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At Mobile World Congress (MWC), Ixia (News - Alert) yesterday revealed its new “breakthrough” product – the Ixia Anue GTP Session Controller. Aimed at mobile operators and carriers, this solution was developed to deliver highly scalable network visibility for growing 4G LTE (News - Alert) networks, a statement explains.

“Mobile operators need actionable information for each session associated with each subscriber, but a major issue for current network monitoring tools is that correlating sessions from 4G LTE networks in real time is very difficult and resource-intensive,” explained Iain Gillott, founder and president of iGR. “With a solution in place like the Ixia Anue GSC, the session correlation is offloaded from the network monitoring tools, which frees them up to focus on network monitoring tasks and scaling the network as traffic continues to grow. The network managers are therefore able to deliver the information needed to the operator's business management tools, cost-effectively and efficiently.”

The statement goes on to explain that a major influence in developing the Ixia Anue GTP Session Controller was the fact that mobile networks today are increasingly becoming more complex – almost to the point where it’s hard to keep up. As elements such as voice, data and video continue to become more enhanced to offer the best possible user experience, mobile data continues to rapidly grow. In light of this, it’s essential that mobile operators and carriers can keep up.

“Ixia understood this roadblock to success and created the Anue GSC to provide unprecedented network visibility for mobile carriers – ultimately providing a better quality of experience for customers,” the statement continues.

So what exactly can we expect to see in this new solution? The statement divulges the following:

• GTP-session awareness — Offloads GTP session correlation from monitoring tools while keeping GTP sessions together across multiple probes.
• A scalable load balancing solution — Offers a flexible load balancing solution with room for future growth. It distributes millions of subscriber sessions to tools in a 32-port configuration, doubling the number of ports for twice the performance in a 2RU chassis.
• Carrier-grade robustness — Delivers uninterrupted control in demanding telecommunication environments and is NEBS Level 1 certified, including high-availability features such as redundant management ports, power supplies and fan trays.

Another industry expert in the space is iQsim, a SIM server technology provider who works to assist mobile operators in optimally testing mobile networks for complete efficiency. By testing what iQsim’s VP of Operations, Marc Lorenzi, calls the “backbone” of the system, the company provides solutions to thoroughly and completely test the network from the outside user experience, ultimately providing a true, realistic view of what the user is seeing.

The company enjoyed quite a bit of success and attention last year with its Mobile Robot communications router, which was only just recently released and yet walked away with a 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year award. This solution, according to Lorenzi, “provides a library of many functions to [help] you to write your own scripting.” In testing the quality of the network and voice, one can rest assured that these abilities will enable operators to meet their clients' expectations, standards and needs.

To learn more about all of iQsim’s offerings, visit www.iqsim.com.