Release Notes

Analyzer Update October 2020

 Release Notes

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 Release Notes

Contents
In This Version ............................................................................................................................... 4
Technology Improvements ........................................................................................................ 5
5G-NR support......................................................................................................................................... 5

New collection device or technology support ....................................................................... 6

Accuver XCAL DRM support ................................................................................................................. 6
Freewill AzenQos AZM support .............................................................................................................. 6
Infovista TEMS support ............................................................................................................................ 6
Keysight Nemo support .......................................................................................................................... 6
Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support.................................................................................................... 7
Rohde & Schwarz SmartONE (ROMES4) support ................................................................................. 8
Solutelia WINd Pro/Controller support .................................................................................................. 9
Event Detection .................................................................................................................................... 10
Generic.................................................................................................................................................. 11

Application Layer Improvements ............................................................................................ 12

Format Groups ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Query Expressions ................................................................................................................................. 12

Platform Improvements ............................................................................................................ 13

Call Flow Viewer ................................................................................................................................... 13
Map........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Reports ................................................................................................................................................... 13

Documentation Changes ........................................................................................................ 14

Known Issues and Obsolescence ........................................................................................... 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 Event detection for redirection from LTE to 5GS, and 5GS to LTE.
o Event detection improvements for 5G Drop and HO Fail events.
o Improvements to RACH procedure support for Qualcomm chipset devices.
o Support for VoLTE calls directed to voicemail

• New collections of devices and improvements:

o Support for TEMS TRR API 22.1.4
o Support for Keysight Nemo hash check on file load (default).
o Additional 5G scanner subframe support for R&S SmartONE (ROMES4).
o Detection of Solutelia WINd Controller files, and support for HTTP Multi-
Session tasks for WINd Pro files.
o Support for mapping floating point Rank Indicator values to a fixed range.

• Application Layer improvements

o Lookup SiteHandle from SectorHandle, for more flexibility in querying.

• Platform improvements
o Improvements in file load speed, of up to 25%.
o Improvements in map image handling when sharing custom reports.
o Stability improvements for map layer label dialog box.

• Documentation improvements
o Updates to cellrefs definitions sections of user documentation.

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Technology Improvements

5G-NR support
• Event detection for redirection from LTE to 5GS, and 5GS to LTE.

• Event detection improvements for 5G Drop and HO Fail events.

• Improvements to RACH procedures for Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset devices,

including additional RACH Attempt reason support (Suspended / Resumed),
contention type, and preamble ID.

• Support added for PDDCH and PUSCH TTI count per second, for Rohde & Schwarz
SmartONE (ROMES4).

• Support added for mapping floating point aggregated Rank Indicator, to the
nearest enumerated value in the format group for NR_UE_RI_DL.

• Additional NR-RRC and NR-NAS messages in the Call Flow Viewer.

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New collection device or technology support

Accuver XCAL DRM support

• Resolved a problem where certain .SCN files would not load into Analyzer.

Freewill AzenQos AZM support

• A problem where NR_UE_BLER_DL was being set as ***OUT OF RANGE***
when NumCrcFailTb is reported as zero.

Infovista TEMS support

• Support has been added for TEMS TRR API 22.1.4 (no change to the versions of
TEMS Investigation or TEMS Pocket being supported).

• Resolved a problem where certain 5G devices starting in 5GS were being detected
as WCDMA.

• Resolved a problem where the TEMS-specific attribute for redirection from LTE to
5GS, TEMSEvent_EUTRAN_RRC_Connection_Release_Redirected_Success,
was not being set correctly.

• Support added for Samsung Galaxy S10 5G (SM-G977B) Exynos chipset device.

Keysight Nemo support

• Support added for the #COMPVER header message in the Message Browser only.

• Support added for MOS Type “POLQA FB (P.863 standard)” option to Nemo Audio
Quality Uplink (AQUL) message.

• Support added for Channel Info (CHI) message in 5G SA NR, in the Message
Browser only.

• Support added for SSB Pattern “Case B or Case C” in Scan Configuration (SCAN)
message.

• Support has been added for checking the #HASH checksum for protecting the
integrity of NMF (2G-4G) files, and file contents not matching the checksum will
be rejected at file load time. As a result, the previous attribute
Nemo_File_Hash_Check has been removed, as the flag is no longer required.

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 If a file fails the check, it is no longer supported. This option is enabled by default
in new Actix Analyzer installations.

