LTE-A Testing Becomes Necessary as Bandwidth Demand Increases, Heavy Reading Says

NEW YORK -- Vendors and operators are turning to LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) testing to ensure that their mobile networks are working as efficiently as possible, giving users the best experience available, as well as cutting costs, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider, a paid research service of Heavy Reading (www.heavyreading.com).

LTE-A Deployments Spur Need for New Test Solutions examines the LTE-A testing market, analyzing how LTE-A is being used, as well as areas of growth expected in the market over the next two years. It discusses drivers and challenges in the industry and includes a comparative analysis of solutions available. Finally, it examines the geographic landscape of the market and details trends that are likely to occur in the industry over the next 18-24 months.

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"As mobile carriers address seemingly insurmountable demands for data on their networks, those networks become increasingly heterogeneous," notes Denise Culver, research analyst with Heavy Reading 4G/LTE Insider and author of the report. "The way vendors and operators ensure the networks function in order to meet customer expectations for speed and quality is by testing of pre-launch and post-deployment in ways that address the particularities of both LTE-A and the legacy networks with it coexists."

There's no question that LTE-A offers significant promise, especially as mobile demand continues to skyrocket, Culver says. "Everyone wants data across these devices to speed along as quickly as possible, and, of course, they want it for as cheaply as possible," she continues. "The key for that to happen is for operators to test their LTE-A networks to ensure that optimization of network resources is occurring."

Key findings of LTE-A Deployments Spur Need for New Test Solutions include: