Release Notes

Analyzer Update April 2019

 Release Notes

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 Release Notes

Contents
In This Version...................................................................................................................................... 4
Technology Improvements.............................................................................................................. 5
5G-NR support ............................................................................................................................................... 5
LTE-Advanced-Pro support .......................................................................................................................... 5

New collection device or technology support ........................................................................... 6

Accuver DRM support .................................................................................................................................. 6
DingLi DCF support........................................................................................................................................ 6
Focus Infocom xGMA/ACT support ........................................................................................................... 6
Freewill AzenQOS (AZM) support................................................................................................................ 6
Huawei Probe / PHU support ....................................................................................................................... 6
Infovista TEMS support .................................................................................................................................. 7
Keysight NEMO support................................................................................................................................ 7
PCTel SeeHawk support ............................................................................................................................... 8
Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support ............................................................................................. 8
Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support .............................................................. 8
WirelessMetrix LinkMaster LML / Spire Netimizer DML support ............................................................... 8
Verizon DataPro support .............................................................................................................................. 8
ZTE Skyruler WNG support ............................................................................................................................ 8
General ........................................................................................................................................................... 9

Application Layer Improvements .................................................................................................10

Format Groups ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Report Templates ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Stateforms ..................................................................................................................................................... 12

Platform Improvements ..................................................................................................................13

Licensing ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
Map ............................................................................................................................................................... 13
Reporting ...................................................................................................................................................... 16

Documentation Changes .............................................................................................................17

Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence ...........................................................................18
End of Life of 32-bit support ....................................................................................................................... 18

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In This Version
This release contains support for new and updated file formats. There are updates for
most technologies that Analyzer supports, with changes falling under the following
categories:

• Technology improvements:
o Added support for both TSME and PCTel scanners with Keysight Nemo
o Improvements to RSRP / RSRQ format group ranges
o SIB2 decode failure rate KPIs

• New collections of devices and improvements:

o Indoor support for DingLi DCF
o Support added for multi-threaded FTP tasks in AzenQos AZM
o Added support for streaming KPIs in Nemo Outdoor
o Logging improvements for Infovista TEMS TRR API
o Added support for LAA TDD in PCTel SeeHawk DTR and Verizon DataPro
o Added support for NB-IoT scanners in R&S ROMES4
o Improvements made to throughput reporting and support for cancelled
tasks for R&S QualiPoc/SmartBenchmarker
o PING test improvements for ZTE Skyruler WNG

• Application layer improvements:

o Improvements to Transmission Scheme format group names
o Improvements to LTE Carrier Aggregation Spotlight report template for
throughput per EARFCN, per number of CCs; byte per EARFCN; and time
spent per EARFCN

• Platform improvements:
o New feature for multi-panel maps
o Improvements to KTR sector layer export format

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Technology Improvements

5G-NR support
• Support added for both PCTel and TSME scanners in Keysight Nemo

• Improvements to RSRP and RSRQ format group ranges for 5G

LTE-Advanced-Pro support
• Support added for LAA TDD scanner measurements in PCTel / DataPro tools

• Added new SIB2 decoding rate KPIs for Qualcomm chipset devices. SIB2
scheduling is taken from SIB1, and the failure rate calculated from a check on the
CRC field:
o LTE_UE_SIB2_Decode_Fail_Rate
o LTE_UE_SIB2_Decode_TotalAttemptCount
o LTE_UE_SIB2_Decode_FailedAttemptCount

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New collection device or technology support

Accuver DRM support

• Resolved a problem which prevented some DRM files from loading for XCAL-
Harmony.

• Added support for additional call states in format groups for attribute:
o Couei_Call_State_Voice

DingLi DCF support

• Support added for indoor measurements. Note that measurements are relative to
the floorplan, and not georeferenced to the actual building location, so map
coordinate system should be set to Non-Earth coordinate system. Background
map raster images should be georeferenced to 0,0 to overlay with indoor trace.

