Consumer demand for mobile data continues to overtake demand for voice capacity, a trend that places greater emphasis on data throughput. Operators must optimize data networks to maximize revenue opportunities and achieve Quality of Service (QoS) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) benchmarks that will...
Fluke Networks launched its first cloud-based app-monitoring software this week for cloud-based implementations, part of its strategy to address what it calls the "borderless enterprise."
The shift reflects a growing trend among test companies to move toward monitoring and software as well as hardware offerings....
Elektrobit, which produces hardware and software for connected cars and other wireless technologies, is switching gears in the midst of a company split and opting to sell its automotive business to Continental AG for approximately $668 million.
Elektrobit had been making progress toward a planned company split, in which...
Spectrum sharing hot topic at ISART
Test and measurement was a major focus of the International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies this week, with federal agencies, industry representatives and academic researchers grappling with the technical issues of how the ability to accurately characterize spectrum propagation...
BOULDER, Colo. – Spectrum sharing were the buzzwords of the week as a bevy of federal agencies came together at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to discuss the topic with industry and academia. Google was one of the companies on-hand that shared how it is...
Azimuth Systems' channel emulator is going to be used to test drones for Parrot, which specializes in wireless products in the civilian drone, automotive and connected-things market. Azimuth's ACE MX channel emulator will test drones' communication and data transfer links, establishing a controlled radio frequency...
The MW82119A/B PIM Master from Anritsu is a family of high power, battery operated PIM test instruments designed for maximum portability. These instruments utilize a filter combiner to maximize RF efficiency and minimize battery consumption during use. The F1 and F2 frequency range for...
Wireless infrastructure company Dali Wireless said it has successfully completed an initial field trial of dynamic capacity allocation, which it says is the world's first.
The field trial for dynamic resource allocation was held in Singapore with telecom provider NCS, which is part of Singtel...
Chipset manufacturer Ikanos has launched a new speed test option for carriers to get a clearer picture of the data rates they are delivering, without the confounding factors of the home Wi-Fi connection or slowness across the Internet rather than in the service provider's network.
According...
Network engineering and testing company P3 Communications is in the midst of drive-testing Voice over LTE implementations by AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US in the Washington, D.C. area, as part of its first effort for public benchmarking of VoLTE on mobile networks in the...
Flying RF testing equipment? T-Mobile and Amazon aren’t the only companies exploring commercial applications for automated flight. While multi-billion dollar entities, public-advocacy groups, and government regulators debate policy, PCTEL is focused on ideas and engineering. SkyLine is PCTEL’s forward-thinking concept to expand the reach...
The radio access network is becoming more complex, with cell-site fronthaul architectures ranging from conventional coax to modern fiber. Fiber is increasingly prevalent in all types of cell sites including macrosites, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and small cells.
Spectrum congestion compounds this complexity. Congestion creates interference problems,...
Although smartphone users are quite satisfied with the multiple functionalities and the convenience brought by their devices, more and more users express concerns about the rather poor battery life compared to the previous generation of feature phones. For consumers, the battery life is one...
In testing news this week, Viavi and Lumentum, the two companies into which JDSU will split by 3Q of this year, have launched initial websites and logos as part of their progress toward establishing themselves as new companies.
Viavi Solutions is the network visibility-focused company, and...
DEL MAR, Calif. – 5G technologies took center stage at the LTE Innovation Summit’s second day, with enticing glimpses of the work that is already being done to advance the development of 5G systems as well as the stark reality of some of the...
DEL MAR, Calif. – The continued evolution of LTE is providing fertile ground for the testing industry, and features including carrier aggregation and Voice over LTE were the focus of the first day of this week's LTE Innovation Summit.
Olga Shapiro, program director for the...
The use of LTE over unlicensed spectrum has gained significant interest within the industry, with multiple wireless operators interested in boosting their network capacity and speed by aggregating their licensed LTE spectrum with unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz.
Verizon Communications brought together a number of...
Shares of Procera Networks surged 20% this morning on news that private-equity group Francisco Partners will buy the company. Francisco Partners is paying $240 million, or $11.50 per share, a price Procera shareholders have not seen since last year.
Procera Networks offers real-time visibility and...
Anritsu and Emite said they have achieved successful, repeatable MIMO over-the-air testing for carrier aggregation that utilized a reverberation chamber and tested 2x2 MIMO with isotropic urban-macro fading profiles in tests performed for an unnamed "leading U.S. carrier."
Emite's reverberation chamber was used, along with...
Network testing and telecom experts will be gathering in Del Mar, Calif., next week at the LTE Innovation Summit to discuss the impact of a host of industry trends on network testing, from the continued evolution of LTE and LTE-Advanced to the implications of 5G...
LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- The inside of CableLabs' new anechoic chamber mimics the views outside, with the spiky blue pyramids calling to mind the Rocky Mountains that provide stellar views from the newly revamped facility.
Of course, your coverage is going to be nil compared to...
Verizon's latest look at data breaches and network security concludes that mobile continues to be relatively secure – not a preferred path for real-world data breaches – in spite of the presence of malware.
This year's Data Breach Investigation Report tallied nearly 80,000 security incidents, with more...
Test company Anite has been leading a task group with the Mobile and Wireless Communications Enablers for 2020 Information Society to put together early models for 5G radio channels. Anite announced that the work on the first channel model proposal is finished and categorized the work as "the...
In a previous post on RCR Wireless News, we discussed near-far and its “Effect on In-Building DAS Performance.” Near-Far is a term describing performance reduction when a mobile device is operating within a distributed antenna system's coverage area, but is being serviced by a distant macro cell tower.
Near-Far...
