Keysight Technologies has announced that Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) has chosen the Keysight Signaling Field-To-Lab (S-FTL) solution to enhance and automate its 5G field-to-lab workflow at its Bengaluru facility. This comprehensive 5G wireless protocol signalling solution is designed to accelerate the replication, analysis, and resolution of 5G field issues within a laboratory setting, thereby improving the end-user quality of experience (QoE).
With the ongoing rollout of 5G technology, the emphasis is increasingly on ensuring a high QoE by swiftly addressing and resolving field-reported issues. One of the main challenges in this process is the accurate replication of complex field scenarios within a controlled lab environment.
This typically requires the laborious analysis of field logs, which may be incomplete or contain errors, to precisely replicate these issues for troubleshooting. To address this, mobile operators, device manufacturers, and chip makers require a robust and efficient test automation solution that can convert device field logs into accurate lab-based protocol sequences.
SSIR was in search of an intelligent test automation solution capable of replicating field issues in its Bengaluru testing lab, allowing its engineers to concentrate on resolving these issues rather than on log analysis and test case creation. SSIR opted for the Keysight S-FTL solution due to its capability to automate test case creation from device field logs. Using the 5G Protocol R&D Toolset, this solution automates the analysis of field logs across 5G / 4G and IMS, adjusts protocols to ensure compliant behaviour, and replicates the field scenario as a test script. The S-FTL solution also features an open input log template that supports various formats, facilitating easier integration into existing workflows.
By implementing the Keysight S-FTL solution, SSIR has dramatically decreased the time required to replicate field scenarios in the laboratory, thus allowing engineers to devote more time to enhancing user QoE. This system has successfully resolved a broad spectrum of real-world issues, including challenges with voice/data calls, handovers, 5G to 4G mobility, and carrier aggregation across different deployment scenarios like single SIM, dual SIM, and dual connectivity.
Balajee Sowrirajan, Corporate EVP & MD, SSIR, said: “Our partnership with Keysight has leveraged each of our strengths to recreate real-world field scenarios in a lab environment. This collaboration has accelerated resolution of communication and connectivity issues for our wireless modem customers. With a comprehensive set of tools and techniques for testing, the S-FTL solution enables our engineers to identify and resolve communication issues more accurately. This has also helped to significantly save validation costs and turnaround time. In a nutshell, it has ensured reliability and cost effectiveness, the two most critical components in today’s rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape.”
Cao Peng, Vice President and General Manager for Keysight’s Wireless Test Group, added: “We are pleased to support SSIR’s strategic goals in the current 5G technology phase of network rollout and field integration testing. Keysight’s automated software-based chipset and device test solutions for replicating field issues are designed to help improve efficiency of the process. Keysight is committed to delivering test solutions that help accelerate the commercial introduction of 5G devices and networks to 5G leaders such as SSIR.”
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