per decoded USF. See Assigned USF Granularity .
• Downlink DTx - allows you to test the mobile's ability to detect periodic downlink transmissions. See Discontinuous Transmission
• Reduced RLC polling for improved uplink throughput - allows you to control the uplink data throughput by setting the Final Block Polling rate. See Final Block Polling .
• BLER Algorithm Change - allows you to improve the accuracy of BLER measurement by setting the Early Re-Transmission Sate to OFF. See Early Re-Transmissions
• Selectable LAU and RAU Reject causes - allows you to configure the test set to reject the Location Area Update (LAU) or Routing Area Update (RAU) request from the mobile station. See Location Area Update Rejection and Routing Area Update Rejection .
• BFI measurement of AMR and HR signals - allows you to make BFI measurement when the speech channel mode is set to half-rate (HR), adaptive full-rate (AFS) or adaptive half-rate (AHS). See GSM Bad Frame Indication (BFI) Measurement Description .
• FER measurement of HR signals - allows you to make FER measurement when the speech channel mode is set to half-rate (HR). See GSM Frame Erasure Rate (FER) Measurement Description ,
• Multislot Class 34 - Multislot Class support has been extended for mobile stations that are multislot class 34 capable. Multislot Class 34 supports 1x5 (downlink x uplink) configuration. See Supported Multislot Classes .
• Cell Selection Indicators - indicates on which frequency/cell the cell selection after channel release will be performed. See Cell Selection Indicator .
• Settable SMSC Address - identifies the originating SMS Service Center address for Mobile Terminated transfer. See SMSC Address .
• Unused Dummy Burst - allows you to set the power level for the unused bursts on the downlink traffic channel. See CALL:TCHannel:POWer[:AMPLitude]:UNUSed? and CALL:TCHannel:PREDuction:UNUSed .
• Power Reduction Mode - allows you to set the transmission power used to transmit a current downlink RLC/MAC blocks in the GPRS/EGPRS network. See Power Reduction Mode .
• RACH/PRACH Timing Error - measures the timing difference between the expected and the actual of the access burst for the RACH/PRACH. See CALL:STATus:PRAChannel:TERRor? and CALL:STATus:RACHannel:TERRor? .

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Call Processing

The E6701E Release E.02 provides an new setting in the Dual Transfer Mode, which allows you to determine whether or not the half-rate subchannel is used for the CS connection while DTM is triggered. See DTM CS Half Rate Sub Channel for more information.

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Call Processing

• Digital Audio Interface- Allows you to perform the bit exact test of the speech coder/decoder through Digital Audio Interface of the mobile station. See Digital Audio Interface (DAI) Description for more information
• Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR-WB) - AMR-WB provides excellent speech quality due to wider speech bandwidth. The mobile station can change AMR-WB parameters using the RATSCCH. The test set can support three bit rates (6.6, 8.85 and 12.65 kbit/s) of the AMR-WB on GMSK traffic channel currently. See Wideband Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR-WB) Feature Descriptions for more information.
• The UMA/GAN (Unlicensed Mobile Access / Generic Access Network) test system- Allows you to perform lab based functional, application, and pre-conformance testing of dual mode enabled UMA/GAN handsets. See UMA/GAN Test System for more information.

  The UMA/GAN test system is built around the test set's existing capabilities to provide GERAN cell and Core Network emulation. To aid in simulation of the GAN "cell" in the system, Agilent provide proprietary test focused GAN Controller (GANC) emulation software (with a product number of E6962A) for use with the system. This software is capable of communicating with a connected MS using the standardized GAN Up interface protocols, namely GA-RC, GA-CSR, and GA-PSR. The Agilent GANC also connects the test set in the UMA/GAN test system to make use of the test set's core network capabilities via modified BSSAP & BSSGP protocols. The combination of these interfaces (Up interface protocols and BSSAP & BSSGP protocols) at the GANC allows a connected MS to fully make use of the GANC for accessing the test set's core network to perform GAN based speech, data and signaling procedures.

