Advanced solutions supporting the latest 5G standards and network deployments will be showcased by Anritsu at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 in Barcelona (February 25-28). During the conference, Anritsu will focus on the key test and monitoring solutions for 5G device testing, Conformance Testing, eSIM, Field Installation and Testing, C-RAN deployment, Advanced Analytics and Telco Cloud Support.

Anritsu are planning a webinar to aid preparation of the testing challenges of 5G. One of the company’s top experts will be discussing the 3GPP Release 15 and its potential impacts. The webinar will help attendees get to grips with the details of 3GPP 5G NR specification for R15. It will focus on 5G key concepts and protocol stack specification across all the layers. The webinar will take place on 12th February at 2.00pm GMT.

PCTEST Engineering Laboratory will conduct SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) testing of 5G devices using Anritsu’s Communication Test System MT8000A. The instrument will be used in PCTEST’s Columbia, MD, and San Jose, CA laboratories to emulate a 5G New Radio (NR) radio access network, providing mobile operators and device makers with an efficient means to conduct SAR testing, which is critical due to the imminent rollout of 5G NR t...

Successful 5G Standalone (SA) connection testing has been completed using Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and a mobile smartphone form-factor test device from Qualcomm Technologies, including the company’s 5G modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements.

A team from Anritsu has been working within an IEEE standards committee to help develop and release standards for the switch to 5G networks. Following its first April 2016 meeting, the IEEE 1914 working group established, developed, and published the IEEE 1914.3 standard in October 2018. As a voting member of this team, Anritsu continues work on other areas within the working group.  

A 64-Gbaud PAM4 Pulse Pattern Generator (PPG) and 32-Gbaud PAM4 Error Detector (ED) has been announced by Anritsu. This PAM4 BERT supports 400GbE testing when these modules are installed in the Anritsu Signal Quality Analyser-R MP1900A series to implement a bit-error-rate test solution with best-in-class signal level quality and excellent Rx sensitivity for next-generation broadband communication systems.

Following their successful long-term collaboration in LTE OTA measurement solutions, Anritsu and Bluetest AB are extending the relationship to 5G testing. This includes the integration of Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest’s OTA Reverberation Test System RTS65.

Samsung’s System LSI Business has successfully completed 5G NR full stack IODT (Interoperability Development Testing) with its Exynos Modem 5100 using Anritsu’s Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A and protocol test/RF measurement software.

W1 coaxial components that are metrology-grade designed and manufactured to deliver precision performance and repeatability for high-frequency measurements have been introduced by Anritsu, comprised of a W1 connectorised power splitter, power divider, directional coupler and attenuators.

Visitors to ECOC 2018 in Rome (24-26 September) will be able to see demonstrations of Anritsu’s 64GBaud PAM4 Pulse Pattern Generator for the MP1900A Signal Quality Analyser-R. The MP1900A series is a high-performance Bit Error Rate Tester (BERT) that accurately measures communications equipment, next-generation high-speed electronic and optical devices, including those for M2M and IoT applications, and optical transceivers used in high-end ...

The ACCESS Master MT9085 series of handheld testers from Anritsu provide accuracy and broad measurement capability during installation and maintenance of fibre optic cable in LTE and 5G backhaul, as well as Metro and Core networks. The new MT9085 series incorporates a wide 8-inch colour touchscreen for enhanced operation, as and integrates Anritsu’s Fibre Visualizer as a standard feature.

Spectrum Analyser/Signal Analysers and Vector Network Analysers will be showcased by Anritsu at European Microwave Week in Madrid (September 25-27). During the show, Anritsu will be displaying up-coming and new additions to the Spectrum Master and ShockLine product families, and demonstrating some of the latest developments in test and measurement.

Firmware downloads which will increase the PAM4 analysis function for Anritsu’s BERTWave MP2110ASampling Oscilloscope from 26Gbaud to 53Gbaud have been released enabling production and inspection of optical modules. As well as featuring both high-sensitivity and high-speed measurements, with this release the MP2110A will now support development and production-line inspection of next-generation QSFP-DD optical transceivers expected to be dep...

To support Protocol Conformance Testing (PCT) and Carrier Acceptance Testing (CAT) of terminals incorporating the 5G New Radio (NR) technology, Anritsu has introduced the ME7834NR test system. It will add support for 3GPP TS 38.523 test cases for all configurations of 5G NR, including both Non-Standalone (NSA) and Standalone (SA) modes.

Two software options for evaluating 3GPP-compliant 5G Sub-6 GHz New Radio (NR) terminals have been released by Anritsu, expanding the range of software options for the Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A. The software packages support fully automatic and industry-fastest Non-Signalling 3GPP-defined 5G NR Sub-6 GHz TRx tests, helping to facilitate the smooth rollout of 5G services by improving the mass-production of terminals and chipsets.

Anritsu and COMPRION have established an eSIM over-the-air (OTA) test environment using Anritsu’s Signalling Tester MD8475A and COMPRION eUICC Profile Manager. The verification of the test environment was done at the Certification Center Svyaz-sertificat, one of the representative certification bodies in Russia that provides full certification services.

It has been announced by Anritsu that the LTE-Advanced RF Conformance Test System ME7873LA has obtained world-first PTCRB certification for RF Conformance Tests of 5 Downlink Carrier Aggregation (5DL CA) forming a key LTE-Advanced technology.

Software options have been released for Anritsu’s Signal Analyser MS269xA series that provide support for measuring the RF Tx characteristics of fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications base stations and terminals. These options support signal analyses and measurement of RF characteristics by supporting 3GPP-compliant sub-6GHz uplink and downlink signals and specifying 1 Component Carrier (1CC) up to a bandwidth of 100MHz.

PIM over CPRI software has been introduced by Anritsu for its BTS Master MT8220T and MT822xB handheld base station analysers that allow passive intermodulation (PIM) measurements to be made from the ground for the first time. By eliminating the need for network operator installation and maintenance crews and contractors to climb the tower to test for PIM, this solution is a more cost- and time-efficient tool for ensuring optimal operation of wire...

What is said to be the industry’s first solution capable of conducting extensive characterisation of the differential noise figure of differential devices used in high-speed wireless communication systems has been introduced by Anritsu.