Focus Infocom xGMA/ACT support

• Resolved a problem where CSFB events were not being detected.

Freewill AzenQOS (AZM) support

• Resolved a problem where LTE_Attach_Duration and LTE_Detach_Duration
were being set twice.

• Support added for multi-threaded data tasks such as those used in high
throughput FTP tests:
o Event_Task_Start now only set once at the beginning of the test, not at
each thread
o App_Layer_Active now set at FTP DL/UL Connected message
o Setting of Task_File_Size
o Task_End_Result and Event_Task_Fail set at FTP Download Timeout /
Upload Fail messages
o App_Throughput_DL and App_Throughput_DL_Max now set
o Task_IP_Protocol now set during FTP Upload tasks
o Multiple repeated PING instances are summarized at the end of the task

Huawei Probe / PHU support

• Improvements made to PHU 19.2.T5 decoding, to support:
o LTE_US_PCI
o LTE_UE_RSSI

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 o LTE_UE_RSCP
o LTE_UE_RSRQ
o LTE_UE_SINR

Infovista TEMS support

• Additional logging has been added as default to the TRR API in Analyzer logging,
which will provide easier troubleshooting for common issues such as insufficient
read/write access to the temp folders required by the TRR.

• Resolved a problem where some older TEMS files were opened but no message
content was being decoded.

• Improvements have been made to Samsung chipset support for attribute

LTE_UE_Carrier_Num_DL, from message LTE LL1 CA Cell (0X2219).

Keysight NEMO support

• Added 5G support for PCTel scanner devices.

• Improvements made to support of TSME scanner devices:

o NR_Scan_PCI_SortedBy_RSRP
o NR_Scan_SS_CINR_SortedBy_RSRP
o NR_Scan_SS_RSRP_SortedBy_RSRP
o NR_Scan_SS_RSRQ_SortedBy_RSRP

• Added support for SpeedTest app-based test sequences.

• Added support for Nemo_VOLTE_Call_Setup_time (seconds)

Time between CAA to CAC3 (200 OK), for mobile originated calls, under the
Vendor Specific > Nemo > Call Parameters attribute grouping.

• Improvements have been made, related to resolution to the serving cell at time of
handovers, using the PCI in the RRC Reconfiguration message, and ECI in the
SIB1.

• Resolved a problem where some ff2.36 files were not being loaded.

• Added support for streaming KPIs:

o Nemo_Streaming_Setup_Delay
Time between DREQ event and first DSS (streaming) event
o Nemo Streaming_Video_Access_Time
Time between first DSS (stopped) event and first DSS (buffering) event
o Nemo_Streaming_Service_Access_Time_To_Buffering
Set once per task

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PCTel SeeHawk support
• Support added for LAA TDD in v1.0.9.0 with the new message Quick Top N Signal
Scan Data. Note: LTE-Advanced-Pro platform license is required to decode
bands 46, 48, 252 and 255.

Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support

• Resolved a problem where WCDMA Neighbor attributes in GSM_MOB_L3_MESG
messages were not being decoded correctly.

• Support added for NB-IoT scanner:

o LTE_Scan_NB_ScanCenterFrequency
o LTE_Scan_SSRP_SortedBy_RSRP
o LTE_Scan_PSRP_SortedBy_RSRP

Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support

• Resolved a problem where Uu_ActiveSet_RSCP and Uu_DetectedSet_RSCP
were not being set at WCDMA Active Set and WCDMA Neighbor Set messages.

• Resolved a problem where time was not handled correctly for scanners, as it
already was for UEs.

• Resolved a problem where Physical_Throughput_UL was not being set. Note

that in cases where Scheduled PUSCH Throughput is not reported in the chipset,
the Net PUSCH Throughput is used instead to store the
LTE_UE_PhyThroughput_UL attribute.

• Resolved a problem where Event_Task_Cancelled was being set at the incorrect

message. Now it is set at the Test End message for the task in question.

