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Contents

1 Introduction............................................................................................ 7

2 NQView Overview...................................................................................8

2.1 NQView Versions.......................................................................................................... 8

2.2 NQView System Requirements....................................................................................8

2.3 Starting NQView............................................................................................................ 9

2.4 Main Window............................................................................................................... 10

2.4.1 Menu Commands..........................................................................................................11

2.4.2 Navigation Panel........................................................................................................... 11

2.4.3 Status Bar Items............................................................................................................12

2.4.4 Devices Toolbar............................................................................................................ 13

2.4.5 Console Toolbars.......................................................................................................... 13

2.5 NQView Consoles....................................................................................................... 13

2.6 Realtime and Replay Consoles..................................................................................14

2.6.1 Pages and Monitors Panel............................................................................................ 14

2.6.2 Values Panel................................................................................................................. 15

2.6.3 Events Panel................................................................................................................. 16

2.6.4 User Markers Panel...................................................................................................... 16

2.7 Control Panels.............................................................................................................17

2.7.1 System Configuration Panel..........................................................................................17

2.7.2 Tasks and Jobs Panel...................................................................................................18

2.7.3 Task Schedules Panel.................................................................................................. 19

2.7.4 Test Results Summary Panel........................................................................................20

2.8 User Roles................................................................................................................... 21

2.8.1 Enabling SQL User Roles............................................................................................. 21

3 NQView Monitors................................................................................. 26

3.1 General Monitor Types............................................................................................... 26

3.1.1 List Monitor....................................................................................................................27

3.1.2 Table Monitor................................................................................................................ 27

3.1.3 Map Monitor.................................................................................................................. 29

3.1.3.1 Open Street Map...........................................................................................................31

3.1.3.2 Map Toolbar Commands...............................................................................................33


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3.1.3.3 Map Monitor Navigation Panel Commands...................................................................34

3.1.3.4 Using Geoset GST Files............................................................................................... 37

3.1.4 Bar Monitor....................................................................................................................403.1.5 Line Chart Monitor.........................................................................................................41

3.2 Device Monitor Types.................................................................................................42

3.2.1 LTE Carrier Aggregation Monitor.................................................................................. 45

3.2.1.1 LTE CA Tabs on LTE Radio Tab in NQDI.....................................................................47

3.2.1.2 LTE CA Tabs on LTE Downlink Tab in NQDI............................................................... 49

3.2.2 Layer 3 Monitor............................................................................................................. 51

3.2.2.1 Exporting Layer 3 Messages.........................................................................................51

3.3 Scanner Monitor Types.............................................................................................. 52

4 Configuring Your Measurement System............................................54

4.1 Configuring Hardware................................................................................................ 55

4.1.1 Configuring a Scanner.................................................................................................. 55

4.1.1.1 Adding Two Scanners to a Benchmarker II System......................................................58

4.1.1.2 TSMW Scanner Auto Bandwidth...................................................................................61

4.1.1.3 Measurement Rates......................................................................................................63

4.1.2 Configuring the Backup of Measurement Files on a Diversity Unit...............................65

4.1.3 Configuring Subscriber Data Usage..............................................................................66

4.1.4 Updating the Hardware Configuration...........................................................................67

4.2 Configuring Measurements........................................................................................68

4.2.1 Creating and Running Tasks.........................................................................................68

4.2.1.1 Defining a Speed Trigger Profile................................................................................... 74

4.2.1.2 About MultiRAB Tasks.................................................................................................. 76

Double-Sided MultiRAB Task........................................................................................77

4.2.2 Creating and Running Campaigns................................................................................ 80

4.2.2.1 Multichannel Campaign With TwoBenchmarker Systems........................................... 81

4.2.3 Exporting and Importing Job Configurations.................................................................84

4.2.4 Exporting and Importing Profiles................................................................................... 85

4.2.5 Updating a BTS List...................................................................................................... 86

4.3 Remotely Updating SwissQual Software.................................................................. 88

4.3.1 Monitoring the Update...................................................................................................91

5 Monitoring Measurements.................................................................. 92


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5.1 Using Monitors............................................................................................................92

5.1.1 Monitoring Measurements in Real Time....................................................................... 93

5.1.1.1 Hardware Status Colors................................................................................................ 945.1.2 Creating and Adding User Markers (Realtime Console Only).......................................94

5.1.3 Customizing Monitors....................................................................................................95

5.2 Log Files...................................................................................................................... 96

5.2.1 Error Log....................................................................................................................... 96

5.2.1.1 Consecutively Failed Tests........................................................................................... 96

5.2.1.2 Failed Tests With the Same ID in Consecutive Test Cycles.........................................97

5.2.2 Downloading Log Files..................................................................................................98

5.3 Forcing a Device to use a Specific Technology (Realtime Console Only)............ 99

5.4 Rebooting Devices During a Measurement............................................................ 100

5.5 Replaying Measurement Data..................................................................................101

6 Realtime and Replay Tools............................................................... 104

6.1 Monitors.....................................................................................................................104

6.2 Events........................................................................................................................ 104

6.3 Operators................................................................................................................... 107

6.4 BTS List......................................................................................................................108

6.5 Value Filter.................................................................................................................111

6.6 Import/Export Settings............................................................................................. 111

6.7 Safe Driver Mode (Hands-Free Operation)..............................................................113

6.8 Shade Editor.............................................................................................................. 113

7 Exporting Data From a Measurement File....................................... 115

A Voice Job Timings Configuration.....................................................117

B Monitor Commands........................................................................... 119B.1 Common Commands................................................................................................ 119

B.1.1 Title Bar Commands................................................................................................... 119

B.1.2 Value Titles Command................................................................................................119

B.1.3 Shade Command........................................................................................................ 120

B.2 List Monitor Commands........................................................................................... 120

B.3 Table Monitor Commands........................................................................................121

B.4 Bar Chart Monitor Commands................................................................................. 121


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B.5 Line Chart Monitor Commands................................................................................121

B.6 Layer3 Commands....................................................................................................122

B.7 Monitor Title Bar Commands...................................................................................122

C NQView Database...............................................................................123

C.1 Updating the Database............................................................................................. 123

C.2 Creating a Backup of the Database.........................................................................123

C.3 Structure of the Database........................................................................................ 123

C.4 Database Tables........................................................................................................124

C.5 References.................................................................................................................126

D NQComm Windows Service..............................................................127

D.1 Command Line Parameters......................................................................................127

D.2 Database.................................................................................................................... 128

D.3 Setting Service Recovery Options.......................................................................... 128

D.4 Configuring NQComm Restart Options.................................................................. 128


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1 Introduction

This document describes the features of the NetQual NQView software as well as therole of the software in a Diversity and QualiPoc system. NQView is a visualization tool

that allows you to observe measurements in real time on various configurable moni-

tors.

