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End-to-end testing for Mission Critical Push to Talk solutions across LTE and 5G networks

The most robust PTT testing framework that ensures seamless and high performance PTT functionality

Leave nothing out

Unmatched expertse in functional, automation and performance testing for Mission Critical PTT

Subscriber Life Cycle 

rigorous testing of Push-to-Talk (PTT) services, validating voice quality, encryption, and seamless communication. Our handover testing guarantees smooth transitions between Airwave and ESN networks, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity for emergency responders. PUSH-TO-TALK (PTT) SERVICES Validates voice quality, encryption, and secure communication for critical situations HANDOVER PERFORMANCE Tests seamless transitions between Airwave and ESN networks

PTT Services

Video and audio configurations, real-time data sharing, and emergency alert systems, ensuring secure and efficient communication between officers and command centres. We also validate mobile device integration, confirming compatibility across various platforms to enhance operational efficiency. VIDEO AND AUDIO CONFIGURATION Ensures smooth integration for real-time collaboration. REAL-TIME DATA SHARING Verifies secure sharing of critical information between officers and command centres. EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEMS Tests the reliability and timeliness of emergency notifications. MOBILE DEVICE INTEGRATION Validates compatibility and functionality across various mobile platforms.

Emergency 

Entire lifecycle of incident management, from accurate logging of incidents to call handling and resource dispatching based on priority and location. Our solutions ensure scalability for handling high-volume events and seamless database integration for efficient data retrieval and response coordination. INCIDENT LOGGING Verifies accurate recording of incident details, including location, type, and severity. CALL HANDLING Ensures integration with telephony systems for effective emergency call management. RESOURCE DISPATCHING Tests dynamic allocation of police resources based on incident type, priority, and location. SCALABILITY Validates system performance under high volumes of incidents and resources. DATABASE INTEGRATION Ensures seamless connectivity with databases for contact and incident data

Video Services

Precise recording and playback of incidents for post-event analysis, along with secure data retrieval and filtering capabilities. We validate user access controls and multimedia compatibility, enabling officers to review voice, video, and text evidence seamlessly. RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Tests accuracy of incident recordings and playback functionality for reviews. DATA RETRIEVAL AND FILTERING Verifies the ability to retrieve and filter data for specific incidents or timeframes. ACCESS CONTROLS Ensures secure user access with audit trail capabilities. Multimedia Compatibility: Validates compatibility with audio, video, and text formats

Mobility and Interaction

Test smooth mobility across 4G networks and inter/intra-PLMN handovers to ensure seamless connectivity. Our validation includes VoLTE call interactions during active PTT sessions and interworking across non-3GPP networks for uninterrupted communication. 4G to 4G Mobility and Inter/Intra-PLMN Handover Validation Interaction with incoming VoLTE Calls during active PTT sessions Testing across network boundaries, ensuring smooth interworking with non-3GPP functions

Messaging Services

Interoperability between multiple agencies, ensuring real-time and secure data sharing across different organisations. Our testing assesses multi-agency coordination workflows, guaranteeing smooth collaboration in large-scale emergency situations. INTEROPERABILITY Tests seamless integration between systems of various agencies. SECURE DATA SHARING Validates real-time and secure communication across agencies. COORDINATION WORKFLOWS Ensures the efficiency of multi-agency workflows under different scenarios

Presence Services

Real-time tracking of officers and vehicles with seamless GPS and GIS integration for accurate geolocation. Our testing validates secure access to location data and real-time geofencing alerts, enhancing situational awareness and response efficiency. REAL-TIME UPDATES Validates real-time tracking of officer and vehicle locations. GPS AND GIS INTEGRATION Ensures accurate geolocation and mapping functionality. SECURE SHARING Verifies controlled access to location data and secure sharing mechanisms. GEOFENCING ALERTS Tests real-time alerts for defined geographic boundaries

Location Services

Event scheduling and patrol allocation to ensure smooth operational planning with real-time adaptability to changing conditions. We test system responsiveness to contingencies and seamless integration with incident management, enabling efficient law enforcement coordination. EVENT SCHEDULING AND PATROL ALLOCATION Validates the system’s capability to plan and allocate resources effectively. ADAPTABILITY Ensures responsiveness to unexpected contingencies and dynamic plan adjustments. REAL-TIME UPDATES Tests notifications for event and patrol schedule changes. INCIDENT REPORTING INTEGRATION Verifies seamless integration with incident management systems for efficient operations

APIs and Integration

Guarantees secure and seamless integration of MCPTT, mobile, web, tracking, and authentication APIs. We ensure that security and encryption mechanisms protect sensitive communication and data. MCPTT APIs: Integrates mission-critical PTT features into applications. PTT MOBILE APIs: Enables mobile-specific PTT functionalities. INTEGRATED WEB AND TRACKING APIs: Offers seamless integration with tracking and web systems. SECURITY AND ENCRYPTION APIs: Ensures secure communication and data protection. INTEGRATED AUTHENTICATION APIs: Provides robust and secure user authentication mechanisms.

