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Analyzer Update

October 2012

Release Notes

Actix Analyzer Update October 2012 2

1 In this version

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

New collection device support:

▫ Added support for Rohde & Schwartz version 4.69.

▫ Added support for DataPro version 6.4.

▫ Added support for Ericsson W12B GPEH files.

▫ Added support for the Hisilicon chipset in Ding Li file format.

▫ Added support for LGKX266 device in Ding Li file format.

▫ Added support for the Samsung S5830 device in Ding Li file format.

▫ Added support for the Huawei C8600 device in Ding Li file

format.

▫ Added support for the PCTel MX Scanner in DataPro file format.

▫ Extended support for calculating GPS coordinates for indoor files from the file formats of Ascom TEMS, Nemo, and ZK Celltest.

Application layer improvements:

▫ Fixed a problem with GSM - CW Scan Form and Quality Chart in Radio Network Explorer.

Platform improvements:

▫ Added support for Windows 8.

▫ Added a new feature for the interactive placement of floorplan images on the Map.

▫ Added the ability to display TAB files with raster images on top of Bing maps.

▫ Added “Bézier curve” GPS interpolation.

▫ A number of instability issues when closing or opening workspaces have been resolved.

▫ A problem that causes reports to run inconsistently with non-English regional settings has been solved.


2 New collection device or technology support

2.1 Agilent AOD support

[Case 68753] An issue with Agilent JDSU 16.3 Indoor logfiles was solved. The software was optimised in order to load these files much faster.

2.2 Ascom TEMS support

[Cases 67977, 69439] LTE attributes decoding have been improved for LTE scanners. Further RF attributes have been added.

[Case 67445] TEMS 13.1.2 DRT LTE Scanner decoding has been improved. Added the Scan_RSSI_by_FREQ attribute.

[Case 70864] An issue has been solved that stopped Analyzer loading logfiles with invalid timestamps.

TEMS Indoor support for indoor data positioning on maps has been added.

2.3 Ding Li support

[Case 70759] Added support for the LGKX266 device.

[Case 70494] Added support for the Samsung S5830 device.

[Case 67745] Added support for the Huawei C8600 device.

Added support for the Hisilicon chipset.

[Case 69146] Problem with invalid Ping RTT values was solved.

2.4 Ericsson CT support

[Case 70705] Added support for Ericsson W12B GPEH files.

2.5 Huawei CT support

[Case 70787] Call attempts event detection has been improved.

[Case 70788] Inter-frequency handover event detection has been improved.


3G to 2G Handover event detection has been improved.

Multi RAB event detection has been improved.

2.6 Huawei Probe support

[Case 71045] Added support for 2G messages in Huawei scanner logfiles.

2.7 Meritech support

[Case 67302] A problem has been fixed that could cause Analyzer to show incorrect logfile size values.

2.8 Nemo support

[Case 64718] Added new "top N" attributes broken down per EARFCN, such as:

LTE_Scan_RSRP_ for_EARFCN_0_ SortedBy_RSRP_0

[Case 70471, 70532] A problem has been resolved that caused Analyzer to crash while loading Nemo 6.1 and 6.3 logfiles.

[Case 62862] Call drop event detection have been improved for cases where RRC re-establishment procedure fails.

[Case 71096] Nemo Handy support for indoor data positioning on map has been added.

[Case 70617] Added new attributes based on the RRCSM message:

▫ LTE_UE_PCI

▫ LTE_UE_EARFCN_DL

2.9 Leadcore support

[Case 70516] Added support for the DTLog file format:

▫ CDMA v2.6

▫ EVDO v3.7

▫ GERAN v2.0

▫ GSM v0.5

▫ WCDMA-GSM v1.2


2.10 Qualcomm support

[Case 66592] A problem with decoding RLP Statistics and Abort Performance has been solved.

[Case 65294] An issue with decoding the logcode 0x1476 GNSS Position Report has been solved.

Qualcomm LTE stream detection has been improved.

2.11 Rohde & Schwarz support

Added support for Rohde & Schwarz version 4.69.

[Case 68947] Stream type flags for LTE devices have been upgraded. UMTS support has been added for LTE devices.

[Case 68338] LTE event detection has been improved.

[Case 68930] Added BLER decoding for R&S files:

▫ LTE_UE_Residual_BLER_DL

▫ LTE_UE_Residual_BLER_UL

LTE RSRQ detection has been improved. Odd RSRQ values are no longer presented.

2.12 Swissqual support

[Case 68594] An improvement has been made on the Swissqual event detection that shifts the Start of the call event to the Session Start

marker.

[Case 70834] An issue have been solved that made Analyzer incessantly load some Swisscall logfiles.

2.13 Verizon DataPro support

[Case 69048] Rohde & Schwarz TSMW Scanner LTE Measurement Record decoding has been added.

[Case 69048] PCTel MX Scanner support has been added.

Added support for Verizon DataPro version 6.4.

2.14 Generic

A problem has been resolved that caused Analyzer to set the attribute

"LTE_RRCConnection_HO_toUMTS_Fail" twice.


An improvement has been made in order to set the NAS message type through a ciphered NAS message.

[Case 61578] A problem has been fixed that prevented the attribute “GSM_Call_Setup_Time” to be correctly set when no "RR Channel Request" message occurred.

The “RxQual_by_SectorHandle” attribute has been added.

Erlang Calculation per location has been added for LTE.

Format group Ericsson UETR RAB Type has been updated.

A problem has been resolved that made Analyzer double LU Reject, LU

Normal, LU Periodic, RAU values.

For indoor scenarios where the log files do not contain sufficient information with which to calculate GPS coordinates, a feature has been added where information from a certain TAB file (see section 4.2) can be used by Analyzer to calculate coordinates anyway. At this point, support has been added for the following formats:

▫ Ascom TEMS

▫ Nemo

▫ ZK Celltest


3 Application layer improvements

3.1 Analyzer

[Case 63562] GSM - CW Scan Form have been improved. New tooltips and Y-Axis values have been added.

[Case 62084] Detected set chart has been improved. Invalid detected

set SCs are no longer shown.

[Case 66765] The GSM Design Validation & Quick Analysis report was improved in order to present correct call drop values.

3.2 Spotlight

[Case 61986] The Quality Chart in Radio Network Explorer has been improved in order to be populated with correct results for all known logfiles.


4 Platform improvements

4.1 Generic

Windows 8 is now supported.

A number of instability issues have been resolved when closing or opening workspaces.

[Case 68386] A new “Bézier curve” mode has been added for GPS interpolation.

4.2 Map

Added a new feature to let the user place a floorplan image on the Map. It enables the user to drag, scale, and rotate the image. The result can be exported as a TAB file. The TAB file can be used for:

▫ Positioning the floorplan image on the Map in other Analyzer

sessions.

▫ Calculation of GPS coordinates for indoor files with otherwise insufficient information with which to do so (see bottommost

bullet point from section 2.14).

Added the ability to display TAB files with raster images on top of Bing maps.

4.3 Reporting

[Case 69940] A problem has been solved that caused reports to run inconsistently with non-English regional settings.


5 Documentation

None


6 Known Issues / Obsolescence

None


7 Previous Release Notes

You can find release notes for earlier Analyzer updates in the folder below this one, Individual Notes.

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