“It does what it says on the tin”. That’s how Jonathan Borrill, Anritsu’s Director of Market, EMEA described the company’s new ShockLine family of Vector Network Analysers (VNAs). “We took a step back and decided less is more,” says Borrill. The result is a family of mid-range VNAs at a much lower cost that will handle the basic RF test requirements of an engineer.

Anritsu says it is breaking new ground in field wireless test with the introduction of the MW82119B PIM Master, which combines a 40W, battery-operated PIM analyser with a 2 MHz to 3 GHz cable and antenna analyser, eliminating the need to carry multiple instruments to measure the RF performance of a cell site.

Anritsu has upgraded its MP1800A Signal Quality Analyser by adding a 32-channel synchronisation function for 32 Gbit/s data signals. The new function enables the configuration of highly accurate test systems for the measurement of the next generation of ultra-fast communications technologies operating at speeds of 400 Gbit/s and 1 Tbit/s.

Anritsu will demonstrate a test platform for engineers investigating the latest PAM4 and PAM8 (pulse amplitude modulation) techniques for use in 25Gbps and 28Gbps communications links at the ECOC exhibition in Cannes (Sept 22-24). The platform, which provides for high-quality simulation of PAM4 and PAM8 signals, consists of the Anritsu MP1800A signal quality analyser (Bit Error Rate Tester, BERT), combined with the MZ1834A PAM4 converter. In the ...

Anritsu Company has received the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Customer Value Leadership Award in the Global Field RF Testing market. In conducting the research, Frost & Sullivan incorporated key benchmarking criteria that were developed to evaluate the entire client experience and strategy implementation excellence.

The new MT1000A Network Master Pro from Anritsu is an all-in-one optical network field tester that supports the multiple communications protocols used in today’s converged telecom networks. The tester is portable, compact and user-friendly and it is aimed at technicians who install and maintain mobile-access, fixed-access, metro and core transmission telecoms networks.

Anritsu has won a contract from Openreach, BT’s access network division, for the supply of fibre optic test equipment to support the deployment of advanced high speed fibre optic networks. Anritsu will supply more than 1,000 units of the MT9090A Network Master under the contract, to measure the quality of fibre optic cable and connections in order to verify the installation.

Anritsu says that it is the first industry approved protocol conformance test cases for mobile devices capable of receiving eMBMS broadcasts. The test and measurement specialist submitted eMBMS test cases to the Global Certification Forum (GCF) ahead of the CAG#39 meeting held in Helsinki on July 8-9 2014, following an increase in network operator priority to bring this new technology to consumer markets this year.  

Eductika is a new microwave teaching kit aimed at students in colleges and universities. It is the product of a collaboration between Elliptika, a provider of microwave and RF test solutions and Anritsu. The test and measurement company’s VNA Master series of handheld vector network analysers is part of the complete turnkey solution that can be used by professors to teach the fundamentals of RF and microwave technologies.

Prices as much as 75% lower than traditional bench-top vector network analysers (VNAs) will attract attention to Anritsu’s new ShockLine family of VNAs. For the money, the company promises high accuracy, sensitivity and sweep speed. These instruments are radically different from conventional VNA design. There is no display or keypad. They are controlled remotely by computer via a LAN or other connection.

Anritsu has released new Clock Recovery options for its MP1800A Signal Quality Analyser (SQA), providing for Bit Error Rate (BER) testing of high-speed interconnects at up to 32.1Gbit/s with a single instrument. The latest high-speed serial communications equipment uses components such as SERDES devices, Active Optical Cables (AOC) and optical transceiver modules, which send and receive serial data without transmitting synchronous clock signals.

Anritsu has unveiled the VectorStar ME7838D broadband Vector Network Analyser (VNA) system that provides industry-best frequency coverage of 70 kHz to 145 GHz in a single sweep using a coaxial test port. The dynamic range, calibration and measurement stability, and measurement speed gives design engineers greater confidence when performing on-wafer device characterization at 70 GHz and beyond.

Mobile device and handset manufacturers will soon be able to certify that their products conform to the 3GPP protocols for ‘emergency services calls over IMS’ with the introduction by Anritsu of the first PTCRB-approved test case. The test and measurement company has added the new protocol test cases for IMS (IP Multimedia Sub-system) emergency services calls to the suite of test cases supported on the widely used ME7834L Protocol Con...

Anritsu has introduced TETRA analyser and TETRA coverage mapping options to its LMR Master S412E handheld analyser. Equipped with the new options, the analyser can be used by field technicians and engineers for over-the-air and coverage analysis of TETRA networks. For advanced field analysis, the TETRA analyser includes a special TETRA Summary display so users can view key data, such as base and mobile colour codes, mobile network code, location ...

Anritsu has successfully demonstrated the Intel XMM 7260 device platform achieving LTE-Advanced Category 6 data rates of concurrent 300 Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink with carrier aggregation technology, using the Anritsu MD8430A/RTD development test environment. LTE operators will deploy Carrier Aggregation technology to provide higher peak data rates, and to enable more efficient utilisation and combining of available spectrum to optimise user...

Anritsu and Sequans are presenting a live demonstration of eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demonstration will be made at Anritsu’s booth, and will show a Sequans LTE-powered tablet connected to the Anritsu MD8430A/RTD development test environment. Together, these will showcase the performance and capability of eMBMS as an LTE technology.

Anritsu has worked with Qualcomm Technologies to successfully demonstrate peak throughput for a Category 6 LTE device and network simulator using 20+20 MHz Carrier Aggregation (CA). The two companies have jointly performed tests with a device based on the new Qualcomm Gobi 9x35 modem, the world’s first LTE Advanced World Mode Category 6 chipset solution

Anritsu’s Microwave Site Master S820E is claimed to be the world’s first handheld cable and antenna analyser with frequency coverage up to 40 GHz. In addition to providing the widest frequency coverage of 1MHz to 40GHz, the analyser offers field technicians, engineers and wireless network installers excellent dynamic range, directivity, and durability so they can conduct highly accurate measurements during the installation, maintenanc...

Anritsu lance le Site Master hyperfréquences S820E, premier analyseur de câbles et antennes portable couvrant les fréquences jusqu’à 40 GHz, qui confirme la position de leader d’Anritsu sur le marché des analyseurs portables acquise avec le premier Site Master large bande il y plus de 15 ans. Non content de fournir la plus grande couverture de fréquences, de 1 MHz à 40 GHz, le Site Maste...

Anritsu annonce aujourd’hui que l’université Chalmers située en Suède a sélectionné le système de test large bande d’ondes millimétriques Anritsu ME7838A pour effectuer les mesures permettant le développement de nouveaux modules et composants hautes fréquences.