World's Largest Library of Ready To Use Test Artifacts

Optimised for robust performance testing and validated over hundreds of devices, UTH's ready to use test artifacts covers end to end scenarios, making them adaptable to various PTT solutions and requirements

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Test up to 300 real UEs simultaneously

A realistic representation of actual user behaviour

Our Comprehensive Mission Critical Testing Capabilities

Police

UTH's mission-critical systems testing for police focuses on ensuring resilience, seamless adaptability and reliability across unpredictable operations

Ambulance

In a time-sensitive and high-pressure scenario, UTH's specialised Ambulance testing test package focuses on seamless coordination and location tracking among others 

Fire & Rescue

Hydrant management, Geospatial Information Management and Dispatch Management become the most critical aspect of Fire & Rescue missions and UTH's fire & rescue portfolio of testing is tailor made for testing critical systems in this department

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Confidence. Assured by UTH  

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    Cover every critical function from standard PTT calls to emergency, ambient, discreet, broadcast, interaction with telephony services and interworking with non-3GPP functions. We validate seamless operation across 4G, 5G, and interworking with non-3GPP functions, ensuring that mission-critical services perform under real-world conditions

     

    KEY OUTCOMES

    Thorough validation of critical PTT functionality under various scenarios

     

    Assurance of seamless interaction with telephony and mobility services

     

    Reliable performance of emergency and mission-critical features

     

    End-to-end stability and resilience for uninterrupted PTT operations

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    We have automated essential PTT call flows, including 1-1, group, video, emergency, ambient, discreet and broadcast calls. We also automated the interaction with telephony services.

    We ensure: 

    • Continuous Testing for rapid feature validation


    • Faster Regression Cycles to accelerate releases


    • Quick Response Times for feature updates and fixes

    Automation Coverage

    PTT CALL AUTOMATION

    • Initial Attachment and First-Time Client Activation/Login

    • MCX PTT Client Login and Secure Token Exchange

    • Automated testing for all MCPTT Call Types:

      •  1-to-1 Calls and Group Calls

      • Broadcast Calls

      • Emergency Alerts & Calls

      • Call Upgrades/Downgrades between emergency & standard calls

      • Late Entry, Priority Talk group Scanning & Call Management

    •  Automated Message Exchange (PTX Messaging)

    • Geolocation Services Validation

    • Secure Full Duplex VoIP Private Calls with End-to-End Encryption
       

    MOBILITY & INTERWORKING AUTOMATION

    • 4G to 4G Mobility and seamless Inter/Intra-PLMN Handover. 

    • Interaction with incoming VoLTE Calls during active PTT sessions 

    • Interworking with non-3GPP networks to ensure uninterrupted service

  • We are capable of measuring up to 300 real UEs. Using 300 real UEs with a combination of load simulator provides a realistic representation of actual user behaviour.

     

    Our comprehensive testing covers scenarios like capacity, throughput, mobility and quality of experience ensures a thorough evaluation of the PTT solution’s performance under various load conditions.

     

    Realistic traffic mix will be agreed after having discussion with the key stakeholders that reflects the actual distribution of PTT call, data, voice and video call.

    TEST APPROACH

    • RAMP-UP: We gradually increase the load for controlled testing and help identify performance bottleneck at different user load.

     

    • STEADY STATE: Maintain a constant load for a period to observe system performance under sustained stress

     

    • RAMP-DOWN: Gradually decrease the load to observe system recovery

     

    PERFORMANCE KPIS

    • PTT Call setup time

    • Group call setup time

    • Call setup success rate

    • Call drop rate

    • Data throughput

    • Packet Loss rate

    • Speech Delay

    • Quality of Experience - Voice Quality, Video Quality and Latency

     

    DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORTING

    • Collect and analyse the end-to-end traces at various load levels
       

    • Provide comprehensive reports with graphs and chart to visualisation of key performance metrics  
       

    • Identify performance bottleneck and area for improvement based on the test results.

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  • Our failover testing services ensure uninterrupted communication for Push-to-Talk (PTT) solutions, validating resilience across multiple network layers. We simulate real-world failure scenarios to guarantee seamless recovery and minimal service disruption.

     

    Our Failover Testing Covers

    • IP INTERCONNECT RESILIENCE: Validates seamless failover between IP interconnects to prevent service disruption.
       

    • IP Transport Redundancy: Ensures uninterrupted data transmission across transport networks in case of link failures.
       

    • Signalling Failover: Tests recovery mechanisms for critical signalling paths, ensuring continuous session management.
       

    • EPC Node & Interface Failover: Simulates failures in key EPC (Evolved Packet Core) nodes (MME, SGW, PGW, AMF, SMF) and validates failover recovery.
       

    • PCRF (Policy Control) Failover: Ensures uninterrupted policy enforcement and quality of service (QoS) handling during network failures.
       

    • PTT Application Intra-Server Failover: Tests PTT server redundancy within a site to guarantee high availability.
       

    • Inter-Site Failover: Simulates complete site failures and validates service continuity across redundant locations.

     

    Our failover testing framework is designed for high-availability networks, ensuring mission-critical PTT services remain operational, even under extreme failure scenarios

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Rest Assured. Tested.

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Cover every critical function from standard PTT calls to emergency, ambient, discreet, broadcast, interaction with telephony services and interworking with non-3GPP functions. We validate seamless operation across 4G, 5G, and interworking with non-3GPP functions, ensuring that mission-critical services perform under real-world conditions KEY OUTCOMES Thorough validation of critical PTT functionality under various scenarios Assurance of seamless interaction with telephony and mobility services Reliable performance of emergency and mission-critical features End-to-end stability and resilience for uninterrupted PTT operations

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