Release Notes

Analyzer Update May 2019

 Release Notes

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 Release Notes

Contents
In This Version ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Technology Improvements.............................................................................................................. 5
5G-NR support ............................................................................................................................................... 5
LTE-Advanced-Pro support .......................................................................................................................... 7

New collection device or technology support ........................................................................... 8

Accuver DRM support .................................................................................................................................. 8
Freewill AzenQOS (AZM) support................................................................................................................ 8
Infovista TEMS support .................................................................................................................................. 8
Keysight NEMO support................................................................................................................................ 9
PCTel SeeHawk AutoExport DTR support .................................................................................................. 9
Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support....................................................................................................... 10
Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support ........................................................................................... 12
Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support ............................................................ 12
Event Detection Improvements................................................................................................................ 12
General ......................................................................................................................................................... 12

Application Layer Improvements .................................................................................................13

Cellrefs........................................................................................................................................................... 13
Data Expressions .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Stateforms ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

Platform Improvements ..................................................................................................................15

Call Flow Viewer .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Protocol Stack Browser ............................................................................................................................... 15

Documentation Changes .............................................................................................................16

Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence ...........................................................................17
End of Life of 32-bit support ....................................................................................................................... 17

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

• Technology improvements:
o Added support for Qualcomm-based 5G UEs
o New NB-IoT Analysis stateform

• New collections of devices and improvements:

o Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Infovista TEMS Investigation
o Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Accuver XCAL
o Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4
o Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Qualcomm QXDM
o Support for 3GPP Rel.15.2 and 15.3 NR RRC signaling
o Support for TEMS Investigation 21.0 and TEMS Pocket 20.3 in TRR API
21.0.3.
o RTP/VoIP attribute improvements in Azenqos AZM
o OTT Twitter/WhatsApp operation support for Infovista TEMS Investigation
o Support for PCTel Autoexport DTR version 1.0.10.0

• Application layer improvements:

o 5GNR Handset Protocol Stack Browser template
o New CurClosestCellLookup() function to search for closest cell from bin

• Platform improvements:
o Call Flow Viewer gNodeB network node, and support for embedded NR-RRC
containers

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Technology Improvements

5G-NR support
• This month’s release includes many improvements specific to 5G decodes and
support for Qualcomm-based UEs in InfoVista TEMS Investigation, Accuver XCAL
and Qualcomm QXDM. Users with the LTE-Advanced-Pro platform license
benefit only from the RRC signaling decode. Chipset and vendor-specific attribute
support for 5G NR requires the 5G-NR platform license:
o Support for InfoVista TEMS Investigation 21.0 (TRR 21.0.2) 5G devices
o Support for Accuver XCAL (DRM) 5G devices
o Support for Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 5G devices
o Support for Qualcomm QXDM ISF X50-based chipset 5G devices
o Support for 3GPP Rel.15.2 and Rel.15.3 RRC NSA signaling
o Protocol Stack Browser 5G Handset template
o Call Flow Viewer 5G NSA support, including embedded RRC containers
o Sector resolution for 5GNR UEs
o Physical_Throughput_DL/UL updated at transition between radio access
technologies

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o NR_RRC_DRB_ToAddMod_drb_Identity o NR_UE_PayloadRate_L1_UL
o NR_RRC_DRB_ToReleaseList o NR_UE_PCI
o NR_RRC_MsgType o NR_UE_Power_Tx_PUSCH
o NR_UE_Ack_As_Nack_DL o NR_UE_Power_Tx_PUCCH
o NR_UE_Beam_*_SortedBy_RSRP o NR_UE_RACH_Attempt_SSBID
(includes serving beam)
o NR_UE_RACH_AttemptCount
▪ Idx
o NR_UE_RACH_Msg3SubCarrierSpacing
▪ PCIIndex
o NR_UE_RB_Num_DL
▪ RSRP
o NR_UE_RB_Num_UL
▪ RSRQ
o NR_UE_RE_Num_DL
▪ SINR
o NR_UE_RSRP
o NR_UE_CodingRate_DL
o NR_UE_RSRQ
o NR_UE_Detected_Beam_*_SortedBy_RSRP
o NR_UE_SectorHandle
(not including serving beam)
(serving cell lookup)
▪ Idx
o NR_UE_SINR
▪ PCIIndex
o NR_UE_SubcarrierSpacing
▪ RSRP
o NR_UE_TB_Num_DL
▪ RSRQ
o NR_UE_TB_Size_Average_DL
▪ SINR
o NR_UE_TB_Size_Average_UL
o NR_UE_MCS_DL
o NR_UE_TB_Size_Max_DL
o NR_UE_MCS_UL
o NR_UE_TB_Size_Max_UL
o NR_UE_Meas_TimeInterval_ms
o Radio_Access_Mode (LTE-5GNR for NSA)
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_QPSK_DL
o RSchwarz_NR_3GPP_Version
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_16QAM_DL
o RSchwarz_NR_SignalType
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_64QAM_DL
o Technology_Mode (LTE-5GNR for NSA)
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_256QAM_DL
o TEMSEvent_NR_RACH_Attempt
o NR_UE_NACK_Rate_DL
o TEMSEvent_NR_RACH_Failure
o NR_UE_NACK_Rate_UL
o TEMSEvent_NR_RACH_Success
o NR_UE_NR_ARFCN_DL
o TEMSEvent_NR_SCG_Cell_Addition
o NR_UE_NumBytes_DL
o TEMSEvent_NR_SCG_Cell_Reconfiguration
o NR_UE_NumBytes_UL
o TEMSEvent_NR_SCG_Cell_Removal
o NR_UE_PathLoss_DL
o NR_UE_PayloadRate_L1_DL

