Spirent Celebrates Decade with Testing Achievements, Workshops
December 8, 2011This month, Spirent Federal Systems commemorates its 10th anniversary as a proxy company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Spirent Communications, provider of network, device, and services test solutions and GPS/GNSS test equipment. Spirent Federal was created to focus on government needs and customers, providing them with the tools to evaluate their communication networks and navigation systems. As a proxy company, Spirent Federal can provide secure solutions and personnel, as well as hold a General Services Administration (GSA) contract to better serve this sector.
Ellen Hall, president of Spirent Federal, stated, "Spirent solutions are used by key civilian and defense programs that are essential to our nation's security. We have worked very hard over the past 10 years to live up to that responsibility and to make sure our customers' requirements are met and exceeded — and our achievements show this."
Just this week, Spirent Communications\ announced that its SGS wireless testing laboratory in Seoul, Korea, has become the latest wireless testing laboratory to deploy Spirent's 8100 A-GPS Over-the-Air (OTA) test solution. Spirent has provided testing capabilities to more than 15 test labs capable of providing OTA testing services. Labs also use the Spirent 8100 to offer A-GPS conformance testing as part of device certification to GCF, PTCRB, and CCF requirements.
"Spirent's industry leadership in both navigation satellite emulation and over-the-air testing made them the low-risk choice," said Nicky You, Lab Operation Manager at SGS. "However, we still asked them to prove that the 8100 system could allow us to offer our customers the most accurate OTA A-GPS testing available, and they delivered."
Shipments of GPS-capable GSM/WCDMA handsets have continued to grow rapidly by 97% to 295 million units in 2010, according to analyst firm Berg Insight. But to ensure that the technology delivers as promised in the real world, the performance of A-GPS in devices needs to be tested over the air in a large chamber under precisely-controlled conditions, Spirent said. The CTIA has made A-GPS OTA testing an integral part of its certification process for wireless devices.
"Winning at more than 15 of the world's top OTA labs is a great milestone for us," said Spirent vice president Rob Van Brunt. "We've worked hard to apply our subject matter expertise to this important area, enabling us to offer low-risk, high-return solutions to our customers."
In addition to being the provider of choice for major government programs, Spirent has received top industry awards for product innovation and performance, and consistently been first-to-market with new test capabilities. Service support expertise and infrastructure have been continuously expanded and enhanced.
Spirent Federal network, device, and services test solutions analyze every element of the network infrastructure:
- Networks: 1/10/40/100G Ethernet, data centers, cloud computing, and cyber security testing.
- Mobility: Mobile packet core and backhaul testing, LTE, UMTS and CDMA device and air interface testing.
- Applications: Ethernet services, video and IPTV, voice, and IMS testing.
Spirent Federal GPS/GNSS test equipment simulates all current and planned GNSS signals:
- GPS: Modernized GPS (L1C, L2C, L5, M-code), Anti-interference, GPS/inertial, and CRPA (Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna) testing.
- Multi-GNSS: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS testing.
- SBAS: WAAS, EGNOS, MSAS testing.
Workshops. Spirent Federal is hosting its 2012 GPS/GNSS Simulation Training Conference March 27-29, 2012, in Anaheim, California. Included is a half-day of FOUO sessions on March 29 for U.S. citizens. The conference features hands-on training led by Spirent engineers on state-of-the-art GNSS simulation equipment.
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