“For telecommunication companies to succeed with their Wi-Fi Access Point (AP) offerings, they must address several questions before launch. Specifically, they need to understand their user experience relative to competitors and pinpoint areas for necessary improvement to gain a competitive edge.”
TPG Telecom, one of Australia’s leading telecommunications companies that provide services to residential, office, corporate, and government customers, set out to enhance home Wi-Fi performance for its users. To ensure its new Super Wi-Fi Modem could deliver a solid, reliable connection to users, TPG Telecom commissioned Allion Labs as its Wireless Product Quality Consultant. We developed a comprehensive validation strategy, conducted industry-standard performance tests, and benchmarked the Vodafone Super Wi-Fi Modem against leading in-market competitors.
Wireless Quality Consultant for TPG Telecom
As TPG Telecom’s wireless quality consultant, Allion provided end-to-end planning and support throughout the validation project:
- Defined validation goals and KPIs
- Selected twelve representable in market Wi-Fi access points (AP) for benchmarking
- Showed golden methodology and procedures to measure the performance of its Vodafone Super Wi-Fi Modem
- Conduct a comprehensive performance benchmarking evaluation of APs
- Built real-world wireless usage scenarios
- Provided insights and actionable optimization suggestion
Benchmarking Adhered to BBF TR-398
The benchmarking follows the BBF TR-398 standard, a globally recognized specification for assessing in-home wireless router performance, including RF capability, coverage, parameter reporting accuracy, and stability.
(Test Coverage of BBF TR-398)
Benchmarking Results: Vodafone Super Wi-Fi Modem vs. In-market Access Points
Allion benchmarked the Vodafone Super Wi-Fi Modem alongside twelve other in-market Wi-Fi access points. The results showed that the Vodafone Super Wi-Fi Modem outperformed the others in key performance metrics such as throughput. We are pleased to support TPG Telecom in its evaluation of next-generation wireless connectivity solution, helping the company to confidently navigate speedy and complex wireless connectivity demands.
(Source: whistleOut)
Why Leading Telecom Operators Choose Allion as Their Wireless Quality Consultant —5 Core Strengths
- Deep expertise in BBF TR-398, Wi-Fi 6/6E/7 standards, wireless performance consulting, and Allion’s Golden Methodology, ensuring consistent, repeatable, and engineering-grade test results.
- An Authorized Test Laboratory (ATL) accredited to perform IEEE 802.11be certification testing for Wi-Fi Alliance members. Allion assisted BUFFALO Inc, to validate that its WXR18000BE10P router meets program requirements and achieves Wi-Fi 7 certification.
- Advanced scenario-based simulation capabilities that accurately replicate real-world usage scenarios in our Smart Application Simulation Center (SASC).
- Deployment of Multi-Wi-Fi 7 STAs and Real-World Environment Simulation (e.g., interference, traffic, mesh roaming) using the Allion Wireless Equipment (AWE) Solution, enabling operators to validate Wi-Fi equipment and device performance.
- Neutral environment, third-party benchmarking and competitive analysis, providing credibility, validity and clear insights for product positioning and optimization.