  Note that you must have the E6962A GAN Controller to build the UMA/GAN test system. Contact your Agilent Sales Representative for more information.

  You can perform the following tests with the UMA/GAN test system.

  • GAN discovery and registration procedures
  • MO and MT voice calls via GAN
    • Support for configurable AMR FR/HR & GSM FR/HR/EFR channel modes.
    • Currently the only speech mode available is to have the uplink speech echoed back to the mobile.
    • There is currently no support for the Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP).
  • MO and MT GSM SMS via GAN (including binary / concatenated messages)
  • MO and MT GPRS SMS via GAN (including binary / concatenated messages)
  • GPRS IP data connections via GAN
  • GAN Rove-in / Rove-out procedures
  • Network initiated handover from GERAN to GAN (Handover-in)
  • MS/GANC initiated handover from GAN to GERAN (Handover-out)
  • Network initiated handover from GAN to GERAN
  • View MS reports sent to GANC
  • View current MS GAN status
  • GAN protocol logging via Ethereal (a free third party software), cellular signaling and traffic logging via WPA.
• InterRAT Voice Handover - provides the ability to test a mobile station's behavior during handover (CS Voice handover and DTM handover) from or to a WCDMA cell. See Two-Cell Test System for more information.

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Call Processing

• SACCH LAPDm Format Selection - Allows you to select which LAPDm frame format is used for SACCH. The LAPDm Format specification changes since Release 1996(R96). LAPDm Format B is used before R96 while LAPDm Format B4 is used after R96. You can select either of them according to the LAPDm Format of your mobile station. See Cell Parameters for more information.
• Measurement Channel Selection in BCH Only Mode - Allows you to choose which channel (RACH, TCH or PDTCH) is measured in BCH Only Mode (GSM BCH, GPRS BCH or EGPRS BCH). See Measurement Channel in BCH Only Mode for more information.
• 3 Digit MNC for GSM850 - Allows you to choose if the BCCH should be configured using the standard 2-digit MNC (J-STD-007 coding) or the 3-digit MNC (J-STD-007A coding, section 2.10.5.1.3). See Cell Identification Parameters for more information.
• Timeslot zero - Allows you to establish a voice call on timeslot 0 as well as the existing functionality of timeslots 1 through 7. Time slot 0 is available only when the ARFCN of BCH and TCH do not match, however, if BCH and TCH use different bands, Timeslot 0 can be used even if the ARFCN of BCH and TCH match. See Configuring the Traffic Channel (TCH) Parameters .

Measurements

• Enhanced Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement - The Enhanced Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement allows you to select the Filter Type for the bandwidth filter. See Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement Description for more information.
• Enhanced Transmit Power Measurement - The enhanced TXP measurement provides the Burst Power and Estimated Carrier Power measurements for 8PSK or GMSK modulated signals. You can measure up to 4 uplink bursts with a single capture on one TDMA frame. See Transmit Power Measurement Description for more information.

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Configuration

• Added support for two-cell inter-RAT data cell reselection and Cell Change Order (WCDMA/HSDPA <--> GSM/GPRS/EGPRS). See Two-Cell Test System .

