Huawei has endorsed Anritsu’s MT8870A high-speed wireless test platform for its RF calibration and validation tests. The Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A supports the Hi2110 and Hi2115 NB-IoT chipsets designed for IoT use cases. Anritsu’s MT88xx series’ long-established connectivity and cellular test methodologies provide Huawei with improved product quality and manufacturing efficiency. “Anritsu’s wireless test […]
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Signal analyzer software addresses 5G NR test requirements
New 5G measurement software for the Anritsu MS2850A signal analyzer complies with the 3GPP 5G New Radio (5G NR) standard. With the software installed, the MS2850A lets engineers verify the RF Tx qualities of next-generation 5G base stations and mobile devices, as well as satellite communications equipment and wideband communications systems. Specifically developed for the […]
Keysight Technologies, Samsung complete 5G interoperability tests
Keysight Technologies, Inc. says it has run successful inter-operability tests of its User Equipment (UE) Emulation Solution and Samsung’s new 5G base station based on 5G New Radio (NR) standards. Keysight and Samsung have agreed to align their plans to enable 5G base station testing and build an ecosystem of interoperable products. Combining Samsung’s product […]
Test suite accelerates EMI/EMC compliance testing
The EMCVu is a test suite targeting EMI/EMC pre-compliance testing and troubleshooting. Developed by Tektronix, EMCVu aims to give engineers an accurate, convenient and cost-effective approach to determine if their product designs will pass EMC emission compliance testing on the first try. At the core of the new solution are the Tektronix real-time USB spectrum […]
Researchers demonstrate first data transmission through terahertz multiplexer
Researchers are heralding a technology demonstration as a predecessor to the next generation of ultra-high bandwidth wireless communications links. A research team writing in the journal Nature Communications, reported the first transmission of two real-time video signals through a terahertz multiplexer at an aggregate data rate of 50 gbps, some 100x faster than cellular networks. […]
Software helps analyze WiFi and LTE performance
Wireless InSite is a site-specific radio propagation software for the analysis of wireless systems. The update of Wireless InSite improves its Communication Systems Analyzer functions with WiFi and LTE metrics for in situ assessment of devices such as smart home appliances and intelligent personal assistant devices, wireless access points (routers), LTE base stations, and more. […]
New radio test capabilities devised for 3GPP 5G wireless setups
What is billed as an industry first 5G NR ready device workflow solution is said to address the entire device R&D workflow and scales from sub-6 GHz to mmWave. The UXM 5G Wireless Test Platform, developed by Keysight Technologies, Inc., is said to help prototype and develop 5G chipsets and devices while keeping up with […]
Gigabit LTE and cellular IoT testing functions augment base station simulator
Software options for the Anritsu Signalling Tester MD8430A expand the LTE-Advanced Pro (LTE-A Pro) testing functions of the base station simulator. With the new software options, the MD8430A supports Gigabit LTE and Cellular IoT scenarios to create a comprehensive test solution that can efficiently verify LTE-A Pro-compliant chipsets and wireless devices. The new functions let […]
Basics of measuring antenna properties
An antenna is simply a conductor or conductor array, usually metal. But how it is situated and terminated that determines its behavior in transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation. Let’s start with an antenna that is configured to transmit. An oscillating voltage applied at a terminal will cause current to flow through the antenna. A transmitting […]
Comprehensive PCI Express 4.0 test system conducts automated transmit/receive compliance tests, link equalization verification
Anritsu Co. U.S. and Teledyne LeCroy have partnered to provide a PCI Express 4.0 (PCIe Gen4) test solution, integrating the Anritsu Signal Quality Analyzer (SQA) MP1900A BERT with the LabMaster 10Zi-A oscilloscope and QPHY-PCIe4-Tx-Rx software from Teledyne LeCroy. This system provides high-speed IC, device, and network engineers with one complete solution to conduct automated transmitter […]
