Software provides unprecedented simulation and analysis of complex communications environments

Signal Safari addresses the need to reduce development cost within a demanding operational environment. The software allows test engineers to visualize and understand the entire operating environment, not just an isolated single test signal. Using Signal Safari, engineers can develop a complete analysis of the signal and the system to avoid troublesome areas such as adjacent signal interference and impairments as well as visualize and understand the operation characteristics for instruments under test.

“Signal Safari is critical for reducing deployment costs of complex and expensive communication systems,” said Mark Prichard, business development technologist for Aeroflex. “Signal Safari takes many testing capabilities and integrates them into a single-instrument solution. This gives our customers the ultimate test flexibility.”

When used with the Aeroflex broadband measurement instruments, Signal Safari creates a powerful adaptive tool that allows the user to operate with the same interface as the application software installed on the instruments. Signal Safari software is available in three application configurations–signal analyzer, vector signal player and vector signal simulator.


The broadband signal analyzer software package offers the following analysis functions:
· Modulation domain with multi-dimensional, coherent demodulation
· Agile radio demodulation and analysis
· Pulse (RADAR) analysis
· Multi-bandwidth power domain analysis
· Fixed and frequency agile analog demodulation–AM/FM/PM, PSK/QAM and FSK/MSK/ASK
· Coherent modulation domain (simultaneous time, AM, FM and PM)

Broadband signal generators use the vector signal simulator and vector signal player software packages, which offer the following signal and mixed-signal creation capabilities:
· Agile radio
· FSK/MSK/ASK, PSK, QAM
· RADAR pulse (fixed and frequency agile)
· Tone comb, PM tone comb
· Analog modulation (AM/FM/PM)
· Additive white Gaussian noise
· Import of recorded or external source data files
· Commercial wireless standards (CDMA 2000, WCDMA, EDGE, GSM IS 95, IS 136)
· Mixing several signal modulation types within the same test signal environment

Signal Safari software can generate and analyze complex waveforms using a suite of powerful analysis tools within the vector signal simulator and broadband signal analyzer applications. The software also aids in generating a broad range of signals, from simple CW tones to complex signal environments containing multiple signals of various communications standards.