Resources

White Paper 2018-04-18

NB-IoT Success Hinges on Overcoming 3 Challenges

Ensuring NB-IoT devices and systems are fully optimized for use in the industrial IoT (IIoT) requires critical attention to battery life, network coverage, and cost.

2018-04-18

White Paper 2018-04-13

Key Technologies Needed to Advance Mission-Critical IoT

To succeed in the mission-critical Internet of Things (IoT), designers, manufacturers, network operators, and service providers must take a proactive approach to dealing with the challenges they face.

2018-04-13

White Paper 2017-12-05

Emerging Solutions to Hybrid and Electric Vehicle DC:DC Converter Design and Test

Discusses design and test challenges for DC:DC converters in electric vehicles (EV), and the new EV test solutions needed to reduce cost and provide performance.

2017-12-05

White Paper 2017-12-01

Exploring 5G Coexistence Scenarios

Presents three sets of case studies and describes a flexible testbed suitable for use in an R&D setting.

2017-12-01

White Paper 2017-11-13

OTA Test for Millimeter-Wave 5G NR Devices and Systems

Learn the challenges of over-the-air (OTA) testing and the associated test methods of millimeter-wave devices.

2017-11-13

White Paper 2017-11-01

Lack of Visibility Drives Public Cloud Security Risk

Ixia commissioned Dimensional Research to conduct a survey of cloud users to understand their top concerns about managing cloud operations.

2017-11-01

White Paper 2017-11-01

Understanding the 5G NR Physical Layer

Learn what’s new with the recent 3GPP NR specification released in December 2017.

2017-11-01

White Paper 2017-10-01

Ensure Optimal SD-WAN Network Performance and Service QoE

Understand the pre-deployment network infrastructure validation and post-deployment SLA and performance monitoring required to ensure successful SD-WAN implementations.

2017-10-01

White Paper 2017-09-01

Monitoring Virtual/Cloud Environments

Ensure service resilience in virtual environments, and provide pervasive data access to the right tool, at the right time, and in the right place.

2017-09-01

White Paper 2017-08-09

Security and Performance Monitoring in the Public Cloud

Explore the pros and cons of different approaches to monitoring data in the public cloud.

2017-08-09

White Paper 2017-08-01

Making Dollar$ and Sense Out of Enterprise Security Testing

Look at solutions and technologies that can cost-effectively model and apply the realism found in your company’s one-of-a-kind network.

2017-08-01

White Paper 2017-08-01

The Role of Active SSL Decryption In Network Monitoring

Learn how a network packet broker can decrypt the data and then aggregate, filter, and data mask the data as needed before it is sent to monitoring and security tools for analysis.

2017-08-01

White Paper 2017-08-01

Key Building Blocks for Internet of Things (IoT)

Understand the key building blocks of IoT and how they work together; and if a particular IoT product or service is functional, safe, and conforms to industry standards.

2017-08-01

White Paper 2017-08-01

Architecting for Security Resilience

Reduce network downtime, enable upgrading tools with zero network impact, and extend the useful life of your security investments.

2017-08-01

White Paper 2017-07-03

Test Considerations for 5G

See how 5G technology differs from 4G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) and will bring together some of the most challenging aspects of existing approaches.

2017-07-03

White Paper 2017-07-01

IxSecure: 360° Security Protection

Learn how test, visibility, and data intelligence can change your security.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Ixia Security Fabric: Security Through Visibility, Context, and Simplicity

Explore the benefits of adding visibility, context, performance, and resilience to security operations.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Uncompromised Visibility and Security Performance

Avoid “network blind spots” that increase the risk of security breaches and possible data loss with performance repercussions.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Tolly Network Packet Broker Test Report

Obtain greater return on your IT investment by dramatically improving the effectiveness of your security and monitoring tools.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Mitigating NFV Risks

The key to mitigating risk in NFV implementations is a continuous testing and remediation process.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Plan Your Firewall Migration to Increase Security Resilience

Make sure your overall security architecture is designed to help your tools deliver maximum value and efficiency.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

How To Mitigate Five IT Problems Affecting The Financial Industry

Minimize security breaches, reduce cyber theft, use technology specifically to improve overall network performance.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-07-01

Evaluating Inline Security Fabric: Key Considerations

Learn the features and functions of Ixia’s Security Fabric solution and what makes this solution unique in the industry.