WirelessMetrix LinkMaster LML / Spire Netimizer DML support

• Resolved a problem where CQI was not being reported correctly, in attributes
LTE_UE_WideBand_CQI_Cwd0/1.

Verizon DataPro support

• LAA TDD scan results (PCTel scanner) supported in DataPro format, enabled when
Load All Scanner Data option is enabled. Note: LTE-Advanced-Pro platform
license is required to decode bands 46, 48, 252 and 255.

ZTE Skyruler WNG support

• Resolved a problem where some Layer 3 messages were not being decoded.

• Resolved a problem where PING test attributes were not being set.

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General
• Improvements have been made to the formatting of arrays of arrays (for
example, in Carrier Aggregation reports) in 3GPP ASN.1 notation in the Message
Browser text.

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Application Layer Improvements

Format Groups
• Improvements have been made to the DataTestType format group.

• Improvements have been made to the Transmission Scheme format group to

clarify which scheme the UE is in:

• Improvements made to 5G-NR ranges for RSRP and RSRQ format groups:

Before After

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Report Templates
• Resolved a problem in the LTE Carrier Aggregation report template, where the
Secondary Serving Sector Handle was not being set consistently.

• Improvements have been made to the LTE Carrier Aggregation report template,
for:
o Throughput per carrier
o CA configuration usage statistics
o EARFCN usage, for CA duration, and number of bytes received
(available for Qualcomm chipset devices only)

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Stateforms
• Resolved a problem in the LTE Handset Bar Chart stateform, where incorrect
EARFCN was being shown.

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Platform Improvements

Licensing
• Improvements have been made to allow support of USB dongles under Windows
10 (build 1803).

Map
• This month a major improvement to the map has been included, supporting
multiple independent panels in the single map window, for 64-bit installations.

o Multi-panel mode can be enabled during a map session, giving the

user the option to create a 2-panel view (landscape or portrait) or a 4-
panel view (grid).

o This allows engineers to view multiple floors of the same building

concurrently, or multiple measurements per carrier simultaneously in a
Carrier Aggregation scenario.

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 o Users can switch between portrait and landscape views, and also from any
2-panel view to the 4-panel view.
o It is not possible to reduce the number of visible panels, so users cannot
switch from the 4-panel view to a 2-panel view. It is only possible to exit
the multi-panel mode from 4-panel view.
o Panels can be synchronized to keep to the same zoom/pan or can be
controlled independently.

o When in a multi-panel view, an icon in the top right corner denotes the
“master” panel to which all other panels will adjust themselves to, once
multi-panel sync is enabled.

o Attributes can be dragged/dropped onto panels independently, or added to

all panels at once (eg: in the case of a call event)

o Some map toolbar settings are not sensible when considering a multi-panel
use-case, so have been disabled. Most functions are still available from
the right-click menu of an individual panel, and contextual to that panel.

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 o This is a transient view, meaning that once the map window is closed, the
multi-panel view is also discarded.
o As the feature is intended to be a transient analysis tool, saving the
workspace or a screen layout in a multi-panel map mode has no effect;
only a single panel map will be re-opened.

• Fixed a problem where disabling BING map background layer made no change to
the drawing of BING tiles.

• Improvements have been made to range-based filtering, to allow users to select

all ranges or deselect all ranges, which will be especially useful in attributes with a
large number of ranges:

• Improvements have been made to the export of cell layer icons to KML format,
representing the azimuth and beamwidth, as can be seen in the Google Earth
imported KML overlay shown below:

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Reporting
• Resolved a problem where exporting multiple attributes to a workbook template at
the same time would result in only the first attribute being exported.

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Documentation Changes
• Added new documentation to online help for multi-panel map support

• Added WirelessMetrix LinkMaster / Spire Netimizer DML to the File Format

Dashboard:

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Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence

End of Life of 32-bit support

• Advanced notice is given that by the end of 2019, support for 32-bit Actix
Analyzer shall be deprecated.

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