IxVeriWave BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

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IxVeriWave BYOD (Bring Your Own
Device) Testing
The worldwide movement toward BYOD – Bring Your Own Device—provides
obvious gains in productivity, employee flexibility, user satisfaction, and cost
savings, but the wireless LANs (WLANs) tasked with carrying the traffic are
struggling to keep up. And while governance, compliance, security, and
mobile device management have received plenty of attention, the ability of
Wi-Fi networks to support BYOD has not.
BYOD taxes Wi-Fi networks with high scale and unpredictable application
requirements. The WLAN infrastructure, both access points (APs) and
controllers, must be validated to support any device or application, anywhere,
and at any time.
Highlights
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High-scale controller load
testing with a single test
involving tens of thousands
of clients and hundreds of
APs
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Real-world deployment tests
scale to overload levels on
controllers, APs, and clients
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Extended duration tests
validate stability and
robustness
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Up to 500 fully independent,
stateful 802.11ac clients per
port
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Precise measurement of
critical performance metrics
at data rates reaching up to
maximum theoretical limits
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Simplified workflow for multiapplication testing
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Extensive library of predefined applications flows to
simulate end-user
interactions and devices
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Comprehensive real-time
analysis of per-flow statistics
IxVeriWave’s BYOD offering can help validate at high scale addressing:
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Device diversity
Device roaming
Application experience
DPI operation
Policy server operation
Mixed environment with older Wi-Fi devices
Faced with the complexities of today’s Wi-Fi environments, manufacturers
are enhancing the ability of the WLAN infrastructure to more closely monitor
and control user and application behavior. For example, the addition of deep
packet inspection, or DPI capabilities, to key components of the WLAN
infrastructure.
The Ixia BYOD test solution introduces critical test capabilities including
device fingerprinting enabling more precise, realistic testing. IxVeriWave
device fingerprinting allows users to identify unique devices and operation for
specific devices such as Samsung Galaxy Tablets, Apple iPhones, Androids,
and the like.
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In delivering these new capabilities, the BYOD solution leverages multiple distinct capabilities of the IxVeriWave
solution:
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WBW3604 802.11ac 4-port SISO WaveBlade for maximum scale and performance.
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WBW3601/3602 802.11ac 1/2-port MIMO WaveBlade for full compatibility with the entire suite of
IxVeriWave Testing
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The BYOD Web Application featuring two new GUIs that allow easy test setup and monitoring for AP
and controller testing.
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Ixia’s AppLibrary providing an extensive library of real application traffic flows for services such as
Facebook, Gmail, BitTorrent, etc. AppLibrary speeds testing with a simplified workflow and framework for
emulating realistic traffic mixes using a pre-defined library of application flows.
Continually updated by protocol experts, AppLibrary uses Ixia’s BreakingPoint Application Threat
Intelligence (ATI) technology to provide an extensive library of pre-defined application flows that simulate
end-user interactions and devices. BYOD testing combines IxVeriWave protocol emulation and stateless
traffic generation with the most current real-world stateful application simulations.
Key Features
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High-scale controller load testing with a single test involving tens of thousands of clients and hundreds of
APs
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Real-world deployment tests scale to overload levels on controllers, APs, and clients
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Extended duration tests validate stability and robustness
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Up to 500 fully independent, stateful 802.11ac clients per port enable precise measurement of critical
performance metrics at data rates reaching up to maximum theoretical limits
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Simplified workflow for multi-application testing
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Extensive library of pre-defined applications flows to simulate end-user interactions and devices
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Comprehensive real-time analysis of per-flow statistics
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IxVeriWave Automation Test Appliance (ATA) software provides fully stateful, intelligent IPv4, IPv6 clients
with independent MAC, L3, traffic, and mobility functions. Advanced capability allows AP choice, and
reconnect/traffic restart after disconnects.
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Specifications
Application simulations
30+, and growing
Application simulations
per port
50+
Ports supported
Up to 36 ports
Traffic over protocol
emulations
Yes
Supported Blades
WBW3601, WBW3602, WBW3604
BYOD Web Application
The BYOD Web App Soak allows the easy configuration of existing IxVeriWave ATA capabilities and new BYOD
tests over the ATA platform.