Qualcomm QXDM / chipset support

• The data type of QC_Log_Version has been changed from String to Float, for
improved performance and memory consumption.

• A problem was resolved where LTE_UE_MAC_Throughput_DL was reporting

insensible values, for certain devices.

• Support improved for NR RACH Attempt procedures, for Qualcomm chipset

devices:
o NR_UE_RACH_RaPreambleIdx set from NR 5G MAC RACH Attempt
(0xB889) log code
o NR_UE_RACH_Attempt_contention_Type set from NR 5G MAC RACH
Attempt (0xB889) log code
o NR_UE_RACH_Attempt_Reason set from the NR 5G MAC RACH Trigger
(0xB88A) log code and set at the original NR 5G MAC RACH Attempt
(0xB889) log code.

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 • Support added for additional NR RACH Result options in format group Qc NR RACH
Attempt Result used by attribute NR_UE_RACH_AttemptResult:
o 6=SUSPENDED (7)
o 7=RESUMED (8)

• The following log code messages have been added/improved:

o LTE ML1 PDCCH-PHICH indication report, v48 (0xB16B), into Message
Browser only.
o LTE LL1 PCFICH decoding results, v161 (0xB12A), into Message Browser
only.
o NR 5G MAC CDRX Events Info, v2.01 (0xB890), into Message Browser
only.

Rohde & Schwarz SmartONE (ROMES4) support

• Resolved a problem where Tetra_Nbor_Count reported 1 less neighbor than
detected, in the TETRA – Tetra Neighbour Cell Info subframe.

• Support added for the TETRA SCAN RESULT – TETRA Spectrum and TETRA SCAN
RESULT – TETRA Carriers subframes:

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 • Support added for NR PDSCH and PUSCH TTI occupation per second:
o NR_UE_PDSCH_TTI_PerSec
o NR_UE_PUSCH_TTI_PerSec

• Resolved a problem in the calculation of NR_UE_NumBytes_DL (physical layer)

which in turn was impacting the Physical_Throughput_DL and
Physical_Throughput_DL_5GNR attributes.

• Support added for FIVEG SCAN RESULT – STATION DATA subframe, in the
Message Browser only.

• Support added for FIVEG SCAN RESULT – STATION DATA INTRA NEIGHBORS
subframe, in the Message Browser only.

• Support added for FIVEG SCAN RESULT – SLOT SPECIFIC RECEIVER SETTINGS
subframe, in the Message Browser only.

Solutelia WINd Pro/Controller support

• Support added for Device Info message, v1 (0xC53A) as the 1 st message of WINd
Pro DRM files, supporting attributes:
o Device_OS = Android
o Device_SDK_Version
o Device_IP_Address

• Support added for Log File Information message, v1 (0xCFF0) for WINd Controller
measurements, distinguishing WINd Controller Pro DRM files from WINd Pro app
DRM files.

o WINdPro_Log_Code = Controller Log File Information Message

o WINdPro_Test_Type = “Test Type” field
o WINdProTestContentString = “Test Contents” field
o Product_Name = WINd Controller

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 • Improvements made to the Test Event message (0xCFF3), where the Status is not
FTP_START / FTP_STEP / FTP_STOP / HTTP_STEP, the message is now marked as
“Internal WINd Message”.

• Support added for HTTP Multi Session Step message, v1 (0xC595), into the
Message Browser only, including the session number:

• Support added for HTTP Call Start message, v1 (0xC594), into the Message
Browser only.

• Support for HTTP Multi Session Throughput message, v1 (0xC596) in the Message
Browser only.

Event Detection
• Support added for VoLTE calls directed to voicemail:
o SIP_Asserted_Identity (1= voicemail)
o VoIP_Event_CalltoVoicemail, when 183 Session Progress SIP_Event is
detected.