Call Processing

• Enhanced Dual Transfer Mode - This allows a CS voice call to be established without aborting the PS session, the test set can also delay the release of the CS connection until sufficient Packet System Information messages have been received by the MS so that the PS can be maintained without the presence of the CS connection. See Dual Transfer Mode for more information.
• Multiple PDP Context - This allows multiple simultaneous services active within the mobile station, each of these services is allocated a separated IP address and associated QoS. See QoS Profile for more information. Note, only the Primary PDP context is available in the test set for each DUT IP Address.
• Repeated Downlink FACCH- Allows the Downlink FACCH signalling to be repeated to improve the robustness of the signalling link. See Repeated Downlink FACCH for more information.
• Repeated SACCH- Allows the Uplink and Downlink SACCH block to be repeated to improve the robustness of the signalling link. See Repeated SACCH for more information.
• Packet Uplink Ack/Nack Interval- Allows the ability to modify the rate at which the GPRS/EGPRS RLC/MAC Packet Uplink Ack/Nack messages are sent to the mobile station during an uplink TBF. See Packet Uplink Ack/Nack Interval for more information.
• RLC/MAC Window Size- Allows the ability to set different RLC/MAC Window Size for Data Connection Types. See Window Size for more information.
• Enhanced Measurement Reports
  • Add Enhanced Measurement Reports screen for SACCH Measurement Reports and Network Control Measurement Reports. See Enhanced SACCH Neighbour Reports Screen and Enhanced Network Control Neighbour Reports Screen .
  • Add Reporting Priority setting for all GPRS neighbour cells. See Configuring the PBCCH BA Table
  • Adds the ability to specify a BCC, NCC and Reporting Priority for GSM neighbour cells. See Configuring the BCH BA Table
  • Add new Cell Parameters for configuring the 3G neighbour Measurement Reports. See Cell Parameters

  See Measurement Reports for more information.

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Configuration

• Added support for Testing Push-to-talk Over Cellular function. The Application Note for this feature is located at:

  http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5989-5385EN.pdf

Configuration

• Enhancements to the Two Cell Test System feature (available in the E.00.05 pre-release)- Additional configurable parameters have been added. This includes the addition of the PBCCH BA Table that allows you to configure neighbour cells to be reported by the mobile station (see Configuring the PBCCH BA Table ). Many of the Control Parameters found in 3GPP TS 05.08 section 9 are now available.

Call Processing

• Access Burst Type for Packet Control Acknowledgments - The test set allows you to configure the control acknowledgment type as an RLC/MAC control block or as a set of four Access Bursts.
• Calls via the SDCCH - The test set now allows call setup signalling to take place on either the FACCH or the SDCCH.
• Combined and Non-Combined BCH/SDCCH - The test set now supports the 3GPP TS 05.02 section 6.4 channel combination iv+vii to provide a combination where the BCH and the SDCCH exist on separate physical channels.
• In addition to the Delayed Downlink TBF and Extended Uplink TBF enhancements offered in the E.00.05 pre-release- You can now configure whether the test set allows the re-establishment of an uplink TBF before the current TBF is released, see TBF Re-establishment . These features allow you to optimize the performance of the data link for real-time traffic uses such as Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC).
• You can now set the DNS Server IP Addresses (primary and secondary).
• Additional Measurement Reports (from the mobile station) can now be viewed on the test set's front panel. There are now four separate Measurement Report screens, these include: Summary Measurement Reports, SACCH Measurement Reports (the Rx Level and RX Qual now report Full and Sub values; Neighbour Cell Reports are shown on this screen), PACCH Measurement Reports, and Network Control Measurement Reports (Neighbour Cell Reports are shown on this screen).
• Multi-Page and Binary Cell Broadcast - Cell Broadcast functionality has been enhanced to allow messages up to 15 pages in length to be transmitted. Support has also been added for messages that contain binary data. For more information, see Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) .
• Multislot Class support has been extended for mobile stations that are multislot class 30-33 capable (up to 5 timeslots on the downlink). New multislot configurations include (downlink x uplink): 2x4, 3x3, 4x2, and 5x1. See Supported Multislot Classes .

Data Channel

• Continuous Ping - The number of pings the test set sends the mobile station before terminating has been extended from 1000 pings to 217483647 to allow much more time to pass before it needs to be restarted.

Manual User Interface Changes

This release contains changes to the manual user interface to improve usability. The Cell Info screen no longer contains the BCH Configuration, Last Location , and Neighbour Cell Report windows. Instead, this screen displays current cell configuration parameters categorized as Cell Operation, Cell Identification , and Cell Parameters . The Cell Info screen is now labeled Cell Information .

The Call Setup Screen has been combined DUT Information and DUT Class Information sections into one section called DUT Information . This new DUT Information section now reports Last LAC, Last MCC , and Last MNC in addition to the existing parameters reported by the DUT Information and DUT Class Information sections.

