TEMS Pocket works as the user’s primary phone as well as being a powerful measurement device. It is a convenient way to collect network data anywhere.

By Ulf Marklund and Eric Alstrom

Both product packages automatically perform an array of verification, maintenance, and troubleshooting tasks in areas where no other type of probe device can reach. TEMS Pocket is an easily configured diagnostic tool built into a normal, fully functional phone.

The enhancements in TEMS Pocket 6.0 make the tool more flexible than ever before, providing convenient, continuous monitoring for HSDPA, WCDMA (850/1900/2100), and Quad EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks. In addition, the device now offers built-in GPS capabilities, a productive means of supplementing external GPS systems.

TEMS Pocket 6.0 works with TEMS Investigation and TEMS Automatic in post-processing logfiles, and enables full integration of data with TEMS Automatic. The result is a complete network monitoring solution that extends the value of the operator’s existing investment in tools and knowledge.

The choice of two new product packages allows operators to expand their data-gathering options in a number of ways. TEMS Pocket Professional, which contains all the tool’s established features, has been updated with an HSDPA data view, enhanced script-based command handling, an FTP application view, and logfile replay. This more-complex package has
been designed for RF engineers and is especially well-suited to the targeted investigation of new network areas and
hot spots.

TEMS Pocket Remote, fully integrated with TEMS Automatic, can run scriptbased testing with no user interaction. Because it is so simple to handle, it can be used by nontechnical individuals to capture data merely by moving through the network’s territory as they go about their everyday activities. Their phone usage is unaffected by testing processes.

Both TEMS Pocket 6.0 packages maximize the effectiveness of the operator’s information-gathering efforts, reducing RF engineers’ travel requirements and supporting a wide range of site-deployment initiatives.