• Additional LTE attributes and events have been added for redirection to 5GS:

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 o LTE_Uu_RRC_RedirectedCarrierInfo_nr_carrierFreq
o LTE_Uu_RRC_RRCConnectionRelease_redirectedCarrierInfo
o LTE_Uu_RRC_RedirectedCarrierInfo_nr_subcarrierSpacingSSB
o LTE_Event_RedirectedReselection_to5GNR_Init
o LTE_Event_RedirectedReselection_to5GNR_OK
o LTE_Event_RedirectedReselection_to5GNR_Failed
o LTE_RedirectedReselection_to5GNR_EndResult
o LTE_RedirectedReselection_to5GNR_Duration

• New NR attribute for redirection to LTE:

o NR_RRC_RedirectedCarrierInfo
o NR_RRC_RedirectedCarrierInfo_eutra_eutraFrequency
o NR_UE_RedirectedReselection_toLTE_Init
o NR_UE_RedirectedReselection_toLTE_OK
o NR_UE_RedirectedReselection_toLTE_Failed
o NR_UE_RedirectedReselection_toLTE_EndResult
o NR_UE_RedirectedReselection_toLTE_Duration

• Improvements have been made to the detection of LTE_5GNSA_HO_OK event,

assuming that the handover to 5GS was successful if the UE receives an LTE RRC
Release after the LTE RRC Reconfiguration Complete message. Also added the
LTE_RRCConnectionDrop event into the criteria for an LTE drop.

• Improvements have been made to the detection of 5G Drop and HO Fail events:
o Increase RRC drop wait time window from 8 to 10 seconds.
o Detect 5G SA connected mode also from RRC DL-DCCH and UL-DCCH
messages.
o Removed Technology_Mode from the criteria, and only use attributes
from RRC layer for handover events (as described above).
o Manage scenarios where the RRC drop event is pegged at the RRC
Reconfiguration message.

Generic
• Improvements have been made across WCDMA, LTE and NR file loading speed,
with test results showing load speed improvements of up to 25%.

• Support added for the following attributes, set at the DL-DCCH NR RRC
RadioBearerConfig message:
o NR_RRC_PDCP_Config_moreThanOneRLC_ul_DataSplitThreshold
o NR_RRC_PDCP_Config_moreThanOneRLC_primaryPath_cellGroup

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Application Layer Improvements

Format Groups
• Added support for TETRA_MOBILE for RS Mobile Type format group of the
RSchwarz_Mobile_Type attribute.

• Support added for additional NR RACH Result options in format group Qc NR RACH
Attempt Result used by attribute NR_UE_RACH_AttemptResult:
o 6=SUSPENDED (7)
o 7=RESUMED (8)

• Improvements have been made to the format group for NR Rank Indicator
attribute NR_UE_RI_DL. The previous floating point value has been mapped to
the closest integer and mapped to a Rank value. E.g: a floating point value of 2.6
based on an average of the number of samples at each RI value will be rounded to
3, and mapped to value “Rank4”:

o 0=Rank1
o 1=Rank2
o 2=Rank3
o 3=Rank4
o 4=Rank5
o 5=Rank6
o 6=Rank7
o 7=Rank8

Query Expressions
• Added support for looking up the internal SiteHandle from a SectorHandle:
o cellhandlelookup("SiteHandle", 12345 )

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Platform Improvements

Call Flow Viewer

• Additional NR-RRC, NR-NAS and LTE-RRC messages have been added to the list of
messages displayed in the Call Flow Viewer:
o 5GS SM: PDU Session Modification Command
o 5GS SM: PDU Session Modification Complete
o 5GS RRC: BCCH-BCH MIB
o 5GS RRC: PCCH Paging
o LTE RRC: BCCH-DL_SCH SystemInformationBlockType[1...26]
o LTE RRC: UL-DCCH Measurement Report
o LTE RRC: UL-DCCH ULInformationTransfer
o LTE RRC: DL-DCCH DLInformationTransfer

Map
• Resolved a problem where management of the properties of map layers was not
functioning correctly, causing Analyzer to appear frozen.

Reports
• Resolved a problem where map images created in custom report templates were
linked only to the local cache folder, and not embedded in the Excel report.
Custom reports with map images may now be opened on a different machine and
the map images display correctly.

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Documentation Changes
• Updates have been made to the cellrefs definitions sections, of the following user
documents:
o Actix Analyzer Getting Started Guide
o Actix Spotlight Desktop User Guide

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Known Issues and Obsolescence

End of Life announcements

• Advance notice is given that from the end of December 2020, Actix Analyzer shall
no longer support the Keysight Nemo .dt1 and .fs1 formats. Support for Nemo
tool data formats shall be limited to the .NMF (2G-4G) and .NMFS (5G) formats.

Product Support for previous versions

• With the recent addition of both 5G NSA NR and 5G SA NR, and in response to
many collection tools having released new versions to support NR technologies,
the complexity of maintaining support for all previous versions of Analyzer has
increased. Therefore, the versions of Actix 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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