Certain parameters have been moved to the proper locations. The following table lists the previous and new locations of each parameter that was relocated as well as the location of new parameters introduced in this release.

Also, there have been some minor changes to the names of some of the parameters. These changes are as follows and the location of these parameters are as follows:

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Call Processing

• TGSM810 Band (see Frequency Banded Parameters )
• Coupling of the Band Indicator parameter to the BCH Cell Band setting. That is, if the BCH Cell Band is changed to DCS or PCS, the Band Indicator is updated to match the BCH Cell Band setting. For more information, see CALL:BINDicator .

Measurements

• Phase and Amplitude vs. Time Measurement (see Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement Description )
• ORFS Digital measurement filter type setting (see Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description )

  The ORFS measurement meets improved Agilent product specifications when using the digital measurement filter (Filter Type set to Digital or Auto), but only for E5515C test sets with serial number > GB46040000 and E5515B test sets with serial number > GB46050000. Upgraded E5515s may also meet specifications. Contact your Agilent Sales Representative for more information.

• Tail Bit Demodulation parameter that allows you to control how the test set demodulates the tail bits during a Phase and Frequency Error measurement. The command to set this parameter is SETup:PFERror:TBDemod .

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Configuration

• Two-Cell Test System - This provides the ability to test a mobile station's behavior during transition to a different cell via a handover or cell reselection process.

Call Processing

• Dual Transfer Mode - This allows a simultaneous circuit switched voice connection and packet switched data connection on the same ARFCN.
• TMSI Paging - The test set now allows the mobile station to be identified by a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity) during circuit switched domain paging procedures. Previous revisions supported IMSI paging only. For more information, see the function description for the TMSI assignment parameter, CALL[:CELL]:TMSI:ASSignment .
• Delayed Downlink TBF and Extended Uplink TBF - You can now configure the test set to delay the downlink TBF (Temporary Block Flow) following the transmission of a final data block, rather than instantly releasing it. You can also extend the duration of the uplink TBF. These parameters allow you to optimize procedures that are designed to reduce the number of times a TBF needs to be set up from scratch.

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Hardware Requirements

There are no new hardware requirements for this release.

Call Processing

• The Speech Echo Loopback Delay can now be varied from 0 to 1 second. See the description for the downlink speech parameter Echo for more details.
• You can now control whether or not the test set will send Packet System Information (PSI) messages on the PACCH, and which type of PSI messages (SI1 or SI13) are sent depending on the BCH configuration. The command to configure this parameter is CALL:(PACCH|PACChannel):PSInfo .
• You can choose which type of Detach Request the test set sends the mobile station in the Detach Type Information Element .
• Additional parameters are added in this release to configure 3G FDD Neighbour Cells . Included in the added parameters are 3G Measurement Parameter Description and FDD Information Element.
• You can control the state of the IMSI Attach flag with the command CALL[:CELL]:IATTach[:STATe]? .
• The Block Polling Interval now has a separate setting for each applicable connection type. See Block Polling Parameters for more information.
• The Restart on Fatal Error feature provides the ability to configure the test set to automatically restart if a fatal error occurs.

Hardware Requirements

• Previous hardware requirements still apply.

