Testing looks at "high C-Band" transmissions in the upper portion of the band
Concerns over potential interference between legacy radar altimeters in aircraft and new terrestrial 5G deployments in the C-Band spectrum sparked several federal testing and evaluation efforts. Amid the open question of whether...
With Open RAN, there’s the risk of trading vendor lock-in for system integrator lock-in
With greenfield success stories and increasing interest from brownfield players, it appears Open RAN is happening, but the question remaining is can it happen fast enough to meaningfully change the supplier...
New millimeter-wave 5G devices and chipsets have made significant progress in power use and compared to earlier iterations, according to new benchmark testing by Signals Research Group. SRG looked at the devices' electrical current drain in relationship to bandwidth consumption for both uplink and...
Tek launches its new PCIe Margin Tester
Tektronix is claiming that it has a new product category that provides disruptive capabilities and cost for PCI Express testing, saying that its newly unveiled Margin Tester takes a "completely new approach to PCIe validation testing."
In a demonstration...
Learn how NI’s new PXIe-4190 can help you measure current voltage (IV) and capacitance voltage (CV) measurements to extract critical information about a manufacturing process or validate device performance – all with a single instrument.
C-Band deployment delays over interference concerns. Shared CBRS spectrum. Significant coordination zones for 3.45-3.55 GHz. Spectrum is a finite resource, and while regulators continue to make additional airwaves available, it's often not free and clear. What does this mean for the cost and utility...
The engineers and technicians of tomorrow must be trained with the best test and measurement equipment of today. Employers expect graduates to be familiar with the tools and techniques used in the industry to hit the bench running with mastery of the most popular...
Keysight Technologies has added new testing features to its Nemo Device Application Testing Suite, with an eye toward artificial-intelligence-based assessment of device/app interactions.
"Service providers and mobile app developers need a reliable way to verify the real end-user experience of accessing over-the-top (OTT) applications...
Midband spectrum is often referred to as having the right mix of performance capability and coverage for mobile networks, particularly 5G, when compared to low-band or millimeter-wave spectrum. As midband spectrum is being deployed, what impact is it having on network performance?
-T-Mobile US'...
NTN applications are beginning to converge with cellular
Keysight Technologies has added updates to its flagship Pathwave design software to support designs for 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), by enabling architectural digital twins. Keysight says this changes the design flow from one that is hardware-centric to...
C-Band deployment delays over interference concerns. Shared CBRS spectrum. Significant coordination zones for 3.45-3.55 GHz. Spectrum is a finite resource, and while regulators continue to make additional airwaves available, it's often not free and clear. What does this mean for the cost and utility...
The groups hope to kickstart 5G RAN xApp research with the new tool
Mavenir has announced the release of ns-O-RAN, an open-source Open RAN simulator developed with researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT). Mavenir claims it’s the first open-source platform for end-to-end...
When it comes to 5G, no band is perfect. In low bands, 5G coverage is maximized and cell sizes can be quite large, the performance of 5G New Radio is limited because of smaller available channel bandwidths. Meanwhile, high-band, millimeter-wave 5G deployments have a...
First came the challenge program focused on exploring autonomous, real-time spectrum sharing. Now, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has put together a new program aimed at supporting the foundational computing for more intelligent and capable radios.
Amid current policy conversations about what a...
EXFO is now offering service assurance and analytics through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company's Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) test solution and advanced analytics reporting module is available to AWS customers in support of 5G networks; EXFO says that the module provides "segmented and...
Test and measurement equipment makter Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a new oscilloscope series that it says has the world's fastest real-time update rate and enables engineers to "see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope."
The new R&S MXO...
Open6G initiative is a cooperative industry/university/government research effort
The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and related technologies, including spectrum sharing, the use of artificial intelligence for interference mitigation and control,...
New Netscout report says botnets are "more potent than ever before"
Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets "continue to evolve at a frightening pace," according to a new security report from Netscout.
Netscout, which draw the anonymized...
All enterprise eyes are on the development and deployment of private 5G cellular networks, as businesses seek new flexibility and capabilities that traditional IT infrastructure has not delivered.
But how do you know that your private network is delivering on the promise of 5G?
It all...
"Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches," Ookla says of Starlink service
Starlink's commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new analysis, as new customers result in a heavier network load and slower speeds for the...
Some fascinating possibilities in this research testing presented in a paper this week at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communications in Switzerland: Lightwave Logic, Polariton Technologies and ETH Zurich successfully demonstrated a 250 GHz, super-high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link combining electro-optic polymers and...
Rohde & Schwarz says it is the first test company with an over-the-air test system that is CTIA-authorized for multiple angles-of-arrival (AoA) testing, which is an important aspect of 5G device performance in millimeter-wave bands.
R&S said that testing multiple angles of arrival is...
In an increasingly complex and technology driven market, mobile network operators and infrastructures are facing the challenges of reducing costs and increasing competitiveness. At the same time, investments in infrastructure and resources are required to ensure the successful rollout of new services and technologies...
Keysight Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM focused on supporting Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) deployments in Europe. IBM plans to use Keysight's tools for Open RAN testing and emulation at its Open RAN center of excellence in Madrid, Spain,...
