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Assessment of Ixia BreakingPoint Virtual Edition: Evolved Packet Gateway
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Adidamu, Naga Shruti Bheemisetty, Shanmukha Sai |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Context: Internet service quality today is heavily challenged by the exponential increase in the number of mobile users. 5G evolution aims at providing faster internet services and meet new use cases such as Software Defined Cloud Networks and Internet of Things Networks. Core Network is one important element of 5G network, which along with LTE constitutes Evolved Packet System. Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Gateway (EPG) is a vital component of the Evolved Packet Core which forms Ericsson’s solution for rapid deployment of a reliable LTE network. Testing of EPG by emulating traffic close to real time has a significant role in successful deployment of a mobile communication network. Objectives: In this research, assessment of a virtual traffic emulator is done and the trade-offs involved between using a hardware-based and a virtual traffic emulator are identified by testing Ericsson’s virtual EPG (vEPG). Ixia’s Breaking Point (BPS) and Breaking Point VE (BPS VE) are the hardware-based and virtual traffic emulators respectively used in this thesis. Ease of automation of testing using BPS VE is also investigated. Method: The method followed for assessing the performance of a virtual traffic emulator and identifying the trade-offs is quantitative. A set of test-cases are designed and run through an iterative methodology until satisfactory results are obtained using the virtual traffic emulator. These results are then used to investigate the trade-offs between virtual and hardware-based traffic emulator as well. Results: Tests that have been designed are executed and their results are documented. Outcomes of analysis on non-functional aspects that include ease of automation and return on investment are also documented. Conclusions: Based on the results obtained and their analysis, it is proved that the virtual traffic emulator used in this thesis, BPS VE is a dynamic tool that can be used for real-world traffic emulation to test the vEPG. The trade-offs between the Ixia BPS and BPS VE in the aspects of capacity and ROI are analyzed. It is also concluded that despite having a great usability, there still are some aspects that can be improved in the current version of the BPS VE to make it a more efficient traffic emulator to test the EPG. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1192353/FULLTEXT03.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