You also use NQView to configure the following SwissQual measurement systems:

Diversity Benchmarker

Diversity Benchmarker (Remote Control)

Diversity Optimizer

Diversity Ranger

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2 NQView Overview

For a description on how to install NQView, see theInstallation Diversity Platform and Applications.pdfdocument.

The text size on your screen must be set to "Smaller - 100% (default)" on the Windows

Display Control Panel.

NQView uses the NQComm Windows service to enable communication with Diversity

and QualiPoc measurement units as well as SQL databases. For more information on

this service, including how to manually configure the restart options when you run

NQView without Windows Administrator rights, see chapter D, "NQComm Windows

Service", on page 127.

Although Diversity Benchmarker and the Diversity Optimizer setup types install

NQView. However, you cannot use the Optimizer version of NQView to monitor a

Diversity system.

2.1 NQView Versions

SwissQual offers the following versions of NQView:

NQView:Full version with complete functionality

NQView Replay:Only replays measurement files This version does not have theNQView Control and Realtime consoles.

NQView Optimizer:Configures and controls a Diversity Optimizer system. For

more information, see the

Quick Start Guide - Diversity Optimizer.pdfdocument.

Data Exporter:Opens and exports contents of measurement files to a file in CSV

format. This version does not have the NQView Control, Realtime, and Replay con-

soles.

2.2 NQView System Requirements

Microsoft Windows:

NQView: Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 2008 Server

(32-bit and 64-bit), and Windows 2012

You can run NQView withour without WindowsAdministrator rights.

NQView Replay and Data Exporter: Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-

bit) - Windows 2008 Server (32-bit and 64-bit) - Windows 8 professional (32-bit

and 64-bit), and Windows Server 2012

You can run NQView Replay and Data Exporter with or without Windows

Administrator rights.

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NQView Optimizer: Windows 7 Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) with Windows

Administrator rights

Computer with CoreDuo or faster processor

Minimum of 2 GB of RAMIf you want to run NetQual NQView, you need 1 GB of RAM for best results.

Supported hard disk format: NTFS

In Windows and you need to set the locale to English, that is, open the "Regional and

Language Options" in the "Control Panel", click the "Regional Options" tab, and select

an English location in the list.

If you intend to use a software firewall with Windows, you need to open up the ports for

the Diversity software components.

The text size on your screen must be set to Smaller - 100% (default) on the Display

Control Panel.

Microsoft SQL Server: You can install SQL server on the controlling PC or an

external PC. You must install the English language version of the software.

If you intend to install the Controlling PC software on a Voice and Video Call

Server, that is, Land Unit, you must install the SQL Server on the Land Unit.

You do not need to preinstall SQL server for Diversity Optimizer as the installation

package includes SQL Server 2012 Express.

SQL Server 2008 SP3, R2 SPI (32-bit and 64-bit)

SQL Server 2012 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit)

SQL Server 2014 (64-bit): Do not enable the compression option when you cre-

ate a new database. Windows Drivers: You need to install the relevant driver for your measurement

device on the PC that the device is connected to, for example, a CSM.

MapInfo MapX: Only required if you want to use the Map monitor in NQView.

You do not need to install additional software if you want to use Open Street Map

instead of MapX.

2.3 Starting NQView

To start NQView, double-click the NQView icon on the Windows desktop.

Fig. 2-1: NQView icon on Windows desktop

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Note: The first time that you start NQView, you need to connect to an SQL data-

base according to the instructions that appear on the screen. NQView Replay and

Data Explorer do not require this step.

If you updated to version 13.2 and previously used Windows Authentication to login to the SQL database, you need to use SQL Authentication to log into the data-

base. Furthermore, WAP tests are no longer supported and are automatically

deleted when you update the database.

Fig. 2-2: NQView database update information for release 13.2

2.4 Main Window

You can access all of the NQView features from the main window. The window con-

tains the following items:

Menu bar at the top

Toolbar for the current console below the Menu bar

Navigation panel for the current console on the left

Workspace area on the right

Status bar at the bottom

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Fig. 2-4: Navigation panel

2.4.3 Status Bar Items

This section describes the items that appear on the Status bar at the bottom of the

NQView window.

Fig. 2-5: NQView Status bar in replay mode

Table 2-1: Description of the items on the NQView status bar

Item Description

Status Line The status line below the Navigation panel shows the current system information.

Database/File Name Indica-

tor

Depending on the current console, the indicator shows the database name or the replay file name.

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Item Description

CPU Meter The CPU meter shows the processor usage of the main core that NQView is running on. If this

value is consistently high, you might need to close some of the monitors or disable some of the

other CPU intensive features or options in NQView.If NQView temporarily uses a significant amount of CPU power, the meter might stick on a low CPU

value until CPU resources become available to update the values.

RAM Meter The RAM meter shows the RAM usage of your system, including the amount of RAM that NQView

uses. NQView is optimized to only use as much RAM as necessary and to release memory that is

not in use. If the RAM meter value is very high, use the Windows Task Manager to determine which

process is using a lot of RAM, and then end the process.

2.4.4 Devices Toolbar

The Devices toolbar displays the currently connected devices, for example, mobile

phones, data cards, PSTN/ISDN phones and scanners.

If the system does not have a GPS receiver, the GPS icon is grey.

Click to select a device and CTRL-click to select more than one device. The contents

of the panel that is open on the Navigation panel, for example, the "Values" panel,

changes to match the device that you selected. In Diversity Optimizer, the unit also

appears on the panel.

Fig. 2-6: Device toolbar with one phone and one scanner

2.4.5 Console Toolbars

Each NQView console has a single toolbar. If you want, you can customize the tool-

bars with the commands that you frequently use.

2.5 NQView Consoles

The following consoles are available in NQView:

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"Control": Create and configure your system as well as create, edit, and start tasks

and campaigns

"Realtime": Monitor running tasks and campaigns in the system that you connect to

"Replay": Open and replay Diversity and QualiPoc measurement files in NQView

Fig. 2-7: NQView consoles

Consoles only contain features that are relevant to the current operation, for example,

playback controls in the Replay console.

2.6 Realtime and Replay Consoles

The following sections describe the features that are available in the Realtime and

Replay consoles.

2.6.1 Pages and Monitors Panel

The "Pages and Monitors" panel is a tree view of the pages and monitors that are

available for the device that you select.

For a description of the available monitors, see chapter 3, "NQView Monitors",

on page 26.

To add a page or monitor to your workspace, double click an item in the tree or use

the "Open Pages and Monitors" icon on the main toolbar..

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Fig. 2-8: Pages and Monitors panel on the Replay console

2.6.2 Values Panel

The "Values" panel contains the measurement values that you can monitor in NQView.

For a description of the available monitors, see chapter 3, "NQView Monitors",

on page 26.

Fig. 2-9: Values panel on the Replay console

To add a value to a monitor, select a device, select a value in the tree, and then

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NQView does not allow you to add values to incompatible monitors.

