Huawei selects Spirent to test HSPA+ user devices

BEIJING, CHINA: Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions, has selected Spirent Communications to help validate the performance of its HSPA+ data cards.

With Spirent, the leader in testing solutions for wireless networks, devices and services, Huawei is able ensure its customers' high-speed HSPA+ data networks offer a superior subscriber quality of experience (QoE) and seamless mobility.

“We are dedicated to delivering the industry’s highest-performing data cards and other technology solutions,” said Yang Feng, testing team leader of Huawei. “Spirent’s easy to use automated test solutions, with their focus on performance and support for the latest HSPA+ technologies and receiver designs, fully support our current test requirements, as well as enable us to develop new technologies and reduce our time to market.”

Mobile operators continue to leverage their investment in HSPA/HSPA+ networks as they prepare their networks for LTE/4G. Huawei, a leading supplier of HSPA+ data cards to mobile operators worldwide, is using the Spirent 8100 Mobile Device Test System for performance testing of its latest data cards.

Using capabilities such as the Spirent’s new Development Library, the Spirent 8100 helps validate critical attributes such as data throughput and mobility performance, as well as Receive Diversity and Interference cancellation algorithm optimization.

"Deploying a high speed HSPA or HSPA+ network does not mean that subscribers can take advantage of it immediately," said Gene Zhang, VP of Asia Pacific at Spirent.

"The performance of the mobile device, data card or dongle also plays a critical role. By leveraging Spirent's expertise in testing the performance of 3G/4G mobile devices and chipsets, Huawei is able to ensure its carrier customers can deliver a better service experience."

Spirent’s 8100 system is the optimal solution for GSM/WCDMA/HSPA/LTE mobile device and chipset testing. It supports a wide range of application, location and radio access test areas, and its flexible option-based design allows customers to add the capability required. The Spirent 8100 system addresses multiple phases of the mobile device lifecycle, from certification to performance testing and beyond.