Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release note - Yettel

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Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release note

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Table of Contents

Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................3

Copyright ..........................................................................................................................................................................3

Documentation in Keysight Software Manager (KSM) ........................................................................................................4

New test devices ...............................................................................................................................................................5

New OnePlus 5G NR devices ........................................................................................................................................5

New Samsung 5G NR devices .......................................................................................................................................5

New Motorola 5G NR device..........................................................................................................................................6

New NB IoT device ........................................................................................................................................................6

5G NR Carrier Aggregation ...............................................................................................................................................6

Improvements for Keysight Fieldfox LTE and 5G NR measurements .................................................................................8

New 5G NR KPIs ..............................................................................................................................................................9

Forcing Function Improvements ......................................................................................................................................10

Nemo Active Testing Application (NATA).........................................................................................................................10

Other features .................................................................................................................................................................11

Nemo File Format 2.46....................................................................................................................................................12

Corrected issues .............................................................................................................................................................13

Known issues ..................................................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction

Nemo Outdoor is a laptop-based, drive and laboratory testing solution for wireless networks and devices testing, troubleshooting, optimization and benchmarking. It supports all the latest network technologies and smartphones. Nemo Outdoor support 5G NR (NSA, SA), LTE-A, NB-IoT and LTE-M and legacy 2G-3G mobile networks testing with support to over 320 different terminals, IoT devices and scanning receivers from various vendors.

Nemo Outdoor enables measuring quality-of-experience (QoE) metrics for the services using the very same applications that real customers are using. Those applications run on the phone, in the very same way as with the normal consumers have. Nemo Outdoor support include advanced YouTube video testing, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Viber, BiP, Line and Snapchat testing. With the optional Nemo Active Testing Application functionality integrated into the Nemo Outdoor system, the smartphone measurement results reflect the real end-user experience. This gives customers the capability to understand wireless network quality from end consumer perspective, troubleshoot and optimize the network based on the results, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and reducing churn.

This new Nemo Outdoor release 9.00 continues to introduce support for new 5G NR devices from all the main 5G NR device vendors with new 5G NR KPIs. With this release we will also continue to further extend 5G NR and QoE measurement capabilities and usability of Nemo Outdoor. The following chapters elaborate more details of the new features and changes of Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release.

Note that this release is designed only for the Nemo Outdoor users and has not been verified for Nemo Invex II users.

Copyright

The information contained in this document is confidential and no part of it may be copied or reproduced in any form without the written consent of Keysight Technologies, Inc. Additionally, this document is not to be passed to or discussed with third parties without the prior written permission of Keysight.

Keysight’s products are subject to continual development and specifications may change. Users of Keysight’s products and documentation should exercise their own independent judgement to evaluate the suitability of Keysight’s products and documentation for their use. Keysight does not accept any liability arising from the application or use of the product or this documentation.

All reasonable care has been made to ensure that this document is accurate. If you have any comments on this document, or would like details of any Keysight products, services or equipment, please contact us through the Keysight Website.

May 2021

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Documentation in Keysight Software Manager (KSM)

All the documents and SW upgrades are available in Keysight Software Manager (KSM).

Picture 1. Document and Sofware view on KSM portal

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New test devices

In earlier releases we have introduced support for the majority of the flagship Qualcomm X50/X55/X60, Samsung Exynos 5100/5123/5123A and Hisilicon Balong 5000 based devices. In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release we continue adding new 5G NR devices to be used with NATA and with Nemo Firmware or with NATA for non-rooted devices -option

New OnePlus 5G NR devices

In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release we are introducing support for the latest OnePlus 5G devices. They can be used with NATA and with Nemo Firmware or with NATA for non-rooted devices -option