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LTE-Advanced-Pro support
• Support for 3GPP Rel.15.2 and Rel.15.3 RRC 5GNR-NSA signaling

• Added new NB-IoT Analysis stateform:

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New collection device or technology support

Accuver DRM support

• Added support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Accuver XCAL.

• Resolved a problem preventing DRM files using R&S TSMW scanners from loading.
Support of attributes from the TSMW messages shall be implemented in a future
release.

• Support added for UL BLER and PDCP Throughput (see Qualcomm chipset section
below for details).

Freewill AzenQOS (AZM) support

• Resolved a problem where LTE_Attach_Duration and LTE_Detach_Duration
were set twice.

• Resolved a problem where the following RTP attributes were not being set:
o VoIP_Num_RTPPacket_Lost_DL_Total
o VoIP_Num_RTPPacket_DL_Total
o VoIP_Lost _Packets
o VoIP_Num_Packet_Lost
o RTP_PayloadLength_Arr
o RTP_Sequence_Number_Arr
o RTP_SSRC_Arr
o RTP_Timestamp_Arr

Infovista TEMS support

• Added support for TEMS Investigation 21.0 and TEMS Pocket 20.3 in TRR API
21.0.3, including support for all information elements renamed by Infovista.

• Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Infovista TEMS Investigation:

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 • Error logging (defaults to “WARN” level logging) of TEMS decode is enabled by
default.

• Implemented SIP_Handshake_Time from SIP INVITE to 200 OK for the INVITE

message.

• Resolved a problem where PCI was reported as 0 for certain Samsung Exynos
chipset messages. PCI shall no longer be reported from the LTE PHY Parameter
0x42 messages and LTE L1 Sync 0x42 messages.

• Resolved a problem which prevented mixed CDMA / LTE Samsung S9 (SM-

G960U) devices from detecting LTE messaging.

• New OTT app-based testing attributes created:

o TEMS_Twitter_Operation_Duration
o TEMS_Twitter_LogOff_Duration
o TEMS_Twitter_LogOn_Duration
o WhatsApp_Operation_RTT

• The following attributes are created on Twitter operations:

o App_Throughput_DL
o Task_App_Bytes_DL
o Task_Name
o Task_Application_Type

Keysight NEMO support

• Resolved a problem where App_Throughput_DL values were being wrongly
reported for PPPRATE messages. Now it is only set on DRATE messages.

PCTel SeeHawk AutoExport DTR support

• Support added for version 1.0.10.0, including 5G beam analysis.

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Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support
• Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Qualcomm QXDM:

• New versions of existing LTE messages decoded:

o LTE RRC OTA Packet
o LTE MAC Rach Trigger
o LTE MAC Configuration
o LTE PDSCH Stat Indication
o LTE Random Access Request (MSG1) Report
o LTE ML1 Serving Cell Meas Response
o LTE ML1 Connected Neighbor Meas Request/Response
o LTE LL1 PUCCH CSF
o LTE_UE_WideBand_CQI_Average attribute decoded

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 o LTE UE Identification Message (MSG3) Report
o LTE PDCP DL Statistics Pkt
o LTE PDCP UL Statistics Pkt
o LTE_UE_Throughput_PDCP_UL
o LTE_UE_PDCP_AM_BLER_UL
o LTE_UE_RLC_AM_BLER_UL
o LTE LL1 PUSCH CSF
o LTE ML1 DCI Information Report
o DCI Fmt (DCI format) values are now represented as the correct
formatted value in the Message Browser

