Aeroflex Adds Fading to Mobile Tester

Nov. 9, 2006

Aeroflex has added radio channel fading capability to its 6401 AIME third-generation (3G) mobile communications protocol test system. The fading capability provides as many as eight fading paths for each of three available Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) carriers, supporting the emulation of multipath fading with a variety of models. Fading models include constant, Rayleigh, Doppler, Periodic, and log-normal/constant behavior. When equipped with the fading capability, the test system satisfies all of the current 3GPP R and protocol conformance test radio channel profiles and allows users to customize their own profiles. For more information, visit the Aeroflex web site at:
http://www.aeroflex.com/

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.