Amdocs Drive Test Analytics Suite, by Actix
Release Notes
Analyzer Update April 2023
Release Notes
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Contents
In This Version...................................................................................................................................... 4
Technology Improvements.............................................................................................................. 5
5G-NR support ............................................................................................................................................... 5
New collection device or technology support ........................................................................... 6
Accuver XCAL AOF Export support............................................................................................................ 6
Accuver XCAL DRM support ....................................................................................................................... 6
FocusInfocom ACT/xGMA CVD support................................................................................................... 7
Infovista TEMS support .................................................................................................................................. 7
Keysight Nemo support ................................................................................................................................ 8
PCTel SeeGull DTR Autoexport support ..................................................................................................... 8
Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support......................................................................................................... 8
Rohde & Schwarz SmartONE (QualiPoc / SmartBenchmarker) support ............................................. 8
Generic ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Application Layer Improvements .................................................................................................11
Format Groups ............................................................................................................................................. 11
Platform Improvements ..................................................................................................................13
Documentation Changes .............................................................................................................14
Known Issues and Obsolescence.................................................................................................15
Known Issues................................................................................................................................................. 15
End of Life announcements ...................................................................................................................... 15
Product Support for previous versions ..................................................................................................... 15
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In This Version
This release contains support for new and updated file formats. There are updates for
most technologies that Analyzer supports, with changes falling under the following
categories:
• Technology improvements:
o VoIP Technology Mode updates for NR.
o Many updates to IPv6 address support for 5GC deployments.
o Support updates for 14 Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 log codes
• New collections of devices and improvements:
o Support for 7 new devices added for TEMS, including Samsung Galaxy S23
variants
o 5G-SA support for Accuver XCAL AOF Export
o NR RACH procedure improvements for R&S QualiPoc
o Improvements to Focus Infocom CVD support for Spotlight RNE “where
best” and “where seen” cell counts.
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Technology Improvements
5G-NR support
• 5G-SA support added for Accuver XCAL AOF Export format.
• VoIP Technology Mode updated to support NR.
• Support added for 7 new 5G devices with Infovista TEMS
• Support updated for 14 Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 log codes
• NR RACH procedure improvements for R&S QualiPoc
• Many IPv6 updates to facilitate NR-SA deployments requiring IPv6 5GC.
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New collection device or technology support
Accuver XCAL AOF Export support
• Support added for NR-SA logs, supporting QC5GNR_RRCMSG and
QC5GNR_NASMSG types.
Accuver XCAL DRM support
• Support added for distinguishing the subtypes of Smart Phone Info logs:
o XCAL_SmartPhoneInfo_LogType
• Support added for setting IPv6 addresses from Smart Phone Info messages, for
up to 6 reported addresses:
o Device_IPv6_Address_H[*]
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o Device_IPv6_Address_L[*]
• Improvements have been made to the decoding of Smart Phone Info, subtype
Android System Info v3, adding support (where present) for the following into
Message Browser only:
o Service State
o GPS Setting
o GPS Provider
o Incoming Number
o Outgoing Number
• Support added for Autocall State, Data State, NetworkType and WirelessType
taken from Smart Phone Info message:
o XCAL_Data_State
o XCAL_Autocall_State
o XCAL_SmartPhoneInfo_NetworkType
o XCAL_SmartPhoneInfo_WirelessType
FocusInfocom ACT/xGMA CVD support
• Resolved a problem where LTE RSRP and LTE RSRQ were not being set for
neighbor cells, which was affecting “where best” and “where seen” cell counts for
Spotlight Radio Network Explorer.
Infovista TEMS support
• Support added for TEMS TRR API v25.0, supporting TEMS Investigation 25, TEMS
Pocket 24.3, TEMS Paragon 7 and TEMS Sense 6.3
• Support added for “Work Order” custom header field, setting attribute
o TEMS_WorkOrder
• Resolved a problem where Qualcomm OTA messages were being wrongly
decoded. Where multiple SIB blocks are contained inside a single System
Information message, the individual (repeated) messages are no longer displayed
with Load Time Message Filtering enabled.
• Resolved a problem which was preventing some TEMS Paragon files from loading.
• Support for all variants of new devices added with TEMS 25:
o OnePlus 11
o Samsung Galaxy S23
o Samsung Galaxy S23+
o Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
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o Xiaomi 13
o Xiaomi 13 Pro
o Samsung Galaxy Fold 4
Keysight Nemo support
• Improvements made to how LTE_UE_RB_Num_UL is set. During Carrier
Aggregation it is now set to the aggregated value of all UL carriers per timestamp.
PCTel SeeGull DTR Autoexport support
• Support has been added for setting additional fields from the LTE Enhanced TopN
Signal Scan data rows:
o Altitude
o SpeedKph
o SpeedMph
Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support
• Resolved a problem where RSRP and RSRQ for carrier 1 were not being reported
in some NR 5G ML1 Searcher Measurement Database Update Ext log codes.