If you want to monitor the Byte Counter or Call Seconds Thresholds, expand "Device",

expand "Call" or "Data", and use "Exceeded".

2.6.3 Events Panel

You can use the Events panel to enable or disable events during a measurement or

during playback. Events are special triggers that you can configure to provide you with

information when something specific during a measurement occurs, for example, a

dropped call. For more information, see chapter 6.2, "Events", on page 104.

Fig. 2-10: Events panel on the Replay console

2.6.4 User Markers Panel

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Fig. 2-11: User markers panel

You can only add markers to live measurements and not in replay mode. For moreinformation, see chapter 5.1.2, "Creating and Adding User Markers (Realtime Console

Only)", on page 94.

2.7 Control Panels

The following sections describe the Navigation panels that are available in "Control"

console.

2.7.1 System Configuration Panel

The System configuration panel is where you configure your system hardware, sub-

scribers, and system profiles. For more information see chapter 4, "Configuring Your

Measurement System", on page 54.

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Fig. 2-12: System configuration panel on the Control console

2.7.2 Tasks and Jobs Panel

Use the Task and Jobs panel to configure your tasks, jobs, tests and task profiles.

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Fig. 2-13: Tasks and Jobs panel on the Control console

2.7.3 Task Schedules Panel

The "Task Schedules" panel can help you plan your testing schedule. You can arrangethe tasks for the devices in your system on a timeline.

To view the task schedule for a device, drag the device from the "Task schedules"

panel to the "Scheduling" pane.

Use the check boxes at the top of the pane to filter the schedules and the "Interval" list

to specify the length of the timeline.

Each bar on the timeline represents a scheduled task and the width of the bar repre-

sents the duration of the task. The color of each bar represents the type of task. Con-

sult the legend at the bottom of the view to find out which task each color represents.

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Fig. 2-14: Task schedules panel

2.7.4 Test Results Summary Panel

The "Test Results Summary" panel provides an overview of the completed tests.

Fig. 2-15: Test Results Summary panel on the Control console

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2.8 User Roles

You can use SQL server roles to limit the NQView configuration options for non-admin-

istrator NQView users.

A guest user can only view and use the following items on the "System Configuration"

panel

"Hardware"

"Subscribers and access point"

"Profiles"

On the "Task and Jobs" panel, a guest user has the following restrictions

Can only view, edit, run, and stop the campaigns, tasks, and jobs that he or she

created

Can only create, edit, and delete the "Calling numbers" profiles that he or she cre-ated

Fig. 2-16: User column on Task and Jobs panel

2.8.1 Enabling SQL User Roles

This section describes how to create a guest user in Microsoft SQL Management Stu-dio and how to enable SQL roles in NQView.

To enable SQL roles in NQView

1. In "Microsoft SQL Management Studio", create at least one guest user.

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a) In "Microsoft SQL Management Studio", locate the server in the "Object

Explorer".

Fig. 2-17: Create new login

b) Enter the login credentials for the user and click "OK".

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c) Right-click the new user in the tree, for example, "Guest", and click "Proper-

ties".

Fig. 2-18: Configure properties for new user

d) In the "Select a page" tree, click "Server Roles".

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e) In the "Server roles" list, select the "public" and "sysadmin" check boxes, and

then click "OK".

Fig. 2-19: Server roles for new user

2. Click "Settings" on the "File" menu.

3. In the "Settings" tree, click "Database", and ensure that you are logged into the

database as the "sa" user.

Note: If you are logged in as a different user, click "Logout from database", enter

the login credentials for the "sa" user, and then click "Login to database"

4. In the "SQL user role" area, click one of the following options:

"None": Users have full control of the database

"Read only": Users only have read access to the database

"User space": Each user has full access to his or her database

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Fig. 2-20: Use SQL server roles

Note: Regardless of the user role that you select, the sauser retains full control of

the database.

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3 NQView Monitors

This section describes the monitors that are available in NQView. You can choosefrom the following types of monitors:

General

Devices

Scanners

3.1 General Monitor Types

This section describes the general monitor types that are available in NQView. For

more information on some of these monitors, see the following sections.

Fig. 3-1: Value monitors

Table 3-1: Summary of NQView value monitors

Monitor Description

"List" Displays the most recent values in a list.

"Table" Each value is shown in a separate column with the corresponding timestamp. A gray value indi-

cates a copy. Since values might not arrive regularly, the last value is copied and grayed out.

"Map" Displays measurement values on a map provided that your system has a GPS receiver. You can

also markers and alarms can be shown in this monitor.

"Bar chart" Values are shown as individual bars. Only the most recent value is displayed.

"Line chart" Every measurement value is shown as a single line on a time basis scale.

"Pie chart" Values with the same units are shown on a pie chart

"Ranger Battery" A monitor that shows the battery charge level of Diversity Ranger

"Devices" Presents an overview of the connected devices. You can also display measurement information on

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Monitor Description

"NQView events" Displays all NQView events

"GPS" A GPS monitor for the connected GPS device

3.1.1 List Monitor

The "List" monitor displays values as a list with the most recent value at the bottom.

Fig. 3-2: List monitor

For a description of the commands that are available when your right-click in the moni-

tor, see chapter B, "Monitor Commands", on page 119.

Fig. 3-3: Context menu for a List monitor

3.1.2 Table Monitor

The "Table" monitor displays values as an Excel sheet.

The first column always displays the time and cannot be changed.

Each value that you add creates a new column in the Table monitor; however, you

cannot insert a new value between two existing columns. Values appear in the table

essentially in real-time, although some values might arrive at a higher rate. To keep the

rows of the sheet synchronized, cells that contain values that arrive at a lower rate

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Fig. 3-6: Disable Autoscroll in a Table monitor

3.1.3 Map Monitor

You can use the Map monitor if you collect GPS data during a test. The monitor con-

sists of a toolbar at the top, a Navigation panel on the left and a map on the right.

By default, the "Map" monitor uses MapX, which you have to install separately. If you

want to use Open Street Map, see chapter 3.1.3.1, "Open Street Map", on page 31.

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In "Replay" mode, the "Map" monitor automatically loads the different floor plans in the

order that the plans appear in the measurement file. NQView displays the name of the

floor plan under "User Layers" in the "Map" tree.

Fig. 3-8: Floor plan in Map monitor

3.1.3.1 Open Street Map

You can only use Open Street Map if you have an Internet connection and a GPS sig-

nal. Open Street Map supports routes in *.KMLor *.KMZformat.

To use Open Street Map on a test drive

1. Connect the controlling PC to the Internet and start NQView.

2. On the "Realtime" console, add the "Map" monitor.

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Fig. 3-9: Select Open Street Map

4. If you have a pre-defined route, right-click "Paths" in the tree, click "Load gps

paths(s)", locate the *.KMLor *.KMZfile, and then click "OK".

