Federated Wireless is pilot-testing a new Spectrum Access System sensor in partnership with the National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network to accelerate the development of a system supporting spectrum sharing with multiple access types.
The company focuses on sharing licensed spectrum and has a three-tiered SAS; Federated Wirelss spoke on the topic of spectrum sharing at 3.5 GHz at the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Techniques earlier this year(see RCR’s coverage here).
Federated Wireless said the pilot test of an Environmental Sensor Capability for its SAS is an important milestone and that the testing and validation “will help to accelerate the certification of a spectrum access services solution with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Defense (DoD), and ready the technology’s deployment.”
NASCTN was established earlier this year as a partnership among several federal agencies, including the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the DoD as well as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to explore spectrum sharing testing.
– Anritsu says new software packages launched this week make it the first vendor to offer a single-instrument system that supports 4-component carriers for LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation, with its MT8821C Radio Communication Analyzer. The equipment enables 4CA testing with 2×2 MIMO as well as testing of Category 11 devices (supporting up to 600 Mbps) and 13 devices. Data throughput tests up to 600 Mbps can be conducted. One of the packages includes a Voice over LTE voice-loopback option and supports power consumption and SAR tests during VoLTE calls and voice function tests.
Rohde & Schwarz and Prisma Telecom Testing collaborated to demonstrate 4-component-carrier testing capabilities at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, which involved multiple units in their set-up.
–Keysight Technologies launched new equipment for testing the higher data and power transfer abilities that are being demanded of busses in consumer electronics, such as USB 3.1 Gen 2 and other Type-C connectors, as well its third software donation this year to support electronics engineering education in South Korea.
–Tektronix has added automated support for 100G optical networking, aimed at simplifying conformance testing for the new 802.3b standard from IEEE for interoperability in 100G networks. Tektronix said the new solution offers the industry’s first fully automated Transmitter Dispersion Eye Closure (TDEC) measurement, as well as its 100GBASE-SR4 conformance test solution for making sure that new designs conform to the optical spec.
Tektronix will be highlighting its 100G and 400G testing solutions at ECOC 2015 next week.
– The European Telecommunications Standards Institute has a new white paper out on mobile edge computing and its implications for the network as technology evolves toward 5G, including a proof-of-concept framework specification. According to ETSI, MEC “is characterized by low latency, proximity, high bandwidth and real-time insight into radio network information and location awareness” and has implications for the connected car, intelligent video acceleration, gaming, the “Internet of Things” and more.
ETSI has established an industry specification group on MEC which started work in late 2014 and is in the process of “developing terminology, service scenarios, technical requirements (including use cases and their benefits) and a framework and reference architecture,” according to ETSI; once that’s done, they’ll start working on APIs, platform services and interfaces. Check out the white paper (pdf), and more information on the ISG MEC and its work here.
–Rohde & Schwarz‘ Broadcast Test Center has new compliance test support. The system is already being used in Thailand and Vietnam by telecommunications authorities.