• Oneplus 9 LE2113 (Qualcomm X60) o FW: NTT40246A o HW: NTT20246A

• Oneplus 9 Pro LE2123 (Qualcomm X60) o FW: NTT40247A o HW: NTT20247A

New Samsung 5G NR devices

In addition to the earlier supported Samsung Galaxy S21 5G devices, in Nemo Outdoor 9.00 we will bring support for the following Samsung Galaxy S21 5G device variants

• Samsung Galaxy S21 5G SM-G991W (Qualcomm X60) o FW: NTT40242A o HW: NTT20242A

• Samsung Galaxy S21 5G SM-G991B (Exynos 2100, 5123A) o FW: NTT40251A o HW: NTT20251A

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New Motorola 5G NR device

In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 we will bring support for the following Motorola 5G device

• Motorola Edge Plus XT2061-3 (Qualcomm X55) o FW: NTT40249A o HW: NTT20249A

New NB IoT device

With the earlier Nemo Outdoor releases there are multiple NB IoT and LTE-M devices supported and now with Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release we will bring support for 3GPP Rel14 KnowYou KDC-6336 NB IoT / LTE-M dongle. The KnowYou KDC-6336 dongle is based on Simmcom 7080G module and Qualcomm 9205 chipset.

5G NR Carrier Aggregation

In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 we are introducing support for 5G NR Carrier Aggregation. With this option it is possible to get 5G NR KPIs for all the primary and secondary cells for each carrier within certain 5G NR band. The option covers carriers in both FR1 and FR2 frequency ranges and it is applicable for 5G NSA and SA.

Picture 2. Sample view of the RSRP values of different beams of multiple carriers within a NR FR2 band shown Nemo Outdoor UI

For 5G NR Carrier Aggregation measurements there are add-on license options needed on top of the existing 5G NR licenses.

• NTA60220B Handler Software for Qualcomm 5G NR Carrier Aggregation • NTA60221B Handler Software for Samsung Exynos 5G NR Carrier Aggregation • NTA60222B Handler Software for HiSilcon 5G NR Carrier Aggregation

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TWAMP – Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol

In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release we are introducing support for TWAMP testing. TWAMP is a higher layer protocol for data transfer utilizing UDP (User Datagram Protocol) between a client and a server. The TWAMP client is located on the Android test device so the TWAMP testing with Nemo Outdoor requires NATA (Nemo Active Test Application) on the test device.

Picture 3. TWAMP test setup with Nemo Outdoor

The control channel is carried over TCP and the data tests are performed over UDP protocol. The UDP packets sent by the test terminal are echoed back from the test server to the test device.

For the configuration settings for TWAMP testing with Nemo Outdoor you need to give:

• Server IP address • Client uses Server port parameter definition • Packet Size • Packet Count • Transmission interval (min. 1ms) • RTT timeout • MAX transmission duration

With Nemo Outdoor 9.00 it is possible to get the basic KPIs and statistics from TWAMP measurements:

• Statistics for RTT • Statistics for Jitter • TWAMP packet and session statistics

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Picture 4. TWAMP statistics in Nemo Outdoor UI

TWAMP testing option is a NATA (Nemo Active Test Application) option and it requires an add-on license on top of the existing NATA running in the test device.

• NTA50181A Nemo Active Testing Application TWAMP testing option

Improvements for Keysight Fieldfox LTE and 5G NR measurements

In Nemo Outdoor 8.90 there brought more LTE and 5G NR KPIs from the demodulated LTE and 5G NR signals measured by Keysight Fieldfox B series spectrum analyzer. In Nemo Outdoor 9.00 we have further improved the usability of the Keysight Fieldfox by introducing:

• Support for SSB pattern manual selection.

• Support for NR pilot preamplifier setting. • Support for new NR bands. • The change of the frequency threshold value from 900Hz to 3kHz with LTE Pilot

measurements

Picture 5. Keysight Fieldfox LTE parametr grid in Nemo Outdoor UI

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Picture 6. Keysight Fieldfox 5G NR parametr grid in Nemo Outdoor UI

New 5G NR KPIs

In addition to the earlier released 5G NR parameters and KPIs for devices from the main chipset vendors the following new 5G NR parameters will be available in Nemo Outdoor 9.00.