5. View the entire measurement route to cache the map tiles.

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Fig. 3-10: Zoom level on map

6. Click the Open Street Map mode icon to change to "offline" mode to reduce over

the air traffic during the measurements.

Note: You can also click "Settings" on the "File" menu and select the "Use open

street maps offline" option on the "Map" settings page.

3.1.3.2 Map Toolbar Commands

The following table describes the commands that are available on the Map toolbar at

the top of the "Map" monitor window.

Fig. 3-11: Map toolbar

Table 3-2: Description of the commands on the Toolbar menu in a Map monitor

Command Description

"Open geoset" Opens a geoset for the current map monitor

"Geoset manager" Opens the MapX geoset manager to customize your geosets.

"Open picture" Opens an image to use as a map for indoor mapping.

"Capture picture" Takes a photograph with the camera on the PC for indoor mapping

"Select" Turns the cursor into a selector, which you can use to select items on the map.

"Zoom in (Shortcut "I")" Turns the cursor into a magnifying glass which you can use to enlarge the magnification

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Command Description

"Zoom out (Shortcut "O"" Turns the cursor into a magnifying glass which you can use to reduce the magnification of

the map.

"Pan (Shortcut "P")" Turns the cursor into a hand which you can use to move the map around.

"Distance" Turns the cursor into a cross with which you can measure distances on the map. The dis-

tance is displayed in the status bar of the map monitor.

"Set new walk position (Walk mode

only)"

Adds a new walk position point on the map.

"Delete last walk position" Deletes the most recent walk position that you added to the map. This command also

deletes the point from the measurement file.

"Path mode" The following path modes are available in the "Maps" monitor:

" Drive": Default path mode for NQView, which displays GPS points from the Diver-

sity system on the map monitor. "Walk (Live mode only)": NQView ignores the GPS points from the Diversity system

so you can manually specify the current position with the "Set new walk position"tool. Walk mode is mainly for indoor mapping measurements.

"Auto center": Automatically centers the map when a new GPS point is available. " Center if not visible": Re-centers the map as soon as a GPS point is outside of the

visible map area. "Do not center": Maps monitor does not automatically center the map. Instead, you

need to manually move the map.

"Measure unit" " KM": Measure unit is kilometers " MI": Measure unit is miles

"Distance legend" Shows and hides the distance ruler at the bottom of the map monitor.

3.1.3.3 Map Monitor Navigation Panel Commands

To access additional options in a "Map" monitor, right-click an item in the Naviga-

tion tree on the left.

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The following tables describe the command options that are available when you click

an item in the Map Navigation tree.

Table 3-3: Description of the Map options

Menu Item Description

"Unload geoset" Unloads the current geoset file.

"Save map to bmp" Saves the map as a bitmap image fi le.

Table 3-4: Description of the Path options


"Load GPS path(s)" Loads one or more GPS paths to the map.

"Remove all loaded paths" Removes the paths that you loaded onto the map.

"Size" Changes the size of the car icon.

Table 3-5: Description of the Drive Path, Walk Path, and other loaded path options


"View entire layer" Zooms in to view the entire layer that you selected.

"Color" Changes the color of the current path.

"Width" Changes the width of the current path.

"Save" Saves the current path to a file.

"Clear" Clears the current path.

"Remove (for loadedpaths only)"

Removes the loaded path.

Table 3-6: Description of the Measure values options


"Export values" Exports values to a comma-separated file, a Google Earth kmzfile, or a "MapInfo" tabfile.

"Remove all values" Removes all of the previously added values.

"Show unit" Shows the unit name for each value.

"Value shade type" Selects the shading type for the values on the monitor.

"Value titles" Selects the titles for the value.

"Radial value offset" " Offset enabled": Automatically arranges the values along the route to avoid overlapping

values. "Radial orientation": Changes the orientation of the values on the path to left or right

Table 3-7: Single measurement value options


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Table 3-8: BTS list options


"Show BTS labels" Shows the labels of the BTS station.

"Show full BTS info hint" Includes detailed information in the BTS ToolTip.

"Edit BTS thematics" Opens a window where you can edit the GSM and WCDMA BTS icons.

Table 3-9: BTS items (GSM, WCDMA or LTE) options


"UARFCN filter (only for

WCDMA BTS item)"

Opens a filter for WCDMA UARFCN channels. Only the selected BTS cells are shown on the

map.

"Draw type" Select one of the following BTS draw types:

" Full": Colored, filled BTS sectors "Line": Unfilled BTS sectors

"Arrow": Arrow lines instead of full sectors

"Draw position" Select one of the following start positions for the BTS serving line:

"Site center" "Sector/cell center"

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Fig. 3-15: Open Tool Manager

2. Add the "MapX Geoset Utility" command to the "Tools" menu.

3. In the "Tools" list, select the "Loaded" and "Autoload" check boxes for the "MapX

Geoset Utility".

Note: The "Autoload" option ensures that this command loads every time that you

start MapInfo.

4. Click "OK".

Fig. 3-16: Enable MapX Geoset Utility

5. On the "File" menu, click "Open", locate the map that you want to convert, and then

click "OK".

6. On the "Tools" menu, point to "MapX Geoset Utility", and then click "Save MapX

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Fig. 3-17: Save map in *:GST format

7. In the "Save Geoset As", dialog box, select the latest version, and then click "OK".

Fig. 3-18: Select Geoset version number

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Fig. 3-19: Maps folder

Note: The *.GSTfile contains the path to the folder that contains the original map.

3.1.4 Bar Monitor

The "Bar" monitor displays values as a real-time diagram.

To remove a value from the monitor, right-click in the phone area at the bottom of

the monitor, and then click "Remove".

Note: If the monitor has more than one value, point to "Remove", and then click the

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Fig. 3-20: Bar monitor


tor, see chapter B, "Monitor Commands", on page 119

3.1.5 Line Chart Monitor

The "Line Chart" monitor plots the values versus time.

To remove values from the monitor, clear the check box for the value at the bottom

of the chart.

Fig. 3-21: Line Chart monitor


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Fig. 3-22: Line monitor context menu

3.2 Device Monitor Types

This section describes the monitors that you can add to the workspace when you

select a device on the Devices toolbar.

Fig. 3-23: Device monitors

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Table 3-12: Description of device monitors

Device Monitor Description

"Application" "Application"

"Overview" "Job Overview" "Test Results" "CS Calls Testing Info" "SMS to Sender Results"

"Network" "Network Info" "Technology History" "KPI Results" "Trace History" "PS Data Status" "UMTS NAS QoS" "PDP Context Info"

"Media monitor" Shows audio and video clips as well as photographs that have been captured during the measure-

ment.

"Layer 3" A table-like representation of all layer3 messages from a mobile phone with possibility of layer 3

message decoding.

