Test & Measurement

Keysight Technologies has been selected as the sole supplier of 5G network emulation solutions by Xiaomi, a leading Chinese electronics company, to accelerate development of its 5G NR mobile devices. 5G devices operating on mmWave frequencies rely on phased array antenna and beamforming technologies to address higher data throughput requirements.

Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with SGS, an inspection, verification, testing and certification company, on 5G conformance testing. SGS has been leveraging Keysight's solutions for more than 10 years. The company has relied on Keysight's test and measurement solutions for 3GPP LTE and 3G (WCDMA) regulatory, protocol and RF testing.

Samsung’s System LSI Business has successfully completed 5G NR full stack IODT (Interoperability Development Testing) with its Exynos Modem 5100 using Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and protocol test/RF measurement software.

Three base models providing frequency ranges from 5kHz to 6GHz, 13.6GHz and 26.5GHz have been added to the Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Rider FPH family of spectrum analysers. The R&S Spectrum Rider FPH was the industry's first handheld spectrum analyser to offer a capacitive touchscreen and a unique frequency upgrade concept via keycodes.

Link Microtek has introduced a compact entry-level personal monitor that has been designed to provide a cost effective means of alerting telecoms workers to the presence of strong electromagnetic fields.

A 13-model family of 8GHz solid-state RF PXI switches, including SPDT, SP4T, SP6T, SP8T, SP16T and 4x4 Matrix devices has been unveiled by Pickering Interfaces. The series 40-88xA high-performance switch family now covers 10MHz to 8GHz in the modular PXI format for easy system integration.

Keysight Technologies has extended its collaboration with Bluetest to integrate Keysight’s 5G New Radio (NR) network emulation solutions with Bluetest's reverberation chamber for Over-the-Air (OTA) testing of 5G NR devices in sub-6GHz (FR1) frequency bands.

The S9100A 5G multi-band vector transceiver announced by Keysight Technologies is a compact and scalable 5G base station manufacturing test solution that enables network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to streamline volume test of 5G New Radio (NR) infrastructure equipment, accelerating deployment of 5G networks.

European Microwave Week in Madrid got off to a busy start as Rohde & Schwarz announced enhancements to its R&S FSW high-end analyser family. All R&S FSW models with a maximum input frequency of 26.5GHz and above are now available with a 2GHz internal analysis bandwidth option and an 800MHz bandwidth option for real-time analysis.

Rohde & Schwarz will present its Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signalling test solution for signalling RF tests under realistic conditions at Bluetooth World 2018 Santa Clara, California (September 18-19). Bluetooth Low Energy has emerged as a major transmission technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).