Testing 4G Ahead of the Curve Automation, is it even an option?

4G Technical Benefits Source: Motorola

4G Technical Benefits Source: Motorola

4G Business Benefits Expanded Services + New Services + Less Cost = More Revenue The Next Chapter in the War for subscribers

Companies already in Trials

4G is Complex Source: Kineto Wireless

4G is Another Layer Source: Alcatel-Lucent, Fibresystems.org

4G Complexity is Daunting

New Technology Equals Churn New Devices / Standards - Daily High Feature Velocity Rapid bug fix releases This makes an already challenging problem quite frustrating

Test Area: –Formfactors / Design –FPGA –Processors –Display –Keypad –Touchscreen –Camera –Microphone –Battery and Charger –Data Cables (Video, USB) –Headset –Headset Bluetooth –Lamp –Storage –Data Card (removable) Radio Interface (RF) physics & control En-/Decoding Throughput IR Bluetooth WiFi FM Radio GPS Additional keys for e.g. Loudness Camera Switch on/off Sensors (if applicable) Hardware and Interfaces Software and Interfaces Platform Capabilities –Operating System (S60, Windows Mobile etc) –Platform SDK Security Audio Quality Codecs Voice recording Speech recognition (Voice dialling) Video Quality Codecs Video recording Content and File Management DRM File Manager Data transfer via BT, IR, USB Graphics Applications without network interaction –Music –Gaming –Java –Phonebook –Calendar –Clock / Alarm / Worldclock –Editor –Document viewer –Caculator –Currency converter –GPS –Radio FM Applications with network interaction –Mobile TV –SMS –MMS –Download, upload files, pictures, videos –Interactive gaming –Calendar synchronisation – –Push to talk –Web browsing –WAP –Call Register (in / out / missed) –VoIP –IPv6 Application Interactions –With and without network interaction) Application running from Memory Card Flight Mode Concurrency e.g. –Mobile TV and incoming call –Write SMS and incoming call –Receive SMS/MMS during Call –Receive call while any of the applications is running –Video Conference and MMS –Streaming service and incoming/outgoing call –Upload data and and incoming/outgoing call –...  Layer 2/3 Protocol Testing (Network Signaling)  GSM/GPRS/EDGE  UMTS/HSPA  LTE (example follows) Module Testing HW/SW Integration System Integration  2G/3G Mobility  IntraRAT-Handover  InterRAT-Handover  Protocol Conformance Testing ( ->GCF) Services e.g. –Supported Bearers SIP / IMS applications (as VoIP !!) MBMS (as Mobile TV) Different Qos/QCI (=QoS class Identifier in LTE) –Bearers in parallel –Supplementary services (CLIP/CLIR...) –Location Based Services Throughput measurements Performace Testing IODT IOT Drive / Field tests Type Approval

Testing Ahead of 4G 4G is another order magnitude on top of the existing infrastructure Profitability and company viability on the line. Unbelievable Technology Churn Less ability to test manually Script based testing is failing

Will Your 4G be on Time? Can you take a feature test and get it into regression before you release the product or service? Can you run a full regression suite on a new service, new device feature, or a device software update in less than a week? In two days? No? Better hope your competitor can’t