2017-07-01

White Paper 2017-06-13

Calibration Techniques for Improved MIMO and Beamsteering Characterization

Focuses on calibration methods required for a multi-channel test-receiver to effectively characterize and visualize the MIMO and beamforming performance of comms transmitter designs.

2017-06-13

White Paper 2017-01-10

Best Practices for Network Monitoring

Learn how a network packet broker can be effectively used to filter out unnecessary data and load balance data across multiple tools.

2017-01-10

White Paper 2016-12-17

Managing the Elastic Cloud Visibility Surface

Effective monitoring in these multi-tenant environments, where usage is elastic and access is limited, requires its own type of visibility.

2016-12-17

White Paper 2016-12-02

Wi-Fi and LTE Coexistence – Validation Methods

Validate and test the impact of new technologies on Wi-Fi networks using an automated, repeatable multinetwork Wi-Fi baseline environment in which the impact of interfering networks can be measured and analyzed.

2016-12-02

White Paper 2016-11-30

Simplified Programming of a Visibility Layer Can Have a Big Impact on Application Performance

Use visibility solutions to have a complete view of your current operating environment and gain an understanding of the impact of network changes.

2016-11-30

White Paper 2016-11-08

The Importance of Lossless Network Visibility

Learn the importance of zero loss visibility on network monitoring.

2016-11-08

White Paper 2016-11-01

Proving Change in Business-Critical Environments

How testing helps you manage change to have more successful projects, roll-outs, and updates.

2016-11-01

White Paper 2016-09-27

Mitigating Risk in Private Cloud Projects

Understand why the key to mitigating risk is a continuous testing and remediation process.

2016-09-27

White Paper 2016-08-01

Four-Step DDoS Mitigation Process

DDoS attacks are a big risk to any business with an online presence; learn how to be truly ready and protect your most valuable assets when faced with an attack.

2016-08-01

White Paper 2016-07-01

Adding Scale and Security Testing to VMware Environments

Test your next generation of applications within your existing virtual environment at a lower cost and without major networking constraints.

2016-07-01

White Paper 2016-05-01

Simulating a DDoS Attack in Your Own Lab

Constructing a simple DDoS simulation in your own lab will give you the immediate benefit of experiencing a “real” DDoS attack to test your people and processes.

2016-05-01

White Paper 2016-02-22

Right Load Switching and Simulation Design Choices for High Current and Mechatronic Functional Tests

2016-02-22

Case Study 2018-01-23

Automotive Radar Test Solution

A coherent and future-ready automotive radar test solution with precise verification of mmWave radar signals can ensure your design performs at it's best in preventing accidents and saving lives on the road.

2018-01-23

Case Study 2017-12-07

Visibility Helps Retailer Reduce Mean-Time-to-Resolution by 75%

A large retail pharmacy was able to increase data access and the efficiency of their growing portfolio of monitoring tools by deploying Ixia taps and Vision series packet brokers. By eliminating blind spots in their view of network traffic, the company was able to quickly identify and resolve performance issues.

2017-12-07

Case Study 2017-12-01

Semiconductor Manufacturer Likes Familiarity, Enhanced Features of the New 34461A

The R&D team for a semiconductor manufacturer found the new Keysight DMM provided the familiar feel with the addiition of high-current measurement capabilities.

2017-12-01

Case Study 2017-12-01

Simple DMM Enhancements Make Big Difference to Silicon Designers

Discusses how simple DMM enhancements make a big difference to Silicon designers.

2017-12-01

Case Study 2017-11-24

Transphorm Details Know-how around Circuit Design and Associated Layouts

Understand the characteristics of GaN power transistors and design them using an appropriate method and process.

