Because over 70% of the performance of a mobile app is dependent on the network, organizations must consider the effect of the mobile network on the end user experience before an app is deployed. Every second of delay results in increased user abandonment, sending traffic to competitive sites and applications, and decreasing the likelihood those users will return. Shunra NV™ for Mobile is the only network virtualization solution designed specifically for mobile app testing. Shunra NV for Mobile reduces the risk of poor mobile performance and helps organizations test, validate and optimize performance of their mobile apps before deployment. 

Shunra NV for Mobile bridges the gap between development and deployment by enabling users to fully and accurately assess the behavior and impact of the network on mobile apps before they are introduced to end users. It does so by virtualizing real-world mobile network conditions within testing environments, making test results more reliably predictive of how an application will behave for end users. In addition, NV for Mobile includes robust analytic capabilities that provide deep-dive root cause analysis of performance bottlenecks, a mobile performance scorecard and automated optimization recommendations that have been proven to improve mobile app performance by over 40%.

Built on the Shunra Network Virtualization engine, NV for Mobile offers specific functionality critical to testing mobile apps:

• Because mobile network conditions are extremely dynamic and vary by carrier, location and time of day, it is essential for testing environments to accurately recreate multiple mobile network scenarios in order to analyze application performance and the affect of network conditions on different mobile user populations. Shunra NV for Mobile features a multi-flow capability that allows users to define a mobile test scenario that simultaneously emulates multiple user locations, each with its own unique set of virtualized mobile network conditions.
• Increasingly, streaming video and audio is being delivered over mobile networks. Delivering streaming video across these networks is challenging as constantly changing conditions can impact user experience. As a result, organizations have turned to HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) which supports multiple alternate streams being delivered at different bit rates; this enables client software to intelligently switch streams based on detected changes in network bandwidth. As organizations turn to HLS, their performance testing must be equipped appropriately. NV for Mobile can decode HLS streams and analyze it as part of Shunra's standard HTTP analysis capabilities.

In addition, Shunra NV for Mobile makes performance testing and analysis easier for organizations developing and deploying mobile apps:

• Shunra NV Analytics can analyze all Shunra NV and standard PCAP files. As a stand-alone analysis engine, Shunra NV Analytics allows testers to reverse-engineer PCAP files generated by other applications and analyze those files as if they were generated by Shunra's network virtualization solutions.
• Shunra NV Analytics also includes enhanced reports that detail Resource Breakdown, Endpoint Latencies and analysis of secure HTTPS communications. By reporting and detailing latency for each host and "top-talker", testers will be able to validate tests are routed correctly and ensure they are aware of all resources or hosts.
• Emulation control, packet capture and statistics with a REST-based API and CLI allows for remote operation of NV for Mobile, as opposed to access being restricted to a single workstation. This enables NV for Mobile to operate in a shared testing environment, with multiple users accessing the technology at different times.
• Shunra NV for Mobile is able to import real-world mobile network profiles captured by Shunra NetworkCatcher or provided by Shunra's global library of mobile and broadband network conditions.

Mobile is a critical channel for customer communication and represents a signficant competitive advantage in today's always-on, always-connected world. But with mobile, you only have one chance to make a first impression, and end user patience is waning. Just 250ms of delay can negatively impact revenue, productivity, customer loyalty and brand. Businesses cannot afford to take that chance. Contact Shunra today to find out how organizations leverage Shunra's network virtualization capabilities in their mobile environment and regularly report performance improvements of over 25%.