ZTE Completes World's First MSF LTE/EPC Interoperability Tests

China's ZTE says that it has successfully completed the world's first MSF LTE/EPC Interoperability tests. ZTE is one of various equipment vendors to participate and succeed in the MultiService Forum tests.

The tests were held by China Mobile and Vodafone in China and Germany respectively. ZTE took part in both China and Germany site tests by providing its equipment sets including LTE eNodeB equipment, Evolved Packet Core (EPC), and IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) components.

All the core network vendors underwent two different scenarios of tests: single and interconnected laboratory. The objective is to assess the performance of equipment from multiple vendors under different implementation conditions. The end goal is to enhance the maturity of EPC inter-working in a multi-vendor environment, and to promote core network development in the LTE eco-system.

In the experiment carried out in the Vodafone Germany laboratory, ZTE was the exclusive supplier of eNodeB wireless equipment, and it successfully passed single laboratory and interoperability tests with Starent, Bridgewater, NEC and other vendors.

ZTE also joined the tests held at China Mobile's Beijing laboratory that measured end-to-end interoperability of the main LTE interfaces. In addition, the Company also concluded all three roaming experiments between the two laboratories and realised the industry's first IMS LTE call under a multi-vendor interconnection setting.

Article published on 19th July 2010

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