2017-11-24

Case Study 2017-11-10

ROHM Develops Additional Product Families to Promote CXPI Leveraging Keysight’s CXPI Bus

Keysight’s CXPI bus analyzer played an active role in supporting ROHM in its design evaluations of industry’s first CXPI transceiver.

2017-11-10

Case Study 2017-11-10

Entertainment Arena Validates New Cutting-Edge Wi-Fi Services

See how the arena validated their Wi-Fi coverage plan and network performance to find two pre-deployment design defects, and in the end made, the new service a resounding success.

2017-11-10

Case Study 2017-11-08

Corsa Technology Finds the Right 100Gbps Network Security Test Solution

Corsa Technology, a high-performance network security enforcement platform vendor could accelerate time-to-market by quickly isolating issues and validating their latest service provider designs under the most realistic conditions. Ixia’s Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) streams with the latest attack signature updates helped the product be ready to test for resilience under latest attacks.

2017-11-08

Case Study 2017-11-08

Children's Health Care System Improves Visibility and Solves Application Performance Issues

Cook Children's Health Care System reduced their mean time to repair for network issues and increased monitoring tool efficiency.

2017-11-08

Case Study 2017-11-03

Validating Automotive Ethernet Conformance and Performance

Explores how the BMW Group was successful in validating their automotive Ethernet toolchain, getting visibility into the performance of the switches integrated in ECUs.

2017-11-03

Case Study 2017-11-01

IMECAS Uses MBP to Create a PDSOI PN Junction Model

Researchers from the Institute of Microelectronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMECAS) have proposed a new simulation model for the PN junction based on SOI.

2017-11-01

Case Study 2017-10-27

BYD Plans For Growth With Faster Automotive Ethernet Testing

BYD, an automotive company in China, used a joint Ixia and Keysight Technologies solution enabling them to validate all of the automotive Ethernet test cases necessary, while also reducing the test time needed.

2017-10-27

Case Study 2017-10-10

Hangzhou Dianzi University Uses IC-CAP to Extract a Novel, Small-Signal Model for Bulk FinFETs

Hangzhou Dianzi University created a novel compact model for bulk FinFETs that accommodates self-heating behaviors.

2017-10-10

Case Study 2017-10-07

University Uses ADS to Create an Impedance Matching Method for Wireless Battery Charging

Learn how NCKU created an impedance matching method for wireless battery charging using Keysight ADS.

2017-10-07

Case Study 2017-07-24

Mini ICT with VTEP Accurately Detects Solder Failure on SMT Connector

Learn how one customer reported reduction in bone pile and significant savings on scrap cost after using the Mini ICT systems with VTEP.

2017-07-24

Case Study 2017-07-10

i3070 Inline ICT Improves Functional Test Yield of SSDs

Find out how one customer reported first pass yield results of more than 95% with less than 0.5% false failures, after installing the i3070 Series 5 Inline ICT systems.

2017-07-10

Case Study 2017-06-07

STMicroelectronics and ESEO Use ADS to Design a 2.45 GHz Wireless Power Scavenging Circuit

Learn how STMicroelectronics and ESEO designed a 2.45 GHz wireless scavenging circuit using Advanced Design System (ADS).

2017-06-07

Case Study 2017-06-01

vTaps and Vision ONE Solve Government Data Access

Integrated virtualized visibility platform eliminates blind spots and maximize monitoring effectiveness.

2017-06-01

Case Study 2017-06-01

Analyzing Virtual Data at Full Network Performance

Visibility solution secures network traffic between virtual machines while filtering out personal data.

2017-06-01

Case Study 2017-05-01

Service Provider Maximizes Visibility in Mobile Networks

As a mobile service provider's network had grown, the existing solution was not able to keep up with the traffic. Ixia's solution complemented the monitoring architecture and provided the data needed to ensure service assurance and big data analysis.