Qualcomm X50/X55/X60

• Physical channel information (for each serving cell) o Power headroom

• CSI o Buffer state report

• Serving cell information o SSB periodicity

• Measurement Events o NR attach and packet state events

Outdoor 9.00 provides more than 150 5G NR KPIs for Qualcomm X50/X55/X60 chipset based devices. The complete list of the X50/X55/X60 KPIs can be found in “Nemo Outdoor Qualcomm Based Terminals data sheet”. Datasheet is available in Keysight Software Manager

Samsung Exynos

• Measurement Events o Serving cell set modification events and result

The complete list of the Exynos 5100/5123/5123A KPIs can be found in “Nemo Outdoor Samsung Based Terminals data sheet”. Datasheet is available in Keysight Software Manager.

HiSilicon Balong 5000

• Physical channel information (for each serving cell) o Power headroom

• Measurement Events o NR attach and packet state events

The complete list of the HiSilicon Balong 5000 KPIs can be found in “Nemo Outdoor HiSilicon Balong 5000 Based Terminals data sheet”. Datasheet is available in Keysight Software Manager.

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Forcing Function Improvements

As part of the Nemo Outdoor 9.00 release we are improving the system and band forcing mechanism utilizing Nemo FW of the test device. When detecting the test device Nemo Outdoor SW also detects the FW version of the test device and then automatically selects the default forcing mechanism for that particular test device. The improved forcing mechanism has been tested and validated and it is applicable for the following test device models with Nemo FW:

• Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G SM-G9960 • Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G SM-G996B (Shannon) • Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G SM-G986B (Shannon) • Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G SM-N986B (Shannon) • Samsung Galaxy Note20 5G SM-N981B (Shannon) • Samsung Galaxy S10 5G SM-G977B (Shannon) • Sony Xperia 5 II XQ-AS52 • OnePlus 9 LE2113 • One Plus 9 Pro LE2123 (QC)

With other test devices the forcing function mechanism remains the same as it has been with earlier Nemo Outdoor releases. We will introduce more test devices in coming Nemo Outdoor releases to utilize the improved band and system forcing mechanism.

Nemo Active Testing Application (NATA)

Nemo Outdoor 9.00 requires NATA version 9.00.613

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Other features

UI / General

• Added support for copying data views. • Added support for re-ordering view group tabs by using drag & drop. • Added support for quick coloring columns in event grid window. • Added support for disabling statistics calculation in measurement recording to increase performance

with large device configurations. • Added support for opt-out statistics calculation in playback mode (to increase performance of

loading large measurement files). • Added support for iPerf2 statistics. • Added support for adjusting measurement event buffer size automatically based on device count.

• Added support for rebooting a device manually. • Added support for measurement attachment files. • Added support for rebooting unresponsive device automatically using NFMCC USB charging control • Changed terminology in user interface from “VoLTE” to “VoIMS”. • Changed default file size unit from kB to MB in user interface. • Changed FTP transfer settings dialog to more user friendly. • Enhanced the Outdoor SW for NDM connected, larger than 18 UE configurations for the network

benchmarking use cases.

PhoneHandler Qualcomm

• Added support for NR attach and packet state events. (GAx, PAx) • Added support for NR power headroom. (TXPC) • Added support for NR buffer state report. (BRS) • Added support for NR SSB periodicity. (SCCELL) • Changed NR PMI reporting so that i11, i12, i13, and i2 parameters with zero count are not reported.

(PMI)

PhoneHandler HiSilicon

• Added support for NR attach and packet state events. (GAx, PAx) • Added support for NR power headroom. (TXPC)

PhoneHandler Samsung

• Added band lock release when channel lock is released. • Added band lock state update after channel lock.

