7 layers deploys Spirent's GPS test system
Published:08-December-2008
By CBR staff writer
7 layers is the first CTIA-accredited lab to implement Spirent's system
Spirent Communications, a provider of performance analysis and service management services, has announced the first delivery of its new over-the-air test system for assisted GPS in mobile devices to 7 layers in Irvine, California.
7 layers, an international group of test and service centers for the wireless communications industry, is claimed to be the first Cellular Telecommunciations and Internet Association (CTIA)-accredited third party laboratory to enlarge its over-the-air (OTA) service portfolio with Spirent's UMTS Location Test System (ULTS).
Ron Borsato, solutions architect at Spirent Communications, who also chairs the CTIA's GPS OTA subgroup, said: "We have made important contributions to all the industry's assisted GPS (A-GPS) test standards, including the CTIA's revision of its OTA Performance Test Plan, and we have worked closely with 7 layers's experts on implementation and verification of the CTIA tests on our ULTS platform. Once finalized, the revised CTIA test plan will become a requirement at all CTIA-accredited OTA test labs, helping to ensure a consistent level of A-GPS performance."
David Bissonette, vice president business development at 7 layers, said: "Working together with Spirent, a partner that has more than 20 years of GPS testing experience, proved to be highly successful and we feel that this new test service complying with CTIA requirements will be an important step to ensure end-user satisfaction with the latest A-GPS services."
