W1918 LTE-Advanced Baseband Verification Library

Offering the Fastest Path from Algorithms to R&D Verification

The W1918 LTE-Advanced Baseband Verification Library saves time, reduces engineering effort and accelerates the maturity of 4G baseband PHY designs for next-generation 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution LTE-Advanced systems. It enables system architects, algorithm developers and baseband hardware designers to investigate, implement and verify their Layer 1 signal processing designs in the presence of meaningful RF and test signals. The library gives the user piece of mind that a physical layer (PHY) meets or exceeds real-world performance requirements from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

The W1918 LTE-A Baseband Verification Library is a Layer 1 simulation reference library option for Keysight SystemVue. The blockset, reference designs, and test benches assist the design and verification of next-generation communication systems, by providing configurable physical layer waveforms and data for 3GPP Releases 8/9 (LTE) and 10-13 (LTE-Advanced). The library is useful for simulation-based exploration of challenging algorithms, up to 8x8 MIMO throughput verification, and can be easily integrated with Keysight signal sources and analyzers.

Features

• Working simulation-based baseband reference designs for UE & eNodeB
• Open, parameterized block diagrams allow exploration and customization inside the signal processing chain
• Compare your internal test vectors against a trusted IP reference
• Use Keysight simulation blocks to:Supply missing functions/models
• Create complete Layer 1 scenarios
• Add MIMO, fading, interferences
• Simulate BER/Throughput
• Interoperate with real test

Configuration

The W1918 LTE-Advanced Baseband Verification Library can be added as an option to any SystemVue environment or bundle.

The W1918 LTE-A library is a superset of the W1910 LTE library, and includes it. It adds algorithm models for LTE-Advanced, making a complete library that supports 3GPP releases 8-13, including Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT).

The W1918 library is itself included in the W1907 5G Forward Verification Library Bundle, along with modelsets for 2G, 3G, MIMO Channel, and the new pre-5G library. If you are considering moving toward 5G, then the W1907 bundle is an excellent value, assisting compatibility across multiple generations of standards, not just 4G.

The W1918 is especially well-suited to work with other SystemVue libraries, such as the W1715 MIMO Channel Builder, the W1716 Digital Pre-Distortion Builder. It can also be used by system architects to customize test benches for use with Keysight ADS VTB personalities: W2388 LTE VTB (LTE only), W2390 LTE-A VTB (LTE-A only, not including LTE). Finally, the W1918 LTE-A library interoperates with Keysight Signal Studio personalities for LTE- A (N7624B, N7625B), as well as Keysight 89600 VSA personalities 89601B-BHG and 89601-BHH.

C++ source code for the W1918 LTE-A library is available as a premium service product “W1912BEL Baseband Exploration Library”.