GeoProbe User

This course teaches you the fundamentals of using the GeoProbe to conduct SS7/C7/GSM/GPRS/UMTS/VoIP Network Surveillance and Performance Monitoring. You will learn how to use the graphical user interface, applications, and tools of the GeoProbe system. The course uses lectures and then you apply the knowledge using hands-on exercises. By the end of the course, you learn to use network maps, configure statistics, perform call traces, monitor network interfaces, save monitored data, and generate historical reports.

Course Length -- 2 Days

Who Should Attend This Course
Personnel who use the GeoProbe on a daily basis for Network Surveillance and Performance Monitoring. This course is a prerequisite for all other GeoProbe courses.

Prerequisites
A working knowledge of Telecommunications, SS7*, GSM/GPRS*, UMTS*, and/or VoIP protocols and window-driven systems.

*Prerequisites and course description may vary slightly for fixed or mobile configurations of the GeoProbe system.

Course Content

Purpose of the GeoProbe System
GeoProbe Hardware Elements
Functional Interface between GeoProbe Elements
GeoProbe Software Applications Overview
SpIstation
GeoProbe SpIstation User Interface
GeoProbe System Administration Mode
Network Status Mode
Network State Display
GPRS Status Display
GeoProbe Alarm Collection

Network Status Map Alarm Displays
Bullseye Alarm Display
User Call Trace Application
SUDStore and Failed Call/Transaction Applications
ReMON-Remote Monitoring-SS7 Links, GPRS, UMTS
Signal Unit (SU) Filtering Application
Ethereal Application
Mass Call Application
Behavioral Statistics Application
Real Time Statistics Application
Historical Statistics Reports

Recommendation
This course can be conducted either at a Tektronix Training facility or at the customer site. If on-site training is requested, it must be conducted on a fully operational GeoProbe Mobile system (some hands-on labs will be limited to lecture only, to avoid disrupting the in-service GeoProbe system).

If training is conducted at a Tektronix Training facility, only minimal simulations of SS7, GSM/GPRS, UMTS, and VoIP traffic are available.