ScannerHandler PCTel

• Updated PCTel SeeGullMaster API to version 2.9.0.0. which is compatible with o IBflex/HBflex FW up to 3.8.1.0 o MXflex FW up to 5.7.1.0

• Added support for measuring with two PCTel scanners simultaneously. • Updated NR subcarrier spacing correlation to bands

• Enabled Wifi for Band scan with HBflex.

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ScannerHandler R&S

• Updated ViCom to version 20.3.0. 2165 • Added support for FAST ACD • Added support for MNC and MCC for NR Band Scanning. • Added support for new NR bands. • Added support for measurement period setting for LTE pilot scanning. • Maximum LTE pilot scanning channel count 64 for TSME6. • Fixed NR pilot result handling over 20ms measurement periods.

Nemo File Format 2.46

New in the 2.46 version:

• Added support for higher than 1 ms precision with jitter and round trip time. (RTT, JITTER) • Added support for 5GMark application test protocol. (DAA, DAF, DAC, DAD, DREQ, DCOMP,

DSUMMARY, DRATE, RTT) • Added support for J.343.1 video quality. (VQDL) • Added support for NR bands 13, 14, 18, 26, 29, 30, 46, 47, 48, 65, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, and 96. • Added support for NR cell scanning. (SCANCONFIG, CELLSCAN) • Added support for NR packet session and attach events. (PAA, PAF, PAC, PAD, GAA, GAF, GAC, GAD) • Added support for NR SUL band information. (TXPC, PLAIU, PHRATEU, RACHI) • Added support for NR SSB periodicity. (SCELL) • Added support for NR uplink power headroom. (TXPC) • Added support for NR uplink buffer status report. (BSR) • Added support for WLAN AMR rate reporting. (AMRS)

Picture 7. Nemo File Format 2.46 Specification is available in KSM

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Corrected issues

Outdoor 9.00 will fix the following issues of the earlier releases:

• The Issue when in some rare cases RACHSM messages are in incorrect order TS#102940 • The Issue with Qualcomm handler writing CAC3 event too early in VoLTE call TS#103921 • The Issue with Outdoor crashing occasionally with some 5G Qualcomm devices TS#104014 • Crash bug in Qualcomm Parser with NR UL CA power message TS#104115 • The Issue of TopN Filtering not working in Map window TS#104265 • The Issue with access token retrieval not working for DropBox TS#104503 • The issue when “Stop data transfer” button not being updated correctly with SFTP

and iPerf2 protocols TS#104564 • The issue of Dropbox transfer causing Measurement Server to freeze in

Nemo Invex II TS#104732 • The Issue of FTP remote file path error in file upload/download TS#105231 • The issue when Stopping HTTP transfer send (POST) fails TS#106329 • The issue with Invex II GPS location sharing with local devices TS#78876,

TS#89635 • The issue of SIP CANCEL not being logged as dropped call in VoLTE calls TS#93334

Known issues

• Opticom PEVQ-S algorithm does not yet support new YouTube AV1 codec. Waiting resolution from Opticom (30100)

• WCDMA channel lock to available channel causes device to drop out of network with Qualcomm variant of Samsung devices (30154)

• Statistics values are disappearing momentarily in data views (30157) • Route not exported in Indoor or MapXtreme export. (30051) • Rename group in Graph layers does not work properly (30056) • Sony Xperia 5 II: After activating lock to unavailable channel device remains online (29362) • Workorder Remote Control session activation doesn't open indoor map or

route on workspace automatically (29501) • IMS voice call does not work with Samsung Galaxy S21 G991U Verizon variant (30073) • There can be lost synchronization in WCDMA and in GSM Voice Quality tests

with Samsung Galaxy S21 SM-G991U variant (30016)

• To ensure the stability of the measurement system for the large UE configurations, the statistics calculations are disabled from Nemo Outdoor during the measurements for larger than 12 UE configurations. All the statistics are still available in Playback mode and in post-processing.

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