Mobile Network Testing Forum 2023 - on demand

Welcome and Opening MNT Forum 2023

Rohde & Schwarz

Opening of the MNT Forum 2023 by the owner of the MNT Forum, Anne Stephan, Vice President of Critical Infrastructure & Networks. The market segment Critical Infrastructure & Networks and the relevance for the communication ecosystem is introduced with an interactive discussion.

5G advanced experience and benchmarking score methodology adaptation

Mariusz Mróz, Dariusz Szewczak, Orange

Orange introduces its Data Services Benchmarking and Optimization project. In 10 countries Orange benchmarks the mobile network performance using the harmonized method ETSI TR 103559 and based on these regular campaigns and some score modifications, mobile network performance targets are set.

The experience of a regulator in promoting consumers’ interests in Quality of Service

Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo, Uganda Communications Commission

The regulator of Uganda explains its main purpose to promote and protect the interest of customers. Therefore, regulators are interested in service coverage accessibility, retainability and integrity of various voice and data indicators. The presentation discusses the pros and cons of different options to get network performance data and highlights the value of a harmonized test method that allows for comparability of results.

Key requirements for reliable and accurate data collection

Simon Allemann, Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz presents the value of network benchmarking campaigns and the role of reliable data collection. Data needs to be collected in an accurate and reproducible way, i.e. the temperature of test smartphones needs to be under control, campaign planning should be prechecked to avoid re-drives and ongoing campaigns should be remotely monitored.

How to build Best Quality Network?

Daniel Strzemieczny, Zenon Hnatkowski, Nokia

Nokia presents their Best Performing Network Program that incorporates drive test based passive and active measurements and other inputs like crowdsourcing, OSS counters, configuration data and others with the aim to optimizes the network performance.

Mobile coverage measurements - a regulatory perspective

Attila Bársonyi, NMHH (National Media and Infocommunications Authority Hungary)

The Hungarian regulator NMHH presents their own network measurements with two goals: control of license obligations in terms of coverage and information for users about user experience (QoE) in terms of data throughputs and response times.

Get more value out of your Benchmarking data - from high level trends to drill down of a single test

Nils Posegga, Rohde & Schwarz

This Rohde & Schwarz presentation is about the data analytics side of network benchmarking that happens in three level. The highest level 0 is about high-level aggregation and trending over various data bases, level 1 provides the statistics of one data base and level 2 is the drill-down analysis providing details and individual measures.

Journey towards the Customer of One

Tod Madden, Bell Canada

Bell Canada has a clear end-to-end customer focus in anything they do. This covers all topics from measuring and understanding the wireless customer degradation to improvements in trouble ticket system to address customer issues faster.

Fun with RF scanners

Corbett Rowell, Rohde & Schwarz

In this presentation Rohde & Schwarz describes various use cases where a passive RF scanner is valuable. From identifying all signals in the air via verifying 5G beamforming to analyzing C-V2X communication and many more..

Insights into the 5G-Industry Campus Europe - its infrastructure and projects

Sarah Schmitt, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT)

Fraunhofer IPT provides insights into the 5G Industry Campus Europe which is the largest industrial 5G test field. The presentation discusses industrial processes and the applicability and benefits of 5G technology to improve productivity and safety and minimize downtimes.

Private Networks, why proper planning and measurements are very important

Frank Meisel, Cocus AG

COCUS offers private 5G networks for industrial use cases in an E2E way, from design and development, technology integration, cloud and infrastructure management. The presentation concludes from examples such as test track coverage with private 5G for R&D of autonomous vehicles like trucks, 5G sea port coverage in Wismar and indoor 5G deployments that radio planning tools need tuning and calibration to reflect the real world.

Verify networks to be prepared for business-critical applications

Christian Müller, Rohde & Schwarz

This Rohde & Schwarz presentation provides an overview about business-critical applications of private 5G networks and how passive and active network test solutions help verifying network performance and identifying and troubleshooting network issues. The interactivity test is an ITU-T standardized method to measure latency, packet delay variation and loss and as a prototype implementation also the service availability of a 5G network.

Telecom 4.0

Tom Collins, Citymesh Belgium

Citymesh challenges the status quo as a national operator offering mobile private networks, also non-cellular technologies and planning the biggest drone network (nation-wide Belgium) among other things. Focusing on innovative topics like ORAN, 5G Broadcast and public/private roaming the presentation talks about research challenges and future Test & Measurement needs.

How fast is my data highway?

Michael Lorenz, Rohde & Schwarz

This Rohde & Schwarz presentation discusses a new empirical model to estimate the potential data throughput in mobile networks based on passive measurements with powerful network scanners taking into account specific carrier aggregation strategies in different networks among others.

Panel discussion

The interesting panel discussion (the first one in the MNT Forum history) covers topics like 5G market in general, public and private networks, the ecosystem around private networks and industrial use cases and the business opportunities along vertical segments incl. B2B.

Impact and mitigation of interference (internal and external)

Peter Busch, Rohde & Schwarz

This presentation talks about interference in mobile networks, its potential impact and how to mitigate it. Uplink interference is more impactful because the whole sector is affected and at the same time it is harder to find in 5G TDD networks, since it is covered by downlink signals most of the time.

Advanced Throughput Analysis (ATA)

Michal Majewski, Systemics PAB

The ATA presentation shows a higher resolution of measurement results for capacity tests in mobile networks, a visualization of 5G RF resource allocation and an analysis of spectral efficiency issues providing deeper insights into mobile network performance.

Use of a Radio Communication Tester for MNT prototyping

Marcus Rompf, Arnd Sibila, Rohde & Schwarz

The Rohde & Schwarz presentation disclose how Mobile Network Testing solutions and methods are created, developed and verified. Examples are the Interactivity test, the Cloud Gaming test and a reliable One-Way latency prototype. A defined Mobile Network is needed to develop these solutions and the R&S Radio Communication Testers CMW and CMX provide this capability.