• New 5GNR messages decoded:

o NR 5G RRC MIB info (0xB822)
o NR 5G L2 DL Config (0xB84B)
o NR 5G RLC UL Stats (0xB868)
o NR 5G RLC UL Status PDU (0xB869)
o NR 5G L2 UL TB (0xB872)
o NR 5G MAC UL TB Stats (0xB881)
o NR 5G MAC UL Physical Channel Power Control (0xB884)
o NR 5G MAC DCI Info (0xB885)
o NR 5G MAC PDSCH Status (0xB887)
o NR 5G MAC PDSCH Stats (0xB888)
o NR 5G MAC RACH Trigger (0xB889)
o NR 5G MAC RACH Attempt (0xB88A)
o NR 5G MAC BRS Report (0xB88F)
o NR 5G ML1 Serving Cell Beam Management (0xB975)
o NR 5G ML1 Searcher ACQ Config And Response (0xB96D)
o New NR messages reflected in QC_Log_Code attribute

• Resolved a problem where LTE_UE_MAC_TP_DL was over-reported, from the

LTE MAC DL Transport Block.

• Resolved a problem where LTE_UE_Modulation_Avg_Cwd0_DL /

LTE_UE_Modulation_Avg_Cwd1_DL were not being set when UE was in MIMO.

• Added support for Transmission Mode from TTI-based messaging (LTE LL1 PUSCH
CSF) to create new attributes, mapped onto the existing transmission mode
format group: LTE_UE_TM_DL and LTE_UE_TM_DL_for_Carrier[ ]

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Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4 RSCMD support
• Support for Qualcomm-based 5GNR UEs in Rohde & Schwarz ROMES4.

• Support improved for LTE_SCAN_COMMAND, LTE_SCAN_ RESULT and

5G_SCAN_RESULT (to support CINR measurements) into the Message Browser.

• Support added for 5GNR UE support in ROMES4 v19.0 (Note: NR-related

measurements requires Analyzer 5GNR Platform License):

o MIB
o OTAPACKET (RRC signaling)
o NR5G_MOBILE

Rohde & Schwarz QualiPoc/Smart Benchmarker MF support

• Implemented SIP_Handshake_Time from SIP INVITE to 200 OK for the INVITE
message.

Event Detection Improvements

• Data Service Analysis Events
o Resolved a problem where first loading a SwissQual QualiPoc file would
disable Data Service Analysis events for subsequent files to be triggered.

General
• 5GNR RRC messages decoded Rel.15.2 and Rel.15.3 NSA signaling, supported in
the attribute NR_RRC_MessageType:
o RRC Reconfiguration
o RRC Reconfiguration Complete
o UE MRDC Capability
o Radio Bearer Config
o Meas Result SCG-Failure

• Improvements have been made to the setting of LTE SCell Index from 3GPP
Rel.13 messages, to set the LTE_Uu_RRC_SCellToAddMod_sCellIndex
attribute. The maximum value has been increased to 31.

• Support added for SCell Index from 3GPP Rel.13 RRC Connection Reconfiguration:
o LTE_UE_RRC_SCellToAddMod_SCellIndex (LTE_UE_Scell_Idx)

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Application Layer Improvements

Cellrefs
• Sector Resolution for 5GNR UEs has been implemented.

Data Expressions
• A new function CurClosestCellLookup() has been added, to find the closest cell
to a binned data point, and to return a value from that cell. This function uses
“effective distance” which depends on several criteria (not just line-of-sight) such
as technology, carrier and azimuth. Several parameters may be passed into the
function, to be used in binned queries.

Examples:

o CurClosestCellLookup("Sector_ID", "lte", empty, 5780)

o CurClosestCellLookup("distance", "lte", 5780)
o CurClosestCellLookup("distance", "all")
o CurClosestCellLookup("ECI")

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Stateforms
• Added a new NB-IoT Analysis stateform:

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Platform Improvements

Call Flow Viewer

• Support has been added for embedded NR-RRC containers inside LTE-RRC
messages. Note that single container NR messages appear direct between UE and
new gNB node, and embedded containers are represented by multiple arrows in
the same row, as seen selected in the Call Flow Viewer below:

Protocol Stack Browser

New 5G Handset Protocol Stack Browser template:

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Documentation Changes
• Attribute help has been added to SIP_*** events, to inform the user that those
attributes are deprecated and the generic VoIP_Event_*** events should be
used instead.

• Many new 5GNR attributes have been described in the Attribute Help.

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Limitations, Known Issues and Obsolescence

End of Life of 32-bit support

• Advance notice is given that by the end of 2019, support for 32-bit Actix Analyzer
shall be deprecated.

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