2017-05-01

Case Study 2017-04-26

Health Institute Cuts Network Diagnosis Time from Days to Hours

Combining the IXIA Network Packet Broker with Riverbed’s OPNET performance monitoring system, a Texas healthcare provider was able to increase network speeds, shrink network troubleshooting times from days to hours. They also reduced their mean time to repair (MTTR) by 80% saving them big on IT operational expenses.

2017-04-26

Case Study 2017-04-25

Government Agency Reduces Network Security Costs $260K

Using a network packet broker (NPB) whose processes reduce the volume of monitoring data that needed to be inspected by the customer's security tools, the government agency was able to improve their network security and lower costs.

2017-04-25

Case Study 2017-04-01

Republic Polytechnic Partners with Ixia to Nurture Cyber Security Professionals

Cyber security program builds a pool of skilled professionals.

2017-04-01

Case Study 2017-03-30

Service Provider Secures Network, Blocks Threats, and Boosts Efficiency

ThreatARMOR intelligence gateway run in passive mode on the service provider's production network identified data leakage to a malicious IP address.

2017-03-30

Case Study 2017-03-17

STMicroelectronics and University of Lyon Predict EMI Using ADS

Learn how STMicroelectronics and University of Lyon designers used ADS to develop a network parameter block technique.

2017-03-17

Case Study 2017-02-10

Service Provider Strengthens Defense Against Cyberattacks

Seeking a strong security infrastructure that would identify and prevent cyberattacks in real-time, while minimizing network latency and any impact on its end-users, the Internet provider deployed Ixia's iBypass switch and NPB.

2017-02-10

Case Study 2017-01-23

Hawkeye – Continuous Proactive Bandwidth Monitoring

Using Hawkeye, network infrastructure teams can conduct specific active bandwidth measurements to understand the peaks and troughs of bandwidth availability.

2017-01-23

Case Study 2017-01-23

Hawkeye – Monitor Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality

Hawkeye active monitoring is a cost-efficient way to deploy a monitoring solution to validate quality of voice deployments in a distributed multi-site environment.

2017-01-23

Case Study 2017-01-23

Hawkeye – Ensure Your Network is Ready for Lync-Skype for Business

Network readiness assessment for UC relies on a methodical approach. Ixia Professional Services and our partners use Hawkeye solutions to systematically monitor IP network bandwidth and help customers determine optimal UC implementation.

2017-01-23

Case Study 2017-01-23

Hawkeye – Ensure Wireless Deployment Quality

Conduct wireless network assessments with Hawkeye by deploying wireless-enabled endpoints in different locations on a campus; or between different sites with software endpoints deployed on Android, iOS, MS Windows, or Linux devices.

2017-01-23

Case Study 2017-01-12

Educational Institution

Based on a survey of Ixia visibility solutions customers, an educational institution was able to reduce the traffic load on their monitoring or security tools by almost 60% with Ixia’s solutions.

2017-01-12

Case Study 2017-01-09

Federal Government

Read how a government reduced the traffic load on their monitoring or security tools by almost 60% with Ixia’s visibility solutions.

2017-01-09

Case Study 2017-01-09

State and Local Government

Read how a state government reduced the traffic load on their monitoring or security tools by almost 40% with Ixia’s visibility solutions.

2017-01-09

Case Study 2017-01-09

Global 500 Aerospace and Defense Company

Read how an A&D company reduced the traffic load on their monitoring or security tools by almost 40% with Ixia’s visibility solutions.

2017-01-09

Case Study 2017-01-04

Global 500 Energy and Utilities Company

Reported in a survey of Ixia visibility solutions customers, a Global 500 energy and utilities company realized a return on investment within six months.

2017-01-04

Case Study 2017-01-04

State and Local Government Agency

Read how the government agency realized a return on investment within three months.

2017-01-04

Case Study 2016-11-02

Full Network Visibility across Complex Health Care Delivery System

A large health care delivery system can now monitor 12 times the number of access points for increased visibility and a 40 percent reduction in mean time to resolution (MTTR).

