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Development Support

The Real World

A Silicon Valley start-up was developing a new wireless communication device specifically for the medical industry. Upon receipt of the first prototypes, testing indicated serious performance problems that were well below the design specification. Were these problems due to the hardware design, the wireless environment or the testing tools themselves?

The Real Solution

This company needed a highly reliable tool capable of capturing and analyzing all wireless traffic. Not just a monitoring tool that displays the current, statistical view of the wireless environment, but a product capable of reliably collecting each and every wireless packet, and analyzing this data both in real-time and post-capture. This company equipped each of its development engineers with a copy of AiroPeek NX (superseded by OmniPeek), providing each engineer with a portable wireless test and analysis solution capable of distinguishing wireless environment issues from product design issues. This also provided the engineers with valuable information to help them build a more robust solution capable of high-quality operation even when faced with difficult wireless environment conditions.

The Real Benefits

Efficiency in the development process is critical. Time spent troubleshooting during the development phase either takes away from time spent on additional new functionality, or adds significant costs and schedule delays to the product. AiroPeek NX allowed this customer to efficiently and effectively troubleshoot a product in one of the most challenging environments today – wireless. AiroPeek separated real product deficiencies from environmental issues, allowed product changes to be quickly analyzed and overall product performance could be assessed in a variety of wireless conditions.