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The BYOD Web App Monitor lets users monitor a test session and provide a detailed breakdown of application
and device performance as a whole and on specific WLAN networks.
ATA Testing
The ATA allows extensive capacity and media QoE testing. The BYOD offering extends those tests with realistic
clients and application traffic. Here is an outline of ATA test scenarios.
Category
Capacity
Media QoE
Metric
Details
Max Client Support
Determine the max. number of active clients
Max Throughput/client level
Determine the max. throughput for different client levels
Max Connection Rate
Determine the max. connection rate
Traffic Model performance
Confirm accurate correct behavior with roaming
Power Save
Performance of WMM/Legacy Power Save clients
Triple Play QoS Validation
Performance & Correct Prioritization of Voice>Video>Data
Web Browsing Goodput
Single client maximum HTTP Throughput (TCP)
VoIP Admission Control
Client VoIP capacity with WMM admission control
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BYOD
Streaming Video QoS
Video Quality (MDI) degradation and client load increases
Mixed Client Environment
Performance under mixed b/g/n/ac clients
Multicast Video
Performance with multiple multicast video streams
Device Recognition
Connect a mix of devices and validate proper ID
Application Recognition
DPI recognition of specific AppLibrary traffic
Real World Application Mix
Confirm accurate behavior & defined distribution
Application Traffic
Management
Validate application rate-limiting, blocking and prioritizing
High-scale Validation
Overall robust operation at high client and traffic scales
AppLibrary
Offered on a monthly subscription basis, AppLibrary simulates popular application profiles including:
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AppUpdate
Authentication
Chat/IM
Data Transfer / File Sharing
Database
Distributed Computing
Email / WebMail
Enterprise applications
Financial
Games
Mobile
Mobility
P2P
Remote access
SCADA
Secure Data Transfer
Security
Social Networking / Search Storage
System / Network Administration
Telephony / Cable TV
Test and measurement
Voice / video / media
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Minimum System Requirements
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1x IxVeriWave WaveTest 90 or WaveTest 20 chassis
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1x IxVeriWave ATA1000 or ATA100
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1x IxVeriWave WLAN port (WBW3061, WBW3602, WBW3604)
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1x IxVeriWave GigE port (WBE1601, WBE1604)
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ATA Software
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AppLibrary
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BYOD Monitor and BYOD Soak Applications
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X86-based PC with 1GHz processor and 1GB RAM
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Windows 7
IxVeriWave Test System
IxVeriWave Software
Host Computer
Ordering Information
980-1001
IxVeriWave WT90 Chassis, WaveTest 90, 9-slot Chassis, 19" rack-mountable
980-1002
IxVeriWave WT20 Chassis, WaveTest 20, 2-slot Chassis, portable
980-1003
IxVeriWave WB1000, WaveBlade Management
980-2039
IxVeriWave WBW3601, single-port, four spatial stream per port, IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client Traffic
Generator and Performance Analyzer
980-2040
IxVeriWave WBW3602, two-port, four spatial stream per port, IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client Traffic
Generator and Performance Analyzer
980-2050
IxVeriWave WBW3604, four-port, single spatial stream per port (SISO), IEEE 802.11ac L2 - L7 multi-client
Traffic Generator and Performance Analyzer
980-2012
IxVeriWave WBE1604, 4-port IPv6 Ethernet WaveBlade
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980-2033
IxVeriWave ATA100-HW, Test automation appliance
980-2034
IxVeriWave ATA1000-HW, Test automation appliance.
980-3200
IxVeriWave BYOD Web Application ATA Monitor
980-3201
IxVeriWave BYOD Web Application ATA Soak
980-3070
IxVeriWave AppLibrary Bundle
909-5008
Subscription Renewal for IxVeriWave AppLibrary Bundle
This material is for informational purposes only and subject to change without notice. It describes Ixia's
present plans to develop and make available to its customers certain products, features, and functionality. Ixia
is only obligated to provide those deliverables specifically included in a written agreement between Ixia and
the customer.
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