ASCOM TEMS MONITOR MASTER Quick start guide

Brand: ASCOM

Model: TEMS MONITOR MASTER

Type: Quick start guide

TEMS

™

MoniTor MaSTEr

acTivE TESTing and MoniToring

of convErgEd applicaTionS

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MONITOR MASTER 8.4

TEMS

™

Monitor Master 8.4 is a carrier-

grade software and hardware solution

designed to test and monitor the

end-to-end quality and user-experience

of wireless and ﬁxed line services.

TEMS™ MONITOR MASTER 8.4

TEMS

™

MoniTor MaSTEr 8.4

KEY FEATURES

Limitless ﬂexibility for service testing

End-to-end voice and data services testing from the customer

perspective

Full engineering detail

Active probes run 24x7

Test any service on any bearer

Central management

Central SIM server

Highly ﬂexible and conﬁgurable reporting and data warehousing for

short-term, long-term, and trend analysis reports

The good service that subscribers demand is getting harder to deliver

as networks, devices, and applications converge, with new services appearing

all the time. To attract and retain subscribers to maximize revenue, opera-

tors need services that work and the tools to quickly pinpoint and resolve

problems when they arise.

Problems can be hard to detect. They can happen anywhere in the

delivery chain, from errors in content or application logic, to IP network

issues to problems somewhere in the radio or ﬁxed line bearers. When prob-

lems do arise, they must be found and corrected immediately. Detailed

information is required to identify and ﬁx problems and that means end-

to-end application testing that acts like a user but gives the detail required

by an engineer.

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 is so ﬂexible that customers can use it to

test any service, including large-scale revenue assurance testing, content

testing, pre-launch multi-modal service testing, monitoring, and roaming

scenarios.

The TEMS Monitor Master platform uses ﬁxed remote Agents. These

Agents allow testing over GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, CDMA, PSTN, WiFi, and

LAN bearers, and testing of services such as Web, Web 2.0, MMS, VVM, SMS,

Email, Mobile TV, Voice, and VoIP – in any combination. Agents can be situ-

ated anywhere in the world, with convenient centralized control by the

Quality Manager management system.

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 includes further support for iPhone IMAP

Visual Voicemail, BlackBerry

email and voice testing, signiﬁcant enhance-

ments to standard ETSI scripts and reports, and an array of improvements

related to various operating systems and platforms.

iPhone Visual Voicemail

Visual Voicemail for the Apple™ iPhone

allows end-users to scroll

through voicemail messages visually instead of working through an audio

menu. The feature’s popularity among subscribers makes it imperative for

operators to support it. TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 creates thorough testing

scenarios, giving an unparalleled view of Visual Voicemail performance at

all stages. This is of tremendous value in diagnosing pre-launch problems

as well as for monitoring and testing once the service is established.

BlackBerry email and voice

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 supports the BlackBerry 8320 and 8330 for

GSM and CDMA testing. Mounted inside an X1000 or X1100 Agent, these

devices can be used for comprehensive and reliable testing of BlackBerry

email services as well as standard ETSI voice tests.

rEcEnT EnhancEMEnTS



Caller leaves voice mail



Voice mail server notiﬁes recipient

handset



Handset connects to server and downloads

voice mail

1 2



TEMS Monitor Master sends email from

one Blackberry to another Blackberry



TEMS Monitor Master receives email on

Blackberry

Blackberry hardware contained within

X1100 or X219

These devices can be placed in different

geographical locations

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MONITOR MASTER 8.4

TEMS™ MONITOR MASTER 8.4

ETSI measurement enhancements

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 Standard Scripts have been enhanced to

comply with additional ETSI measurement requirements. Enhancements

have been made to all these Standard Scripts:

GPRS Attach and Context Activate

Ping

DNS Lookup

Web

WAP

FTP Upload and Download

Voice availability and quality

SMS and MMS

Email SMTP/IMAP/POP3

Video streaming

Customers can quickly and easily use the Standard Scripts off-the-

shelf, or use them to develop more complex service-testing scenarios.

If a user can do it, TEMS Monitor Master can test it.

Operating systems and platforms

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 supports new operating systems and plat-

forms, including the 64 bit Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 R2 environ-

ment. This provides all the advantages of an up-to-date operating system

and allows customers to use Microsoft

Hyper-V

™

technology to build high-

availability, high-performance systems, with excellent expansion capabili-

ties to cater to growing data volumes and numbers of users.

TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 also supports Microsoft

SQL Server 2008,

Microsoft

Windows 7, and Microsoft

Internet Explorer 8.

CUSTOMIZATION

Users can customize TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 to suit their unusual or

complex requirements without needing additional hardware or software.

This unique ability allows customers to devise custom test scenarios, create

new KPIs and metrics and integrate with third-party systems.

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MONITOR MASTER 8.4

TEMS

™

Box Ofﬁce is the reporting and presentation tool of choice for

products within the Ascom Network Testing portfolio. Its powerful capa-

bilities allow customers to develop their own reports for their service tests

without requiring a product change.

Gathering data from multiple sources, this Web-based package per-

forms detailed analysis and delivers the right reports to the right people

throughout the organization. TEMS Box Ofﬁce requires no special client, and

delivers reports via a conventional browser.

Dashboard information is presented via multiple displays, called

“viewlets,” that allow users to study related information from various per-

spectives simultaneously. Presentation formats include:

Area graphs GPS-based maps

Line graphs Pie charts

Bar graphs Gannt charts

Frequency analysis WAP site structures

Simple grids XSL transformation

Pivot tables

Reports can incorporate links to Web sources, embedded Web pages,

and Microsoft

Excel exports, as well as invocation of external helper

applications.

TEMS Box Ofﬁce offers virtually unlimited presentation options, with

variables such as ﬁlters, custom formatting, selection of data sources, rules

for alerts, and report recipients. Broad customization capabilities allow users

to create reports precisely ﬁtting their business needs, pinpointing their

KPIs, tailoring security rights, and branding and distributing reports.

TEMS

™

Box officE

TEMS™ MONITOR MASTER 8.4

Ascom Network Testing Inc.

1943 Isaac Newton Square

Reston, Virginia 20190 | USA

T +1 571-203-4500

F +1 571-203-4593

www.ascom.com/networktesting

Ascom Network Testing Ltd

Oak House, Shackleford Road

Elstead | Surrey GU8 6LB | UK

T +44 1252 705 705

F +44 1252 705 706

Ascom reserves the right to change speciﬁcations without notice. Ascom acknowledges all registered trademarks appearing herein.

www.ascom.com/networktesting

The advanced technology in TEMS Monitor Master 8.4 allows operators

to see their networks from a customer’s perspective so that they can intro-

duce new services quickly and keep existing services operating proﬁtably.

It is a cost-effective solution that can test what operators want, when they

want, and is always adaptable to their current testing requirements.

Learn more about TEMS Monitor Master and the other offerings in the

Ascom Network Testing portfolio at www.ascom.com/networktesting.

Evolving Networks. Trusted Solutions.

ASCOM TEMS MONITOR MASTER Quick start guide

ASCOM TEMS MONITOR MASTER Quick start guide

ASCOM TEMS MONITOR MASTER Quick start guide

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