"GSM" "Cell" "Line chart" "Radio Parameters" "Serving and Neighbors" "Handover history" "IRAT WCDMA Neighbors" "C/I" "Scanner Hot Channels" "Missing Neighbor"

"GPRS EDGE" "GPRS GMM Info"

"GPRS Mac Info" "GPRS EDGE TBF Info" "GPRS EDGE Quality" "GPRS EDGE Throughput" "GPRS Line Chart" "EDGE Line Chart"

"WCDMA" "Cell" "Line chart" "Radio" "Active set" "Horizontal active set" "Measurement Report" "Active set history" "IRAT GSM Neighbors" "Missing Neighbors"

"Cell details [Qualcomm]" "Temporal analyzer [Qualcomm]" "Power Ctrl [Nokia]"

"HSDPA" "SCCH Info" "DSCH Info" "DPCCH Info"

"HARQ Info" "DSCH Throughput" "HSDPA 14.4 Line Chart" "HSDPA+ 21 Line Chart" "DSCH Modulation Chart" "DSCH Transport Block Info" "HSDPA Statistics [Qualcomm]" "HSDPA Packet details [Nokia]"



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Device Monitor Description

"HSDPA DC" "SCCH Info" "DSCH Info"

"DPCCH Info" "HARQ Info" "DSCH Throughput" "HSDPA+ DC Line Chart" "HSDPA+ Dual Carrier Modulation Chart"

"HSUPA" "MAC-e Info" "E DCH Info" "E DCH Configuration" "E DCH Throughput" "Line Chart" "Radio Link Set" "HS AGCH/RGCH Info" "HS E HICH Info" "Performance Bar Chart"

"CDMA" Cell "RF Line Chart" "Active set" "Handoff parameters" "Paging and Access" "Temporal analyzer" "RLP Statistics"

"EvDO" "Air Link Summary" "Active set" "RF line chart" "Data line chart"

"WiMax" "Cell" "Convergence sub-layer" "Serving cell"

"MAC info" "Line Chart"

"Ranging" "UL/DL Burst" "UL Tx Pwr"

"LTE" "Cell" "RF Line chart" "Radio" "Serving and Neighbors" "PDSCH Info" "UE Rx Info"

"PBCH Info" "PDSCH Throughput" "PDSCH Throughput Line chart"

"PUSCH Info" "PUSCH Throughput" "PDSCH Scheduling chart" "PUSCH Throughput Line chart" "EMM State" "PDSCH Modulation chart" "DL HARQ Info" "PUCCH Info" "PUSCH Modulation chart" "UL HARQ Info"



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3.2.1 LTE Carrier Aggregation Monitor

LTE Carrier Aggregation (LTE CA) or channel aggregation enables multiple LTE carri-

ers to be used together to provide the high data rates that are required for 4G LTEAdvanced.

Carrier aggregation has the following characteristics:

Download (DL) and upload (UL) resources come from aggregated resources of two

or more Component Carriers (CC), which can be of different bandwidth sizes as

well as on different LTE bands

Maximum number of aggregated component carriers is five, which results in the

100Mhz of maximum aggregated bandwidth

Number of UL CCs is always equal or smaller then the number of DL CCs

The easiest way to arrange aggregation is to use contiguous component carriers within

the same band, that is, intra-band contiguous component carriers. Non-contiguousallocation can be intra-band CCs in the same band or inter-band CCs

Band A Band B

Intra-band carrier aggregation:Contiguous componentcarriers

Band A Band B

Intra-band carrier aggregation:Non-contiguous componentcarriers

Band A Band B

Intra-band carrier aggregation

Fig. 3-24: Carrier component allocation types

CA has been initially specified for the following combinations of EUTRA bands and

CCs:

CA bandwidth class: indicates a combination of maximum ATBC and maximum

number of CCs

Class A: ATBC 100, maximum number of CC = 1

Class B: ATBC 100, maximum number of CC = 2 Class C: 100 < ATBC 200, maximum number of CC = 2

Classes D, E, F are still in a study phase

Aggregated Transmission Bandwidth Configuration (ATBC) = Total number of

aggregated Physical Resource Blocks (PRB)

The 20Mhz band has max 100 RBs, 10Mhz band 50 RBs, and so on.

CA configuration: Indicates a combination of E-UTRA operating band(s) and CA

bandwidth class, for example:

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CA_1A_1A, indicates intra-band non-contiguous CA on band 1 with a one CC

on each side of the intra-band gap

CA_1A-5B indicates inter-band CA, on operating band 1 with bandwidth class

A and operating band 5 with bandwidth class B In Rel 10 only 3 CA combinations defined, in Rel 11 much more

In figure 3-25, the carrier aggregation on all three component carriers can only be used

for the black UE. The white UE is not within the coverage area of the red component

carrier.

f

Band 1 Band 2

eNodeB

Primary Serving Cell (PSC), Primary Component Carrier (PCC), RRC connection and data

Secondary Serving Cell (SSC), Secondary Component Carrier (SCC), user data

Secondary Serving Cell (SSC), Secondary Component Carrier (SCC), user data

Inter-band, non-contiguous

White UE Black UE

Fig. 3-25: Carrier aggregation coverage

For UEs that use the same set of CCs, can have different PCC.

Regarding scheduling there are two main alternatives for CA:

Each resources (PCC, SCC) is scheduled separately (on respective PCC, SCC)

Cross-carrier scheduling: All resources (PCC+SCCs) are scheduled on PCC

There is a new parameter CIF (Carrier Indicator Field) that indicates on which car-

rier the scheduled resource is located (either on PCC or SCC). The CIF is 0 for the

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eNodeB

Primary Serving Cell (PSC), Primary Component Carrier (PCC), RRC connection and data

Secondar Servin Cell SSC , Secondar Com onent Carrier SCC , user data

A) Scheduling grant and resourceon the same carrier

PCC SCC

B) Cross-carrier scheduling:Scheduling grant and resource NOT on the same carrier- Carrier Indicator Field (CIF) on PDCCH

fULPCC

fDL fULPCCPCC SCC

LTE-Advanced

CIF

Fig. 3-26: Cross carrier scheduling option

3.2.1.1 LTE CA Tabs on LTE Radio Tab in NQDI

When LTE CA is used in a measurement, the following tabs are available on the "LTE

Radio" tab in NQDI:

"PCC": Contains LTE Radio information from the Primary Component Carrier

(PCC), which is the cell that provides signaling and the data radio barrier.

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Fig. 3-27: PCC tab on LTE Radio tab

"SCC 1": LTE Radio information from the Secondary Component Carrier (SCC),

which is the cell that provides data radio barrier only.

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Fig. 3-28: SCC 1 tab on LTE Radio tab

3.2.1.2 LTE CA Tabs on LTE Downlink Tab in NQDI

When LTE CA is used in a measurement, the following tabs are available on the "LTE

Downlink" tab in NQDI:

"Sum": Displays the sum, and in some cases the average, of the PCC and SCCvalues

"PCC": Displays the LTE Downlink data from the service PCC cell, that is, PCC

throughputs, Resource Block number, and so on

"SCC 1": Displays the LTE Downlink data from the service SCC cell, that is, SCC

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Fig. 3-29: Sum tab on the LTE Downlink tab

The chart in figure 3-30shows the Net-PDSCH throughput (Sum), which is the sum of

the Net-PDSCH throughput (PCC) and the Net-PDSCH throughput (SCC).