• The following log code messages have been added/improved:
o LTE PDCP UL statistics, v59 (0xB0B4)
o LTE LL1 UL AGC Tx report, v163 (0xB146)
o LTE ML1 Uplink PKT build indication, v34 (0xB172)
o NR 5G PDCP UL Stats, v3.6 (0xB860)
o NR 5G RLC UL Stats, v3.4 (0xB868)
o NR 5G L2 UL TB, v3.09 (0xB872)
o NR 5G MAC UL Physical Channel Schedule Report, v3.17 (0xB883)
o NR 5G MAC DCI Info, v3.06 (0xB885)
o NR 5G MAC PDSCH Status, v3.06 (0xB887)
o NR 5G MAC Metric Filter Result, v3.01 (0xB8B8)
o NR 5G LL1 FW serving FTL, v2.07 (0xB8DD)
o NR 5G ML1 DL Common Config, v2.08, (0xB950)
o NR 5G ML1 DL Handover, v2.05 (0xB952)
o NR 5G ML1 DLM2 CA Metrics Request, v3.0 (0xB9A7)
Rohde & Schwarz SmartONE (QualiPoc / SmartBenchmarker) support
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• Support improved for NR RACH procedure detection, using NR5G PRACH
messages, improving the Result lookup value, and distinguishing when a RACH
procedure is new or a continuation of a previous RACH procedure, setting
attributes:
o NR_UE_RACH_Attempt
o NR_UE_RACH_Procedure_Count
o NR_UE_RACH_Attempt_Reason
o NR_UE_RACH_AttemptResult (no longer set when reported as 255)
• Support improved for NR5G PDSCH Statistics Details and NR5G PUSCH Statistics
Details messages, removing invalid reports where the carrier is -1, and setting
attributes from the Modulation Order type, per carrier index:
o NR_UE_Modulation_Avg_DL
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_QPSK_DL
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_16QAM_DL
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_64QAM_DL
o NR_UE_ModulationUsage_256QAM_DL
• Support added for RLT messages, setting attribute:
o ServTimingAdvanceActual
• Support improved for NR5G CSI Report messages, setting attributes:
o NR_UE_CQI_WB_DL
o NR_UE_RI_DL
o NR_UE_RI_DL_Raw
• Support added for 5G Network Information messages into Message Browser only.
Generic
• Mapping of Event-A2 RSRP Threshold (dBm) improved to be RSRP(raw)-157
• Support improved for VoIP_Technology_Mode, extending support for additional
radio access technologies, based on SIP_P_Access_Network, also changing the
binning operation from ModeHold to Mode.
• Support added for session request type, and IPv4 addresses, received from 5GS
SM PDU Session Establishment Request/Accept messages:
o NAS_5GS_SM_PDU_SessionRequestType (IPv4, IPv6, IPv4v6)
o NAS_5GS_SM_PDN_Address_v4
• Support improved for attribute IP_Dir set from IPv6 messages, also setting:
o IPv6_MobileAddress_H
o IPv6_MobileAddress_L
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o IPv6_ServerAddress_H
o IPv6_ServerAddress_L
o IPv6_AddressType
o IPv6_AddressSubtype
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Application Layer Improvements
Format Groups
• New format groups added for XCAL Smart Phone Info Log Type, Autocall State,
Data State, Network Type and Wireless Type.
• Support added for distinguishing XCAL WiFi Smart Phone Info logs for attributes:
o WiFi_Couei_Detail_State
o WiFi_Couei_Supplicant_State
• Support added for IPv6 address types and subtypes
o Unicast Global Address
o Unicast Link-Local
o Unicast Loopback
o Unicast Unspecified
o Unicast Unique Local
o Unicast Embedded IPv4
o Multicast Well known
o Multicast Transient
o Multicast Solicited-node
o Anycast
• The existing format group SwissQual Log Code has been extended to correctly
report additional message names:
o System Data
o Network Status
o NR5G NAS Message
o NR5G MAC UL Control Info
o NR5G PDCP UL Throughput
o NR5G Timing Advance
o TCP Connection Data Size
o TCP Statistics
o Test Connection Data Size
o Data Session Info
o Data Session Time Out
o WCDMA Active Set
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o L1 Info
o L1 Type
o L2 SC Values
o Hopping
o Timeslot
o Transmit Power
o Timing Advance
o Radio Link Timeout
o Timeslot Config
o Rx Values
o Network Information
o GSM Channel Type
o RLC
o Campaign Info
o QCP UMTS AMR Params UL
o QCP UMTS AMR Params DL
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Platform Improvements
• None.
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Documentation Changes
• None.
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Known Issues and Obsolescence
Known Issues
• None
End of Life announcements
• In line with Microsoft recommendations, Windows Server 2012 has now moved to
End of Life support, and as a minimum, should be upgraded to Windows Server
2012 R2.
Product Support for previous versions
• Versions of Analyzer supported by the Analyzer Product Support team shall be
limited to the current version and previous 12 monthly releases, in a sliding
window.
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