User's Manual Part 1

Nomad User’s Manual Chapter 1 – Introduction

1 Introduction

Spirent Communications Nomad provides a comprehensive and efficient measure of real-world

mobile device performance by automating high-volume call control testing sequences and voice

quality characterization on virtually any Bluetooth-enabled handset, regardless of wireless

technology or device model.

Spirent Nomad allows you to:

 Reduce the manpower cost of collecting both voice quality and call performance data for

testing through automation

 Provide statistically repeatable and reliable results to impact device changes

 Capture poorly performing devices prior to market launch

 Improve device quality, user experience and brand perception

In the Nomad system, mobile handsets make calls to and receive calls from centralized voice and

call servers. All servers are managed through a PC-based interface. The servers collect and store

call record and degraded audio information which is merged with locally stored results at test

completion for a comprehensive view of device performance.

Figure 1-1 - Nomad System Overview