New 3G test products shorten design time
October 18, 2002
Company now offers a cost-effective design and integration solution
for every major 3G wireless format
Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced new wireless protocol R&D
solutions for testing 3G wireless devices-such as cellular phones-under
real-world Internet conditions, shortening the design-to-manufacturing
cycle. These new additions to Agilent's existing portfolio of protocol
and lab applications offer manufacturers a complete, cost-effective
test solution for every major 3G wireless format.
The new products include a cdma2000 protocol application that runs
on Agilent's economical E6900A wireless protocol test set. Together,
the application software and test set offer a breakthrough in price
and performance level targeted specifically for software design
needs. Software developers designing embedded applications can use
the solution to connect devices to the Internet, analyze active
or test data, and verify protocol transmission across the air interface.
By validating and troubleshooting designs more quickly, developers
can reduce the number of design iterations and ensure a more robust
and stable product.
Agilent also introduced new lab applications covering cdma2000,
W-CDMA, GSM/GPRS and EGPRS that offer more extensive test capability.
Running on Agilent's higher performance 8960 Series 10 Wireless
Communications Test Set, the lab applications provide all the features
of the protocol applications plus comprehensive RF measurements.
"The protocol and lab applications put a network with Internet
connectivity on the R&D bench, so that engineers can quickly and
accurately verify the functionality and IP performance of their
3G devices," said Al Schmidt, vice president of Agilent's Wireless
Appliances Unit.
All of the new protocol and lab applications feature data channels
for connecting to the Internet. They also incorporate Agilent's
wireless protocol advisor software, which adds advanced protocol
analysis including filtering, triggering, and real-time protocol
logging.
Protocol Application
In addition to the recently introduced Agilent E6910A GPRS protocol
application, the Agilent E6911A cdma2000 protocol application offers
IP data transfer to verify functionality under real data flow conditions,
advanced protocol analysis to troubleshoot, and both soft and softer
handoffs to ensure performance and standards compliance.
Lab Applications
The new lab applications offer the capabilities of protocol applications
plus RF measurements and several new features:
- The E6702A cdma2000 lab application has extensive measurement
capability including a new spectrum monitor that can be used to
check the waveform transmitted by the wireless device.
- The E6703A W-CDMA lab application also provides a W-CDMA-to-GSM
system handover, in-call spectrum analysis and graphical time domain
measurements.
- The E6701C GSM/GPRS lab application includes support for GSM
SMS and GSM circuit-switched data channel and GSM protocol logging.
The E6701C combines GSM and GPRS capabilities to allow limited interactive
functionality assessment. The optional EGPRS capability of the E6701C
allows testing of GPRS packet data carried over the EDGE 8 PSK (phase
shift keyed) modulation format. Support for EGPRS signaling and
key functionality such as switched radio block loopback mode, data
channels and protocol logging are included in this first release
of the EGPRS product.
These products extend Agilent's wireless portfolio, which supports
UMTS (W-CDMA, EGPRS, GPRS and GSM), cdma2000, IS-95, IS-136 and
AMPS wireless standards and delivers global design and manufacturing
test solutions.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent E6900A wireless protocol test set is available now
for $34,000. The protocol applications start at $18,500; the GPRS
protocol application is available now and the cdma2000 protocol
application is expected to be available in January 2003. The Agilent
E5515C 8960 series 10 wireless communications test set is available
now and starts at $42,500. The lab applications start at $22,000.
The Agilent E6701B GSM/GPRS lab application is available now; the
cdma2000 lab application is expected to be available in December
2002; and the W-CDMA, and enhanced GSM/GPRS (with optional EGPRS)
lab applications are expected to be available in January 2003.
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