Keysight’s E7515W lets you test Wi-Fi 7 chipsets and systems.

As Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) chipsets, routers, access points, and mobile devices come into production, engineers need to test them for RF conformance and for protocol functionality. Keysight automates those tasks by adding Wi-Fi 7 testing with the E7515W. A variant on its UXM test platform, the E7515W provides test signals for RF testing and it simulates traffic for protocol testing. That combination lets you test devices from end to end.

On the RF PHY-layer side, the E7515W performs measurements that include error-vector magnitude (EVM) and adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR). It supports 4×4 MIMO and the new 320 MHz channel bandwidth. On the functional test side, the E7515W can emulate hundreds of Wi-Fi clients, performing tests on the media access control (MAC) layer.

The E7515W is available in two frequency ranges: 380 MHz to 6 GHz and 380 MHz to 7.125 GHz, which covers Wi-Fi’s extended frequency range introduced with Wi-Fi 6E. Those ranges apply to the instruments vector-signal generator and to its receiver.

The E7515W UXM Wireless Connectivity Test Platform is based on Keysight’s UXM series of wireless testers. Mosaab Abughalib, Senior R&D Director and General Manager for Keysight’s Wireless Test Group told EE World that you can add the 5G capabilities to the E7515W through a license key.

The instrument will be on display at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona.