Analyzer Update

October 2013

Release Notes

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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 devices supported:

▫ Added support for TEMS Investigation 15.2.

▫ Added support for JDSU version 17.1-4.

Application layer improvements:

▫ New Radio_Access_Mode attribute to replace Data_Radio_Mode that adds support for new radio states (Cell_PCH and URA_PCH, for instance).

Platform improvements:

▫ Added support for Windows 8.1.

▫ Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2.

▫ Fixed problems with importing queries in Analysis Manager.

▫ Fixed a rare issue that could cause Attribute Explorer to hang.

▫ Fixed a number of smaller Preference issues.

▫ Fixed a number of compatibility issues with Excel affecting reporting.

▫ Fixed a problem where user-defined reports in an .APG file were not visible in the Ribbon.

Known issues:

▫ None.

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2 New collection device or technology support

2.1 Accuver support

Improved handling of corrupted timestamps in Accuver messages.

In order to avoid possible memory related issues, all the IP packets are now discarded by default in Analyzer. Users that want to analyse raw IP packets should enabled the preference “Technology > IP > IP Data

Analysis”. This preference should be enabled by the users prior to loading VoLTE log files.

2.2 Ascom TEMS support

Added support for TEMS Investigation 15.2.

Added support for UMTS technology with Rohde and Schwarz scanner.

A problem has been resolved that could cause TEMS log files to fail to load with multi-threading enabled.

A problem has been resolved that could cause TEMS “.tpz” files (indoor

files) to fail to load in Analyzer.

A new set of preferences have been created under “Format > TEMS > Discard Specific Messages” to control whether some IP-related TEMS messages should be decoded.

2.3 JDSU support

Added support for JDSU version 17.1-4.

Added support for MOS and POLQA measurements with the JDSU handheld collection tool (“.ahd” files).

2.4 Nemo support

Added support for LTE + EVDO devices in Nemo. In previous releases of Analyzer, LTE + EVDO devices were recognized as LTE-only devices, and EVDO messages were not decoded.

2.5 Qualcomm support

Added support for message 0xB16B “LTE ML1 PDCCH-PHICH indication report” version 4.

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2.6 Rhode and Schwarz support

Added new attributes for frequency drift measurements for WCDMA scanners.

2.7 Swissqual support

Added support for the “Scanner LTE Pilot V2” LTE scanner message.

2.8 Generic

Added new text string attributes for “Calling Party Number” and “Called Party Number” set from NAS messages. The advantage of using a text string over a decimal number to store a telephone number is that the

leading “0”s of the telephone number are visible in the text string.

3 Application layer improvements

3.1 Data radio mode

The set of attributes with a name starting with the prefix “Data_Radio_Mode” have been replaced with similar attributes with the prefix “Radio_Access_Mode”. The purpose of this change is introduce support for more radio states:

▫ In UMTS, Analyzer now detects Cell_PCH and URA_PCH separately from Cell_FACH.

▫ In CDMA, “CDMA” mode has been split into “CDMA Idle” and “CDMA

Connected” modes, and “EVDO” mode into “EVDO Idle” and “EVDO Connected” modes.

Data_Radio_Mode attributes are still recognized by Analyzer; queries, reports and stateforms do not need to be changed.

However, Data_Radio_Mode attributes are no longer visible in Attribute Explorer, and customers should now use Radio_Access_Mode attributes.

The new modes are used in Spotlight Data Service Analysis and in the reports.

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The screenshot below is an example of how Radio_Access_Mode improves on Data_Radio_Mode:

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4 Platform improvements

4.1 Analysis Manager

A problem has been resolved with Analysis Manager that prevented Crosstab queries from being imported in Analyzer when they contained

Statistics with Filters.

4.2 Attribute Explorer

A problem has been resolved that caused Attribute Explorer to hang when a log file had a stream with no attribute and no query.

4.3 Platform support

Added support for Windows 8.1.

Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2.

4.4 Preferences

Smaller typos and errors have been corrected in Preferences.

4.5 Reporting

A problem has been resolved that affected “GSM Spotlight Report”, “UMTS Spotlight report", and the Spotlight EVDO reports, whereby a

macro in the reports stopped it opening with Excel 2010 64-bit.

A problem has been resolved that could cause two reports to be displayed when using Excel 2013.

A problem has been resolved where user-defined reports in an .APG file were not visible in the Ribbon.

5 Known Issues / Obsolescence

None.

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