Fiber to the Antenna (FTTA), Distributed Antenna System (DAS), and small cell deployments. TestFlow improves productivity, ensures compliance with operator-specific methods and procedures, and provides relevant analytics for process optimization.
With the proliferation of connected mobile devices worldwide, mobile network operators need to modernize their network infrastructures to keep pace with the growing demand for high bandwidth. To meet subscriber expectations, many mobile operators are moving from legacy copper-to-the-antenna (C-RAN) infrastructures to C-RAN, FTTA, and DAS infrastructures, aiming to increase network capacity and improve service coverage.
TestFlow is a comprehensive solution that automates the testing process and ensures compliance. TestFlow enables operators to track deployment progress, view real-time audit test results, and analyze process inefficiencies to optimize mobile network fronthaul deployment and coverage.
The cloud-based application TestFlow works in conjunction with multiple data sources, such as EXFO's fleet of FTB Ecosystem field testing products, as well as third-party field testing devices. TestFlow greatly simplifies the tasks of field technicians, eliminating complex testing procedures by providing an automated, step-by-step sequence. This ensures that technicians have access to the appropriate testing parameters and procedures, in turn certifying that network construction and installation work has been completed correctly and to the correct threshold specifications. The end result is fewer installation problems and design errors, and a significant reduction in cost.
TestFlow also comes with robust reporting capabilities; all test data is stored centrally to facilitate evaluation through context-aware analytics. This gives operators real-time visibility into field test performance and the ability to quickly identify performance trends and project status to inform business decisions.
