Ixia Acquires Wireless Test Company And Introduces IxWLAN Test Suite For 802.11 Testing

Calabasas, CA -- Ixia introduced IxWLAN, a comprehensive new family of tools focused on 802.11 capacity and performance testing. The new product line is a result of the acquisition of privately-held Communication Machinery Corporation (CMC).

IxWLAN offers a set of test solutions that combine CMC's 802.11 station emulation and security expertise with Ixia's market-leading traffic generation and functional test applications, such as IxChariot, IxExplorer, IxLoad, IxVoice, and IxVerify.

"Ixia continues to execute on its strategy of integrating companies with proven technology that enable us to extend the capabilities of our single platform solution and gain access to new customer segments. The introduction of IxWLAN is a direct result of our acquisition of CMC, opening up the first of several high growth wireless test markets for Ixia," said Cliff Hannel, vice president acquisitions and strategy for Ixia. "The IxWLAN offering allows us to immediately provide a competitive solution for the testing needs of 802.11 equipment manufacturers, service providers, and enterprises."

IxWLAN is a portable open-air and cabled RF test solution providing repeatable WLAN tests with full 802.11i support. Complex performance test scenarios can be fully automated with IxWLAN to reduce the test time of WLAN access points, switches, and 802.11 networks. By leveraging Ixia's existing applications, IxWLAN can perform triple-play testing using voice, video and data traffic.

SOURCE: Ixia