Anite, a global leader in testing technology for the wireless industry, and 4M Wireless, the top provider of LTE protocol stack for user equipment terminals announced today the public demonstration of their leading LTE functionality - a move that brings the reality of commercial LTE devices much closer. <br />
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During the 2009 Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, the two companies will demonstrate a number of solutions that will be essential in helping the mobile industry with the timely development and certification of LTE mobile devices. These demonstrations include end-to-end video streaming and most significantly, the first LTE protocol conformance tests that will form part of the industry&#039;s LTE device certification programmes. <br />
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The video streaming demonstration illustrates the maturity of the Anite Development Toolset and includes full L2/L3 and NAS protocol layers for LTE, as well as taking the mobile through a full media call establishment procedure. It also confirms the performance and comprehensive features provided by the 4M Wireless LTE protocol solution. <br />
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Anite&#039;s popular Conformance Toolset provides rigorous signalling protocol testing required by the industry&#039;s mobile device certification programmes. The demonstration with the 4M Wireless LTE UE protocol stack announced today presents the first availability of conformance tests for LTE devices. <br />
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Both demonstrations are built upon Anite&#039;s SAT(H) protocol test solution - a unique platform enabling early development, conformance and interoperability tests for 2G, 3G and now LTE technologies, which is ideal for developers still in the early stages of handset development. The 4M Wireless LTE UE Stack is a 3GPP Release 8 compliant implementation of the L2/L3 and NAS functionality. It is the only commercially available LTE terminal stack to be ported onto different hardware platforms and is ready for use as a golden reference solution. <br />
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&quot;4M Wireless is determined to provide early and well tested protocol stack functionality to its customers and partners. Anite is a recognised market leader in test applications including conformance test solutions for early handset development and 4M Wireless is well placed to meet its requirements by providing the 4M Wireless LTE UE stack as a reference solution.&quot; said Atif Malik, CEO, 4M Wireless &quot;These demonstrations clearly establish the advanced capabilities of the two companies.&quot; <br />
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&quot;Working with 4M Wireless enables us to constantly address the industry need for LTE protocol test solutions with rigorously tested product releases in line with the latest updates to the 3GPP Release 8 specifications for LTE,&quot; said Colleen Cheung, Development Toolset Product Manager, Anite. &quot;With our first-to-market solutions, Anite and 4M Wireless are ideally positioned to meet the aggressive schedules of the LTE market.&quot; <br />
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&quot;The demonstration is significant as it shows for the first time some of the techniques that will be needed as part of the industry LTE certification programmes,&quot; adds James Goodwin, Product Manager, Anite. &quot;It confirms that Anite and 4M Wireless are at the forefront of providing the technology and tools that our customers need, when they need them.&quot;