VIAVI Solutions Inc. has announced the latest enhanced version of its Vertex channel emulation platform. With an instantaneous bandwidth of 400 MHz and support for carrier frequencies up to 23.6 GHz, Vertex 6.0 is the industry's first channel emulator designed for next-generation 6G and Wi-Fi 7/8 testing, natively supporting 6G waveform requirements and exceeding Wi-Fi 7/8 bandwidth requirements.

Rosenberger expands its range of passive intermodulation testing equipment with the latest generation of Rack PIM analyzers. This modular system has been designed for users in laboratory and production environments who require fast, accurate, and reliable PIM measurements across all relevant mobile frequency bands.

Using a quadrature error correction (QEC) algorithm can be a differentiating factor in extending Nyquist bandwidth in a software-defined MxFE® system. QEC is essential for expanding the capabilities of a 2-channel ADC receiver used in a quadrature sampling system. However, options also exist for using QEC in a more typical time-interleaved configuration. While both methods have distinct advantages, a comparison within this discussion will show that there is often a superior option depending on the application.

The 3GPP RAN5 technical working group, responsible for the testing specifications of 5G devices, has developed these test cases. Using the ME7873NR allows for the creation of an evaluation environment for 5G NR NTN devices.

The NTN is a communication system that integrates satellite and air communication technologies along with terrestrial infrastructure, taking advantage of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary Earth orbit (GEO).

Direct RF sampling systems are evolving to encompass broader capabilities, enabling them to capture a wider bandwidth, all within a single Nyquist zone. Simultaneous sampling from 2 GHz to 18 GHz allows for more sophisticated options for monitoring a wider spectrum, without frequency band overlap issues.

For a long time, it has been desirable to have an observation bandwidth capacity of 2 GHz to 18 GHz in a single Nyquist array for electronic warfare (EW) and communications intelligence (COMINT) systems. Interleaving ADC cores is one option for achieving this capability, but it requires a front-end analog bandwidth of 2 GHz to 18 GHz. Time interleaving is a popular method for doubling the sampling rate. However, there can be trade-offs with the challenge of processing large rates of raw data and the ability to digitally filter within the ADC.

EMITE and Anritsu Corporation announce an enhanced functionality for their wireless measurement solution (OTA), enabling the measurement of compliance with the latest IEEE 802.11be wireless LAN standard for 2x2 MIMO. The IEEE 802.11be standard is intended to succeed IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6/6E) and aims to support high-speed communications that significantly exceed the capabilities of its predecessor.

Viavi Solutions Inc. has announced the first solution to address the testing and validation needs of the emerging 1.6Tb/s ecosystem based on 224G SERDES. This new test module, the ONE-1600, is the latest addition to the company’s growing ONE LabPro™ platform, which also includes the HSE-800 800Gb/s test module. Designed to accommodate OSFP1600 and QSFP-DD1600 form factors, the ONE-1600 is initially available in a two-port configuration and incorporates 224G SERDES technology.

Pickering Interfaces will be showcasing its wide range of RF and microwave switching, including SPDT, transfer, MUX and matrix switches with bandwidths from DC to 110GHz, available in PXI, LXI and USB, as well as the latest version of its microwave switch design tool and new high-channel-count microwave MUX modules, at booth 142C of EuMW (European Microwave Week) 2024, which will be held at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France, from September 24-26, 2024.

Until recently, neutrinos were believed to be massless, but the current theory is that they do have mass, albeit a very small one, and that they exist in three different "flavors" that can alternate. Often called ghost particles, they are very difficult to study because they usually pass through most ordinary matter unimpeded and undetected, so specialized detectors must be built to hunt them down. The latest is called JUNO, located 750 meters underground in Jiangmen, China. It was made possible by the collaboration of 17 different countries and 730 scientists working at 74 universities and national laboratories, who joined forces on this €400 million project.

The Rohde & Schwarz R&S TS8991 has achieved CTIA certification for testing the performance of 5G A-GNSS antennas. This milestone makes the R&S TS8991 a certified 5G FR1 A-GNSS over-the-air (OTA) testing solution. The latest version 4.0.x of the CTIA certification wireless device performance over-the-air test plan has added 5G FR1 EN-DC to the existing A-GPS L1 OTA specification. The previously released version 6.0.x added 5G FR1 SA, A-GPS L5, and A-Galileo E1, which will initiate the CTIA certification validation process.

Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) today launched the industry’s first Reduced Capacity Device (RedCap) emulation for 5G network testing, enabling true performance validation for Internet of Things (IoT) and private networks based on a new class of simpler, lower-cost devices, including wearables, industrial wireless sensors, and video surveillance. This solution is based on the TM500 network test platform, used by most network equipment manufacturers for base station performance testing.

This application note describes how sweep polarization-dependent loss (PDL) measurements can be performed using a CTP10 test platform or a CT440-PDL component tester. In the configuration shown in the following figure, the CTP10's IL PDL OPM2 module enables both the generation of the 4 or 6 polarization states (SOPs) required for Mueller analysis in PDL determination and the measurement of the insertion loss (IL) of the device under test (DUT).

Today, more devices are wirelessly connected than ever before. They are found everywhere, from consumer electronics like laptops, smartphones, and wireless headphones, to household appliances like refrigerators and washing machines. They are also found in industrial plants, where robots and smart tools communicate with servers. Even today's cars can be considered "smartphones on wheels," where wireless connectivity is provided by a telematics control unit (TCU).

Viavi Solutions Inc. has introduced the T/Rx, a solution designed to meet the needs of professionals operating in complex radio frequency (RF) environments. The VIAVI T/Rx is a compact, lightweight, and rugged system that provides users with the ability to accurately and flexibly detect, capture, reproduce, alter, and train RF signals. Commercial applications include RF environment monitoring and recording, RF generation for network stress and load testing, interference detection and analysis, and spectrum decongestion.

To help explain the formation, evolution, and behavior of large-scale structures in the universe, such as galaxies, scientists have predicted the existence of dark matter. In fact, theory suggests that the universe may contain up to five times more dark matter than ordinary matter. Although the question of what constitutes dark matter remains unanswered, scientists have identified a number of candidate particles.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduces enhancements to its Nemo Device Application Test Suite. This software-centric solution uses automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to help wireless service providers and application developers accelerate the confirmation of real-world interactions between smartphone users and native apps.

Spectrum Instrumentation has created a new firmware option that enables the company's high-speed M5i digitizer cards (Figure 1) to perform onboard summation averaging. Averaging is a useful tool for reducing unwanted signal noise while simultaneously improving measurement resolution, dynamic range, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The new option allows the M5i digitizers to perform the averaging function using the integrated advanced Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology.

With the mission of supporting its deployment, Grupo COFITEL and its partner VIAVI Solutions supply the most complete range of solutions for validation, verification and visibility tasks of private 5G networks of any size.

VIAVI Solutions Inc. has announced the release of the flight line test suite for the ALT-9000 universal radio altimeter (RADALT). As manufacturers release RADALTs with more sophisticated waveforms to address safety and security issues in the aviation industry, the ALT-9000 adds fiber optic delay to traditional radio frequency (RF) testing, enabling it to test all types of RADALTs currently on the market.