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3.2.2 Layer 3 Monitor

The Layer 3 monitor can decode messages into human readable text. NQView auto-

matically associates the Layer 3 monitor with the device that you select before you addthe monitor to your workspace.

NQView requires significant processing time to decode Layer 3 messages, especially if

you run NQView on a CSM.

Fig. 3-31: Layer 3 monitor

3.2.2.1 Exporting Layer 3 Messages

On the "Realtime" and "Replay" consoles you can export Layer 3 messages as text

files.

To export Layer 3 messages

1. On the "Realtime" or "Replay" console, open a "Layer 3 Monitor".

2. Click the message in the list on the left.

3. Right-click in the "Message details" pane and click "Export L3 messages to text

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Fig. 3-32: Export Layer 3 messages to text file

4. Go to where you want to export the file and click "OK".

3.3 Scanner Monitor Types

Fig. 3-33: Scanner monitor types

This section describes the monitor types that become available when you select a

scanner on the Devices toolbar.

Table 3-13: Description of types scanner monitors

Name of monitor Description

"GSM" "BCCH"

This monitor also displays GSM SCH burst power. "RSSI"

"WCDMA" "Spectrum" "Top CPICH" "BCH L3"

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Name of monitor Description

"CDMA" "Spectrum" "Top PN"

"LTE" "TOP N RS" "Spectrum" Signal Scanning

Including LTE Synch Signal Scanning if you have a TSMW and TSME scanners Spectrum Scanning Signal Scanning MIMO Subband

Fig. 3-34: GSM BCCH Scanner monitor

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4 Configuring Your Measurement System

This section provides an overview of how to use NQView to configure your SwissQualsystem for measurement tasks.

Depending on your measurement system, the amount of configuration that you need to

perform with NQView varies. For example, you need NQView to configure every

aspect of a Diversity Benchmarker from the hardware to the measurement tasks and

campaigns, whereas, for Diversity Optimizer, you only need to create and configure the

measurement tests, jobs, and tasks as the Optimizer software automatically configures

the hardware.

The NQView "Control" console is where you configure your SwissQual measurement

system and tasks.

Fig. 4-1: Control console

For simplified data maintenance, NQView uses profiles, which contain settings that you

can reuse in your system and task configuration. The settings that you configure on the

Control panel are stored in the NQView SQL database.

The NQComm Windows service uses the same database to manage the FTP and

HTTP(S) communication between NQView and the measurement systems. The

NQComm service constantly queries the database as well as writes changes to the

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SwissQual SystemInspector, if installed, also accesses the NQView database. For

more information, see the Manual - NQWeb - SystemInspector.pdfdocument.

4.1 Configuring Hardware

NQView stores the hardware configuration information for your measurement system

in an SQL database and displays this information on the "System Configuration" panel

of the "Control" console.

Usually, you only need to configure your measurement probes once. For example,

after you configure a Diversity Benchmarker system, you only need to change the con-

figuration when you update the hardware.

To view the status information for your PC or a configured device, click the item in

the "Hardware" tree.

To access the commands for a unit, right-click the unit in the "System Configura-

tion" panel.

4.1.1 Configuring a Scanner

You can only configure a scanner that is connected to a Diversity system, which is in

turn connected to the controlling PC.

To configure a scanner in NQView

1. Connect the scanner, for example, a TSMW scanner, to the CSM and turn on the

scanner and the Diversity system.

2. In the "Control" console, click "System Configuration" on the Navigation pane.

3. Right-click the CSM that the scanner is connected to and click "Hardware detec-

tion: scanner".

Note: NQView adds a "Device Info" tab for a TSMW or a TSME scanner. You can-

not connect a TSMW and a TSME scanner at the same time. Whenever youchange the options of a TSME scanner with the Rohde & Schwarz ViCom 15 soft-

ware, you need to run the "Hardware detection" command in NQView again.

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Fig. 4-2: Device info tab for TSME scanner

4. After the detection is complete, right-click the scanner, and then click "Edit".

5. Configure the scanner settings.

To import the scanner configuration settings, click the import icon , locate the

XMLconfiguration file, and then click "OK".

If the configuration also contains scans, delete the existing configured

scans and click "Apply" before you import the configuration.

If the settings in the file do not match the capabilities of the scanner, an

error message opens.

If you want to import ROMES configuration files ( ) for a TSMW or PCTel

scanner, you need to copy the framereader.exefile into the NQView

application folder.

The ROMES configuration file replaces an existing LTE scan configuration,

but does not affect GSM and WCDMA scan configurations. To obtain a

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Fig. 4-3: Import scanner configuration error

To manually configure the scan settings, click the green plus sign beside

"Configured scans", specify the settings in the "Scan details" dialog box, and

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Fig. 4-4: Scan details

Note:

Repeat this step for each additional scan.

Use a semi-colon (;) to define ranges or multiple channels for WCDMA TopN or

LTE signals.

For a description of the "Meas. Rate (Hz per channel)" option, see chap-

ter 4.1.1.3, "Measurement Rates", on page 63.

For additional information on TSMW scanner options, see chapter 4.1.1.2,

"TSMW Scanner Auto Bandwidth", on page 61.

Please consult the Customer Support Center.pdfdocument for the best

method to contact us.

To export the scanner configuration, click the Export icon in the "Scanner" dialog

box, go to where you want to save the file, and then click "Save".

Note: If you want to include the most recent changes to the configuration, click

"Apply" before you click the Export icon .

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To add two scanners to a Benchmarker II system

You need to perform these steps on the controlling PC.

1. Connect each scanner to a DM port on a CSM for power.Note: See the Manual - Diversity Benchmarker II Hardware.pdffor

the location of DM port.

2. Connect each scanner to an Ethernet port on the CMR with the supplied patch

cables

3. Ensure that each scanner has a unique IP address that matches the address range

of the internal LAN of the Benchmarker II system.

4. On the "Control" console in NQView, right-click a CSM in the "Hardware" tree of

the "System Configuration" panel, and then click "Hardware detection: scanner".

Fig. 4-5: Scanner hardware detection

The scanners appear in the "Hardware" tree.

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Fig. 4-6: Configure import

Tip: You can also import () pre-defined scan configurations.

6. Assign the scanners to different CSMs.

a) Drag one of the scanners to a different CSM in the tree, for example, CSM 1.b) Right-click each CSM that has a scanner and click "Update configuration".

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a) Right-click each remaining CSM in the system, point to "Add device", and click

"Scanner".