Call Processing

• Additional header and message configuration has been added to the existing support for SMS message testing to accommodate the sending and receiving of binary SMS messages. Binary SMS messages are used in applications such as WAP Push, MMS, ringtones, and picture messaging. See the following links for additional information:
  • Short Message Service (SMS)
  • Point-to-Point SMS
  • Multimedia Service (MMS) Messages
• An HTTP Interface has been added to facilitate testing Short Message Service (SMS) messages and Multimedia Service (MMS) messages. For more detailed information on the interface, see HTTP Interface for SMS - Introduction .
• AMR has been added to ensure a mobile station changes to appropriate codecs as RF conditions change. The mobile station can change AMR parameters using the RATSCCH. There are different modes the test set allows such as MS control (where the mobile station can request which codec to change to) or Stress Mode (where the test set commands the mobile station to change codecs quickly). See Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) Feature Descriptions for more details.
• The Calling Party Number (Caller ID) feature allows you to enter the originating caller identity in the test set and view the Calling Party Number on the mobile station when a mobile terminated call or mobile terminated SMS message is received. See CALL:CPNumber for the commands to set the Calling Party Number.
• The Persistent Attach feature has been added that allows the mobile station to stay attached to the test set when you switch between the Active Cell (serving cell GPRS) and Active Cell (serving cell EGPRS) operating modes when Persistent Attach is enabled. You can change the state of Persistent attach with the command CALL:MS:PATTach[:STATe] .
• A Custom option has been added to allow you to customize the payload pattern. For more information on the custom payload pattern to be sent on a speech frame, see Speech . For more information on the custom payload pattern to be sent on the RLC data block, see Payload Patterns . The payload pattern can only be configured via GPIB.
• The ETSI Type A operating mode has been enhanced to allow you to set the Protocol Data Unit (PDU) count to transmit a finite or infinite number of PDUs. See ETSI Type A for more details. The PDU count can only be set via GPIB. The command to set the PDU count is CALL:FUNCtion:DATA:ETSIA:PDUNit|PDU:COUNt .
• You can now specify a list of UTRAN FDD neighbour cells for the test set to transmit and the mobile station to decode and measure. See 3G FDD Neighbour Cells for more details. The command to create the UTRAN FDD neighbour cell list is CALL[:CELL]:UTRAN:FDDuplex:TABLe .
• The test set now supports up to GPRS multislot class 12 and EGPRS multislot class 12. See Supported Multislot Classes .

• Frequency Hopping has been added to improve the signal to noise ratio by adding frequency diversity. See Frequency Hopping for more details. The commands to change the frequency hopping parameters are outlined in Configuration of Frequency Hopping Parameters .

• The ability to set the number of Unassigned USF BLER blocks has been added as an enhancement to the existing Assigned USF BLER feature. See Uplink State Flag (USF) BLER for more details and the commands used to configure this feature. Extended Dynamic Allocation and Auto Dynamic Allocation have been added to the Medium Access Mode options. See Medium Access Mode for more details.

• The ability to configure the value of the Relative Reserved Block Period (RRBP) is available. This setting indicates the number of TDMA frames the mobile station waits before transmitting the uplink RLC/MAC block relative to the first TDMA frame of the downlink block containing the RRBP value. See Relative Reserved Block Period (RRBP) for more information. The command to change the RRBP value is CALL:(PDTCH|PDTChannel):RRBPeriod .

• The ability to assign different Modulation Coding Scheme/Puncturing Scheme (MCS/PS) for each downlink timeslot of the multislot configuration is now available when the operating mode is set to EGPRS BCH+PDTCH.
• Timer 301 (T301) now has a settable range from 1 to 999, inclusive. This timer determines how long the network alerts the mobile station during a mobile terminated call. (See CALL:ORIGinate:TIMeout for more information.)

Measurements

• The AMR In-Band Frame Error (IFER) measurement has been added to test the Adaptive Muli-Rate (see Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) Feature Descriptions ) capability of the mobile station. For more details, refer to In-Band Frame Error (IFER) Measurement Description . The new commands added for this feature are:

  • SETup:IFERror
  • INITiate
  • FETCh:IFERror
  • READ

• The Frequency Stability measurement has been added. See Frequency Stability Measurement Description for more details. The new commands added for this feature are:
  • SETup:FSTability
  • INITiate
  • FETCh:FSTability
  • READ
• The Bit Error Rate measurement has been enhanced to support testing Circuit Switched Data (CSD). See Using the GSM Bit Error Measurement for Circuit Switched Data (CSD) Bit Error Testing for more information.

Instruments

• Data Throughput Monitor (see Data Throughput Monitor ).

