Munich 10-Dec-2024

Rohde & Schwarz sets new standard for network performance monitoring with R&S LCM launch

As the demand for reliable and high-performance networks continues to grow, Rohde & Schwarz revolutionizes network performance monitoring with launch of R&S LCM Network Performance Monitoring Probe, a game-changing solution designed to provide unparalleled visibility into network performance and ensure seamless connectivity in business-critical environments.

Rohde & Schwarz, the global market and technology leader in testing business-critical networks, is expanding its existing private networks testing portfolio with the launch of the R&S LCM Network Performance Monitoring Probe. This innovative solution provides real-time, reliable, and comprehensive network performance insights, enabling network operators to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact business.

R&S LCM combines a powerful Linux computer with a high-performance 4G/5G IoT/eMBB data module, all within a compact and robust design. The integrated R&S QualiProbe software, leveraging more than a decade of network performance expertise, provides unparalleled insights into service quality measurements, ensuring accurate and reliable data analysis. R&S LCM is the ideal comprehensive service quality monitoring solution for critical mobile networks, offering a unified view of mobile network performance through local control of a single unit or remote control of multiple units via the SmartMonitor server.

“We are setting a new benchmark for network performance monitoring with R&S LCM, enabling our customers to ensure the reliability and quality of their business-critical networks and unlock the full potential of 5G and IoT technologies," Axel Hansmann, Vice President Mobile Network Testing, Rohde & Schwarz, explains. “With R&S LCM, network operators and providers of wireless network infrastructure can achieve a superior and sustainable performance, ensuring reliable private network operation, and gain trust in 5G as a reliable communication system for business-critical use cases.”

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In business-critical environments, service quality is crucial. R&S LCM is designed to provide real-time, end-to-end network performance visibility, helping to mitigate the risks of network downtime and financial losses. The solution seamlessly integrates with other communication components and the Rohde & Schwarz mobile network testing ecosystem, allowing for easy configuration, control, and monitoring of multiple R&S LCM units.

_{R&S LCM} is a flexible and future-proof solution, supporting modules with standard M.2 dimensions, allowing other M.2 data modules to be easily integrated and adapt to changing requirements and new technologies as they emerge. The solution also provides a comprehensive view of service quality, helping to optimize network performance as needed. The solution supports predictive maintenance of the private network by continuous performance monitoring, realizing efficiency and productivity advantages to get ahead of competition.

Rohde & Schwarz is a pioneer in testing the network capability for machine-type and real-time communication, and has a team of applied research experts investigating test methods verifying and optimizing real-time communication in business-critical environments. The company's test solution ensures optimum QoS/QoE for both human and machine end-users in all kinds of business-critical applications.

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Rohde & Schwarz is a leading global supplier of standalone products, integrated solutions and network analytics services for testing and improving the quality of mobile networks along the entire network lifecycle – from lab verification, spectral clearance, interference hunting and base station installation to site acceptance, benchmarking, optimization, troubleshooting and monitoring. The comprehensive portfolio supports all technologies up to 5G, and addresses all test and measurement scenarios from RF to end-user quality of experience (QoE). The innovative solutions allow users to accurately collect data and to gain machine learning-assisted deep insights into the QoE delivered to end users. Solutions from Rohde & Schwarz empower top-tier mobile network industry players to make QoE-centric business decisions with confidence, to deliver better services with higher quality for end users, to reduce time to market for new technologies and services and to secure and increase the value of their business.