Overview

The Tropper Technologies System Sentinel tool suite comprises our mobile data collection clients and our Cobalt real-time data viewer. This 3G/4G product suite delivers a high performance, cost effective solution to network providers, terminal manufacturers and infrastructure manufacturers alike, by providing:

From your desktop, real time, system wide view of the network.

Argon                 Download the current Argon release here 

                      "Quick Start Guide": Argon (Data) 

                      Download the current Argon Voice Call Extension here 

                      "Quick Start Guide": Argon (Voice Call Extension)

Argon is a mobile-based client application that runs on Android-enabled User Equipment.

Argon measures performance (reflecting the handset processor capabilities) from the user's perspective.

Argon displays and logs data. In addition, Argon “pushes” data to the Cobalt server in real time.

Key metrics include:

From your desktop, real time, system wide view of the network.

Iron is a laptop-based client application that runs under the Windows O/S. Iron measures performance from the user perspective (in the absence of any possible handset processor constraints).

Iron can be used to uncover the achievable upper bound on application layer performance. In this way, application layer performance from the user perspective on the handset can be compared to an achievable upper bound.

Measurement data is "pushed" to our Real Time Server System.  From there, the data is distributed to both our Cobalt Real Time data viewer as well as to our Hemisphere Data Warehouse. In addition, GPS data is acquired via our GPS helper client and is likewise "pushed" to our Real Time Server System.

Key metrics include:

From your desktop, real time, system wide view of the network.

Call Doctor is a laptop-based client application that runs under the Windows O/S (Vista and Windows 7) and communicates with devices under test via Bluetooth.

Call Doctor establishes mobile originated voice calls and accumulates statistics from all the devices under test.

Measurement data is "pushed" to our Real Time Server System.  From there, the data is distributed to both our Cobalt Real Time data viewer as well as to our Hemisphere Data Warehouse.

In addition, GPS data is acquired via our GPS helper client and is likewise "pushed" to our Real Time Server System.

From your desktop, real time, system wide view of the network.

Cobalt                  Jump to Cobalt Online Tools page here

Cobalt is a server-side browser application that runs in Internet Explorer.

Cobalt receives data from our mobile clients, including location, and plots the position of the device on a map in real time.

Cobalt provides a network level view of system performance, for all connected devices.

Key metrics include:

From your desktop, real time, system wide view of the network.

Use Cases

Please feel free to download our Use Cases white paper here:  Use Cases