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Support for GPRS multislot class 12 EGPRS multislot class 12 capable hardware

E6701C lab application release C.03.XX and earlier are not compatible with E5515B or E5515C chassis with EGPRS multislot class 12 capable hardware. Loading E6701C C.03.XX or earlier will make the mainframe inoperable and require Agilent service.

This firmware release provides the ability to run E6701C firmware on E5515B or E5515C chassis containing EGPRS multislot class 12 capable hardware. Chassis containing EGPRS multislot class 12 capable hardware include:

• E5515C with serial numbers >= GB45070001 or E5515CU Option 185 Hardware Upgrade
• E5515B with serial numbers >= GB45080001 or E5515BU Option 185 Hardware Upgrade

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Hardware Requirements

• Previous hardware requirements still apply.

Measurements

• The BLER measurement has been enhanced to include the following:
  • user selectable measurement modes.For more details, refer to Block Error Measurement . The new command added for this feature is:
    • SETup:BLERror:ETSIB:MODE .
  • BLER measurement results by timeslot. For more details, refer to BLER Measurement Results by Timeslot . The new command added for this feature is:
    • FETCh:BLERror:BURSt<[1]|2|3|4|5>[:ALL]? .

Known Problems Corrected in this Release

For information on issues in specific firmware releases and for workarounds, see the 8960 Known Issue site at:

http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/issues

Known problems that existed in early versions of firmware that no longer exist in the A.03.48 release are listed below.

• A non-recoverable error occurs when the PBCCH is switched on and the power is reduced in one downlink on a connection using multiple downlinks.
• A non-recoverable error occurs after staring the BFI measurement when the channel mode is set to HR speech.
• The GSM Bad Frame Indication measurement incorrectly includes SID frames in the number of frames sampled when calculating the undetected bad frames ratio result.
• The GSM Bad Frame Indication measurement incorrectly includes SID frames in the number of frames sampled measurement result.
• Incorrect values are returned for the Neighbour Cell Report ARFCN.
• Test set crashes when the INIT:BLER:ON or INIT:BLER:OFF commands are sent.
• BLER measurement does not work with some phones in ETSI Type B (Ack) mode.

  When in ETSI B acknowledged mode there are two methods of BLER measurement available. These are loopback and ack/nack. Prior to the A.03.32 release only the loopback method was available in this test mode. (The ack/nack method uses the information returned from the phone to compute the BLER, the loopback method relies on the phone looping back the data and the test equipment making the measurement.)At A.03.32 the ack/nack method was added and the default changed to this method when in ETSI B acknowledged mode. (It offers advantages over the loopback method since the BLER associated with individual downlink timeslots can be observed in a single measurement.)This has been shown to cause problems with some phones that don't implement ETSI test mode B ack mode properly. To maintain backward compatibility the default measurement method has been changed to loopback for this and all later releases. The user may select the alternative measurement method if desired through the BLER measurement settings menu.

• Test set indicates Connected status before a connection is fully established.

  When setting up a GSM voice call the instrument would indicate that the connection was established before it actually was. In this case attempting to make a BER measurement immediately could result in a measurement timeout.

• Changing channel mode from HR to FR using Handover Setup causes the call to drop.
• If the BER measurement is on during a change to another Operating Mode, the measurement stops working.
• Downlink Power in Unused Bursts for GPRS data connections is affected by changes to the GSM PRL.
• TCH and PDTCH PRL settings are coupled and should not be.
• GPIB Command for the RLC/MAC Expected Header displayed on the front panel when in Help mode is incorrect.
• Command SET:PVT:TXP:METHOD displayed on the front panel when in Help mode for setting the PVT measurement TX Power Method is not a valid command.
• When the BLER measurement is restarted, the Sum of Burst Blocks Tested is not equal to the Total Number of Bursts Tested.
• Performing a full preset does not clear the BLER Poll Rate value.
• User's Guide incorrectly states that the BER measurement can be used with a GSM HR connection.
• The test set is setting the change mark field in packet information messages on the PBCCH and PACCH to different values, causing mobile stations to repeatedly access the packet system information messages unnecessarily.

