VeEX announced the launch of the MTTplus-900 Air Expert Module, a WiFi module for its MTTplus Modular Test Platform.
The Air Expert Module is equipped with 802.11ac 3x3 radio capabilities to discover the network's access points (APs), clients and channels. Featuring both WiFi and wired Ethernet interfaces as well as a dedicated spectrum analyzer, the Air Expert Module is intended to cover all aspects of the installation and maintenance processes, from RF network discovery and survey to troubleshooting and traffic load performance testing.
"With countless deployments including residential, private or public hotspots and managed networks, WiFi is both a source of great opportunities and challenges for carriers," said Eve Danel, senior product manager for VeEX. "Customer expectations are high, but they have very limited knowledge of the technologies' environmental limitations or best practices, leading to numerous service calls. The Air Expert provides the perfect test solution, as it combines many WiFi tool functionalities into a standalone, compact and easy-to-use platform."
The Air Expert provides test and measurement tools for 802.11 a,b,g,n,ac WiFi network and client discovery, with alerts to help pinpoint configuration or performance issues. The Level Tracking function surveys the facility and adds location information to the measurements to create a record of the facility walk through.
The module is also equipped with a dedicated RF spectrum analyzer for the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands. The module's V-Perf upload and download traffic test evaluates the network's performance under traffic load and measures QoE. Technicians can establish whether the achieved upload and download rates meet SLA requirements and readiness for high bandwidth traffic like audio and video streaming, with pre-configured profiles for common applications (Netflix, YouTube, Skype, VoIP, etc.).
To test WiFi backhaul or act as a responder for WiFi Performance test, the Air Expert is optionally fitted with an RJ45 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet interface and an SFP 1000Base-X interface. The wired interface also offers Power over Ethernet (PoE) testing.
