Ixia launches femtocell testing system

IP performance test system provider Ixia has launched a femtocell test system that fully validates the entire femtocell ecosystem, including access points and gateways. Ixia's femtocell test system assesses all network aspects and femtocell devices both individually and as part of the system. Ixia's test system provides equipment manufacturers and operators with the ability to test major deployment challenges by emulating any node in the femtocell ecosystem, including user equipment, home eNodeBs (HeNBs), HeNB gateways (HeNB GW), and HeNB management systems. Ixia's IxCatapult testing system can emulate UEs, HeNBs, HeNB GWs, HeNB management systems, serving gateways (S-GW), and mobility management entities (MME). IxCatapult completely validates the femtocell ecosystem (including, HeNB, HeNB gateway, MME, and S-Gateway) or isolates the individual components.