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Hardware Requirements

• E5515C requires option H03/K03 to support the E6704A. Starting in February 2004, the E5515C ships with this option as standard hardware.

Call Processing

• You can now use the test set to verify the Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) capability of your mobile station. See A-GPS (Assisted-GPS) for more details about this feature. The new commands to support this feature are:
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE:DATA:RX?
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE:DATA:RX:AVAilable?
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE:DATA:TX
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE:RTIMe
  • CALL:PPRocedure:PMEasurement:PIPE:SEND
• The front panel user interface has been enhanced to allow changes to the Serving Cell parameter without manually switching the cell off. To accommodate this, three new selections have been added to the Operating Mode menu. These are:
  • Active Cell (GSM) - GSM only BCH
  • Active Cell (GPRS) - GSM + GPRS BCH
  • Active Cell (EGPRS) - GSM + EGPRS BCH

  In addition, the selection Active Cell is no longer available. See Active Cell Operating Mode for more information.

• The default for the serving cell parameter has changed from EGPRS to GPRS. See CALL[:CELL]:BCHannel:SCELl for more information.
• The following broadcast channel configuration options have been added:
  • The ability to set the MSC/SGSN Revision to "Release 98 or older" or "Release 99 onwards". For more details, refer to CALL[:CELL]:BCHannel:MSCRevision .
  • The ability to indicate to the mobile station that the cell is DCS or PCS to account for the ARFCN numbers shared by the two bands. For more details, refer to CALL[:CELL]:BINDicator .

Measurements

• New Measurements
  • GSM Bad Frame Indication has been added. See GSM Bad Frame Indication (BFI) Measurement Description for more information. Information on new commands added for this measurement can be found at:
    • SETup:<BFINdication|BFI>
    • INITiate
    • FETCh:<BFINdication|BFI>
    • READ
  • GSM Frame Erasure Rate has been added. See GSM Frame Erasure Rate (FER) Measurement Description for more information. Information on new commands added for this measurement can be found at:
    • SETup:FFERate
    • INITiate
    • FETCh:FFERate
    • READ

General

• The ability to save and recall settings has been added. See Save and Recall Registers for more information.

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Hardware Requirements

• E5515C requires option 002 to support the E6701C.

• E5515A does not support E6701C.

• E5515B will support the E6701C after April 1, 2003 without a hardware upgrade under the following conditions:

  • Option 002 installed AND serial number is >= US40350362 or >= GB40470454, or
  • the test set is already running E1985A Fast Switching with GSM and/or GPRS.

• Instruments with Serial Numbers prior to US40350362 or GB40470454 (with option 002 installed) can be upgraded with upgrade product number E5515BU option 085 to be able to support the E6701C.

Protocol Logging

This release provides you with additional observation points for logging GSM protocol messages. The additional observation points include RLP, PPP, PPP HDLC, and RRLP. For more details, refer to Protocol Layers and Messages .

Data Channel

Support for GSM Circuit Switched Data (CSD) has been added to the GSM bits to complement the GPRS data channel in GSM. For more details, refer to GSM Circuit Switched Data (CSD)

Call Processing

• GSM and GPRS network emulation have been integrated in this release. See A.01.20 Initial Release - January 2003 for more information about the effects of this integration.
• Support for GSM Short Message Service has been added to the existing Short Message Service capability. For more details, refer to Point-to-Point SMS .
• It is now possible to use the test set to verify the Enhanced-Observed Time Difference (E-OTD) capability of your mobile station. See E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time Difference) for more details about this feature.

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Summary of Features

• Web-based Protocol Logging Replaced by Wireless Protocol Advisor Software
• New: Short Message Service (SMS)
• New: Protocol Event Trigger Output (PETO)
• New: PBCCH capability
• New: Continuous Timing Advance
• New: Fixed Allocation
• New: USF BLER
• New: Mobile Station Measurement Reports
• New: Enhanced Stack Configurations

Features

Contains all functionality of the E1964 GPRS Mobile Test Application, A.02 release.