Keysight's midrange solution accelerates characterization of power-amplifier designs for 5G transmitters and provides modulation distortion analysis with full vector correction...
As wireless applications and frequencies ramp up, test equipment must increase measurement capabilities, even when operating as battery-powered portables, into the mmWave range...
Developed in a collaborative effort between Keysight and CTTL, the platform implements and validates what's said to be the first dynamic MIMO over-the-air channel model for the...
The R&S SMW200A and SMM100A vector signal generators and FSW and FPS signal and spectrum analyzers have been approved by Qualcomm for testing the QRU100 5G RAN platform.
Wireless technologies place exacting demands on test equipment in terms of evaluation, calibration, and validation. This eBook looks at the trends and challenges driving designer...
Keysight's VNA solution, developed in collaboration with three other companies, efficiently characterizes on-wafer devices and circuits, speeding deployment of 5G/6G MMICs.
Spirent's 400G and 800G test platforms validate the cloud’s Ethernet backbone, ensuring support for the massive capacity demands of today and tomorrow.
Defense agencies, mobile network operators, and others have already invested heavily in spectrum-analysis solutions for cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Learn one of the most cost...
Microwave/RF cable assemblies are essential to the reliability and accuracy of 5G test and measurement. That’s why engineers must understand the impact assemblies have on test...
The success of 5G open networks depends on both end-to-end performance and core testing. We speak to Ian Langley at VIAVI Solutions and Shamik Mishra at Capgemini Engineering ...
5G infrastructure is growing by leaps and bounds, with more and more capability being added to the system. However, the effectiveness of the solution is strongly based on how ...
Small cells are crucial for mobile operator 5G network deployments, enabling increased coverage, high data rates, and low latencies. We talk with Rex Chen of LitePoint about some...
Increasing complexity and the need for higher frequencies and bandwidths, multiple channels, low-power operation, and space constraints are placing considerable demands on RF/...
5G mmWave physical-layer changes have sparked significant RF hardware design and antenna changes. Let’s explore some of the test challenges and considerations associated with ...
The Department of Defense has announced $600 million in awards for experimentation and testing on 5G systems and technology at five military research sites.
Become acquainted with one of the most economical and cost-effective methods to extend the performance of existing RF equipment to 5G frequencies, preserving significant earlier...
The potential reach of 5G into applications across all industries, let alone its speed, will demand test equipment that can handle mmWave frequencies and advanced RF and beamforming...
Anritsu validations included tests for non-standalone (NSA) mode, standalone (SA) mode, and frequency bands covering time-division duplex (TDD) and frequency-division duplex (...
With superior phase noise at higher frequencies, Keysight’s latest signal analyzer improves workflows for validation and manufacturing engineers of 5G radios.
As 5G begins to leverage high-frequency mmWave bands, engineers that used to work at RF frequencies will once again need to sharpen their skill sets and adopt new design and testing...
The 5G test cases presented here encompass RF characteristics, radio resource management (RRM), and protocol suites that work at the chipset, device, and base-station levels on...
Compared to 4G, test setups for 5G devices pose numerous challenges that include high-bandwidth signals, greater band coverage, and beamforming devices with no access to RF connectors...
Today’s 5G research challenges include investigation of waveforms, frequencies and bandwidths. Learn how to address the challenges with the new flexible testbed for 5G waveform...
Explore 5G cellular system waveforms, algorithms and techniques with Keysight’s 5G testbed hardware and software elements providing the flexibility needed to address the inherent...
Verizon has reiterated its plans to have preliminary 5G networks in place as soon as 2017, and kept its promise to start testing 5G networks early this year.
Microwaves & RF's Chris DeMartino talks with Chris Ziomek, vice president and general manager of LitePoint Design Test Solutions (DTS), about the state of wireless test verification...
When choosing a portable benchtop spectrum analyzer, the best value is in matching the performance and capabilities of an instrument to the waveforms under investigation.