Fig. 4-7: Add scanner

b) In the "Remote active device" list of the "Scanner" dialog box, click the scanner

that you want to supply the data.

c) After you create the scanner data connections, right-click the relevant CSMs,

and then click "Update configuration".

4.1.1.2 TSMW Scanner Auto Bandwidth

The "Scan details" dialog box for a TSMW scanner has an additional item in the "Band-

width" list, that is, "auto". If you click this option, NQView automatically retrieves the

value from the Master Information Block (MIB) Layer3 message.

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Fig. 4-8: Scan details for a TSMW scanner

The "auto" option is only useful if the same channel in a LTE network changes during

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If some PCIs in the network are configured to use one bandwidth and some PCIs are

configured to use a different bandwidth, then click a value in the "Bandwidth" list

instead of "auto". If you attempt to use "auto" in this situation, the MIB demodulation

significantly slows down the measurement.

4.1.1.3 Measurement Rates

The "Meas. Rate (Hz/channel)" value allows you to change the default scan rate of a

scanner. The scan rate largely depends on the network topology and the scanner con-

figuration, including the complex scheduling mechanism each scanner uses to reach

the scan rates for each of the supported technologies. If the scanner does not reach

the rate that you specify over a longer period of time, the scanner is overloaded and

you need to reduce the number of concurrent measurement tasks on the scanner.

For an LTE scan, do not enter a value greater than 10 Hz for the "NB/WB Meas. Rate(Hz/channel)" parameter to avoid imbalances in the scanning rates between different

technologies.

Example:

If you assign a "Meas. Rate" value of 2Hz to 10 WCDMA channels, the total scan rate

is 20Hz and the reporting interval to NQView for each channel is every 500ms. If the

reports arrive at a greater interval, the scanner is overloaded.

You can view the measurements rates for the following technologies on the "Values"

panel for the scanner:

GSM

LTE

Narrowband

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Fig. 4-10: Measurement rates on Values panel

Table 4-1: Description of the scan rate values

Value Description

"Meas Rate 60s" Provided directly by the ViCom interface of the TSMx scanner

"Meas Rate Total" Provided directly by the ViCom interface of the TSMx scanner

"Chn Meas Rate 60s" Number of measurements per second that the scanner provides for

one channel averaged over the total amount of time

"Chn Meas Rate Total" Number of measurements per second that the scanner provides for

one channel averaged on the last 60 seconds

This value is calculated are calculated by dividing the corresponding

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4.1.2 Configuring the Backup of Measurement Files on a Diversity Unit

By default, Diversity stores the measurement files on the controlling PC. For added

security, you can keep a backup of the measurement files on a Diversity unit, for exam-ple, a CSM.

Diversity stores the backups in the following location on the Diversity unit:

C:\Users\All Users\Swissqual\Diversity\ResultsBackup

If you need the backup files, you need to manually transfer the files from the Diversity

unit.

To keep a backup of measurement files on a Diversity unit

1. On the "System Configuration" panel, right-click the Diversity unit, for example, aCSM, and click "Edit".

2. In the "Unit" dialog box, click the pencil icon beside the "Unit profile" list.

3. In the "Diversity unit profile" dialog box, type the numberof days to store the files in

the "Backup of Measurement Files" box.

Fig. 4-11: Backup of Measurement Files

Note: If you decrease the number of days in a later edit, for example, from 14 to 4

days, Diversity deletes the excessive backup files after the number of days that

you enter.

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5. Update the hardware configuration according to chapter 4.1.4, "Updating the Hard-

ware Configuration", on page 67.

4.1.3 Configuring Subscriber Data Usage

Diversity keeps a data byte count for each subscriber profile that you define. You can

use this feature to determine if a SIM card has reached its monthly data limit or to limit

throughput values to specific value.

QualiPoc Android and QualiPoc Remote Control do not support the data byte count.

To view the total amount of data bytes that have been transferred by a SIM card,

click the device that contains the card on the "System configuration" panel, and

click the "General" tab.

Fig. 4-12: Data byte total

Diversity updates this information every 20 seconds and at the end of each cycle.

The "Data total" is cumulative and is not reset when you restart the device or con-

nect the subscriber profile to another device.

Note: If you specified a data threshold value in the "Subscriber" profile and the

value is exceeded, a warning message appears next to the "Data total". This warn-

ing also appears at NQView startup for each subscriber that has exceeded the

data threshold, including subscribers that are not assigned to a device.

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4.2 Configuring Measurements

You can configure the following types of measurement in NQView:

"Test": Most basic measurement that contains the actual test that is performed on

the network. Each test can be of a different test type.

"Job": Ordered collection of tests of the same type of application, for example,

voice quality tests and data tests. A job also contains job options, which are the

timings and the settings that apply to the tests in the job.

"Task": Collection of jobs that you can assign to one or two devices depending on

the job type. For additional functionality, you can also use triggers, that is, time,

speed, and events, filters, and network forcing. When you define a task, you can

only combine corresponding devices and jobs.

"Campaign": Collection of tasks that allows you to start the tasks simultaneously.

You cannot assign a task to more than one campaign.

"Decision Group": Collection of tests inside a job with a common radio technology

or data technology test decision criteria. Within the sequence of tests in a Decision

Group, only the first test with a Test Decision that matches the current network

technology is executed during each cycle of the job. A test without a Test Decision

is the default test if the Test Decisions of the other tests in the group do not match

the current technology. One way to use a Decision Group is to specify different file

sizes for data tests in LTE, HSPA, HSPA+, and HSPA-Carrier networks.

"Test Decision": Radio or data technology value that you assign to a test, which

runs the test if the current network technology matches the value. A Test Decision

can contain one or several radio or data technologies.

4.2.1 Creating and Running Tasks

This section describes the basic steps that you need to perform in NQView to run a

measurement task.

Before you can complete these steps, NQView must be connected to an SQL data-

base. The first time you start NQView, follow the on-screen instructions to connect to

the database. Your database must also contain at least one unit and device.

At any point during this process, press CTRL+H to open the NQView help window. The

contents of this window changes when you move your mouse over an element in

NQView. Click the yellow asterisk beside list to create a list item and the pencil to

edit a list item.

You can configure NQView to prompt you for a task description when you run a task.

To enable the task description option, click "Settings" on the "File" menu, click

"Tasks" in the tree, and then select "Ask for task descriptions".

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Fig. 4-16: Enable Ask for task description option

To create and run a measurement task

1. Start NQView and select the "Control" console.

2. On the "System Configuration" panel, create the connection profiles for your sys-

tem.

a) Expand "Profiles" in the tree and expand "Connections".

b) Right-click the protocol for the connection, for example, "FTP", and click "Add

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c) In the "Connection Profile" window, specify the connection information, click

"Apply", and then click "OK".

Fig. 4-17: FTP connection profile

Note: If you want your Diversity system to use FTP over SSL, you need to enable

the relevant SSL option on the default "Diversity FTP" connection profile. To apply

the new settings, right-click each CSM, PCM, ASM, or MPM in the system, click

"Edit", and then click "OK". Alternatively, you can restart the NQComm Windows

service on the controlling PC.

3. Configure addtitonal profiles, for example, a "Trigger" profile.

4. Define your system hardware.

a) Right-click "Hardware" in the tree and add your system, for example, point to

"Add System", and then click "Diversity Benchmarker".

Diversity Optimizer performs this step automatically.

b) Specify the settings in the window that opens and click "OK".

c) Right-click the system to add a measurement module, for example, point to

"Add unit", and then click "CSM".

d) Specify the information for the module in the window that opens and click "OK".

e) Right-click the measurement module and click "Hardware detection: all".f) Right-click the measurement devices and click "Edit" to specify the measure-

ment options.

5. Configure the measurement jobs for your system.

a) On the "Tasks and Jobs" panel, right-click a job type in the "Job definitions"

area, and then click "Add job".

b) Specify the settings for the job and click "OK".

For a description of the parameters for an intrusive voice job, see chapter A,

"Voice Job Timings Configuration", on page 117.

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d) Specify the advanced options for the jobs, for example, add the jobs to a "Deci-

sion Group".

To add a job to a "Decision Group", right-click the job, click "Add decision

group", and then type a name for the group.

Fig. 4-18: Creating a Test Decision profile

Note: To create a "Test Decision" profile, right click "Test decisions" in the tree,

click "Add test decision", and then specify the decision settings.

6. Create the task.

a) On the "Tasks and Jobs" panel, right-click "Measurement" tasks and click "Addtask".

b) In the "Measurement Task" editor, type a namefor the task in the "Name" box

and click your measurement device in the "Device A/B" side list on the right.

c) Click the "Add" icon beside the Job sequence box.

d) In the "Job" list, click the job that you created and click "Save".

Fig. 4-19: Job details window

e) For a MultiRAB task, click "MultiRAB" in the "Job Execution" list.

For more information on MultiRAB tasks, see chapter 4.2.1.2, "About MultiRAB

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f) To specify the measurement duration, enter a value greater than 0in the

"Duration" or "Cycles" boxes.

For a Data job, you also need to specify an access point. If the access point is

not in the list, click the yellow asterisk beside the list and create the profilefor the access point.

If you want to use forcing in the Data test, you need to define and select a

"Forcing profile".

Fig. 4-20: Forcing profile for Data test.



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g) If you want to force the task to use a technology, click the forcing profile that

you created in the "Forcing A side" or "Forcing B side" list.

If the device does not support the forcing profile an error message opens.

Fig. 4-21: Task with 4G Forcing profile

h) For Wideband tests on some phone models, such as the Samsung S3 I9305,

select "Capture speech directly on the smartphone".

This option moves part of the load from the PC to the smartphone.

Fig. 4-22: Capture speech directly on the smartphone

i) Click "Apply" and click "OK".



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7. Connect to the measurement system.

8. In the "Tasks" monitor, locate the task that you want to run, and then click the icon

for the task in the "Start" column.

If you enabled the "Ask for task descriptions" option, type a descriptionfor the

task in the "Task Description" dialog box, and then click "OK".

Note: The task does not start if a task is already running on the device or if the

schedule conflicts with another scheduled task.

If a task fails to start on a smartphone, Diversity reboots the phone, but you need

to start the task again. If the task continues to fail, you might have to manually

reboot the phone.

The following states prevent a task start:

StartUp

Shutdown

Error ConfigMissing

UnitNotConnected

NoTimeSync (This does not prevent a QualiPoc Remote Control start.)

GPSNotReady (This does not prevent a QualiPoc Remote Control start.)

ScannerNotReady (where applicable)

DeviceDisabled

UnitNotReady

UnitTimeout1/2

NQCommNotRunning

UnitDisabled

LicenseMissing

To stop the task, click the icon again. If you do not see the "Tasks" monitor, click

"Tasks" on the main toolbar.

4.2.1.1 Defining a Speed Trigger Profile

You can configure a task to start or to stop when a specific vehicle speed is reached.

The trigger requires at least one valid GPS location.

You can only use a speed trigger for single-sided tasks.

To create a speed trigger profile

1. On the "Tasks and Jobs" pane of the "Control" console of NQView, expand "Pro-

files" in the tree, expand "Triggers", right-click "Speed trigger", and click "Add

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Fig. 4-23: Speed trigger profile in NQView

2. Type a namefor the profile.

3. Specify the "Speed threshold stop" in "km/h" and the minimum duration for the

speed to be maintained in the "Measurement stop time" box.

Note: When the speed drops below the threshold value for the duration that you

specify, the task stops when the current test completes.

4. Specify the "Speed threshold start" in "km/h" and the duration for the minimum

speed to be maintain in the "Measurement start time" box.

The test starts when the speed remains above the threshold value for the duration

that you specify.

Note:A speed trigger profile does not support the "Minimum Task Duration to

(re)start" option.

5. Specify the GPS timeout value in the "No GPS timer" box:

Enter the amount of time to wait for a valid GPS location before stopping the

task.

Enter 0to use the last reported speed in the absence of a valid GPS position.

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Fig. 4-24: Measurement task with speed trigger profile

Note:

If you specify "Cycles" for the job, the "Speed trigger" activation resets the

cycles.

If the "Job sequence" contains more than one item, the task restarts from the

top of the list if the start "Speed trigger" activates.

4.2.1.2 About MultiRAB Tasks

When you configure a MultiRAB task, NQView displays a chart of the job timings inside

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Fig. 4-25: MultiRAB task

Double-Sided MultiRAB Task

You can run double-sided speech tests and double-sided messaging tests in parallel

provided that the B-side device acts as the receiver for the double-sided messaging

tests.

For a list of the supported devices as well as the limitations, see the release notes.

Double-Sided SMS Tests

For a double-sided SMS test, specify an "Initial pre-connect delay", for example, 10seconds, in the "Job" window, and then enter the same value, for example, 2 minutes,

in the following boxes:

"Window duration" box in the "Job" window

"Max duration" box in the "Data test" window



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Fig. 4-26: SMS Job window

Fig. 4-27: SMS Data test window

You cannot use "Circuit switched" or "Packet domain" as a "Service preference".



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Double-Sided MMS Tests

For a double-sided MMS test, in the "Job" window, and enter the same value, for

example, 2 minutes, in the following boxes:

"Window duration" box in the "Job" window

"Max duration" box in the "Data test" window

Fig. 4-28: MMS Job window

Fig. 4-29: MMS Data test window



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Unlike a double-sided SMS tests, you only need to specify an "Initial pre-connect

delay" for certain phones. However, if your device performs a CFSB test at the start of

an MMS receive test, you need to specify a relevant value for this delay.

A MultiRAB task does not take "Protocol" into account, that is, "WA

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