2016-11-02

Case Study 2016-10-19

Ericsson and Freiburg U. Design High Q Power Harvesting Circuit Using ADS

The Internet of Things (IoT) fulfills a promise of a more efficient and connected world. But with dozens of devices per household, battery management must become wireless and autonomous. This problem is now being solved through power harvesting, which enables a circuit to power itself from energy in the environment.

2016-10-19

Case Study 2016-10-14

Safeguarding Against Cyberattacks

With reliable threat intelligence and better network monitoring Ixia tools offer, a personal lines insurer was able to strengthen network security and overall effectiveness.

2016-10-14

Case Study 2016-06-22

Telecom Virtualizes Faster with Confidence

2016-06-22

Case Study 2016-06-22

Service Provider Automates Virtual Testing for Faster vIMS Migration

Discover how a US telecom company achieved up to 5x cost savings and sped up time to revenue with test automation that spanned network performance, cloud test, application virtualization.

2016-06-22

Case Study 2016-06-21

Broadband Service Provider Migrates to Cloud

Automated testing, network monitoring, and network security and video testing reduced deployment time significantly and streamlined operations.

2016-06-21

Case Study 2016-04-14

Manufacturer Works with Ixia to Validate Switch Functionality

2016-04-14

Case Study 2016-04-01

French ISP Relies on Ixia Network Testing and Monitoring Solutions

Network testing and network monitoring solutions helped improve visibility and quality of experience for users.

2016-04-01

Case Study 2016-01-09

Fortune 500 Retail Company

Read how a Fortune 500 company reduced the traffic load on their monitoring or security tools by almost 60% with Ixia’s visibility solutions.

2016-01-09

Case Study 2015-12-15

Minimizing Design Risk, Shortening Development Time of a Digital Transmission System

Powerful design and simulation software provides valuable insights to help uncover and solve difficult design challenges at every stage of the design process.

2015-12-15

Case Study 2015-08-07

Minimize Risk When Deploying or Updating RF Power Amplifier Test Systems

Describes the experience of 3 customers who implemented or are in the process of implementing Keysight's RF PA/FEM characterization and test, Reference Solution.

2015-08-07

Case Study 2015-04-21

Thales Nederland Reaps the Benefits of Keysight Onsite Calibration

Product equipment shipment delays and cost overruns due to long turnaround times for calibration are solved by Onsite Calibration.

2015-04-21

Case Study 2015-04-15

Risk Factors of Utilizing Unauthorized Third-Party Suppliers for In-Circuit Test

Reports the potential risks customers may have to face by engaging services from unauthorized 3rd party suppliers for 3070 and i3070 products and services.

2015-04-15

Case Study 2014-09-18

HeatWave Electro-Thermal Simulation

A mixed-signal design team at a large IDM redesigned a signal amplifier IC for an electromechanical device.

2014-09-18

Case Study 2014-08-03

Turn Your Keysight Handheld Meter into a Data Logger

Petros Electric turns Keysight handheld meter with U1177A IR-to-Bluetooth® adapter with an Android phone or tablet PC into a Data Logger.

2014-08-03

Case Study 2014-08-03

A Major Sewing Machine Company Success Story

An example of the Power Device Analyzer / Curve Tracer being used to achieve reliable product development and production.

2014-08-03

Case Study 2014-08-01

Surviving State Disruptions Caused by Test

Discusses new instructions for IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan tests that can remove "lobotomy problems" during tests.

2014-08-01

Case Study 2013-09-30

Nanotribology of Hard Thin Film Coatings: Using the G200 Nanoindenter

Studies the changes in elastic modulus and hardness of thin film as measured using the nanoindenter and the continuous stiffness measurement option, which measures the mechanical properties as a continuous function of depth.

2013-09-30

Case Study 2012-11-09

Asahi Kaesei Microdevices Corporation Develops High-End, Low-Noise Process

AKM develops the highest low-noise process by using Keysight's state of the art 1/f noise measurement system.

2012-11-09