E7523A and E7623A W-CDMA/HSPA+ Test and Lab Applications

Keysight Technologies

E7523A and E7623A

W-CDMA/HSPA+

Test and Lab Applications

Technical Overview

• Ensure W-CDMA/HSPA+ devices achieve and sustain reliable end-to-end IP data throughput
• Go deeper in functional test by emulating a wide range of complex network operations
• Achieve greater confidence in RF performance

Assess Design Readiness with Greater Confidence

Keysight Technologies, Inc.’s E7523A and E7623A W-CDMA/HSPA+ test and lab application software run on the E7515A UXM wireless test set, providing the integrated capabilities you need to achieve greater confidence in your W-CDMA/HSPA+ UE or chipset design. Adding W-CDMA/HSPA+ test functionality to your existing UXM test set is a simple software-only upgrade.

The E7523A W-CDMA/HSPA+ test application (TA) software provides the tools you need to be confident about your device’s RF performance. The TA includes flexible receiver test, trusted X-Series transmitter measurement science, and basic network emulation. This enables you to set up defined conditions with varying frequencies, power, and modulation. It also allows you to measure to limits and determine the root cause of failures with reliable, repeatable results that can be automated and easily shared. Test from early designs to finished products — the UXM supports measurements with signaling or using test modes, making it easy to “just connect” and focus on RF validation.

The E7623A W-CDMA/HSPA+ lab application (LA) software provides both functional and RF test capabilities for overall device design validation. The LA includes the receiver and transmitter test functionality of the TA, plus IP data-based capabilities such as endto-end data throughput, and advanced network emulation such as complex handover scenarios, RRC state transitions, and support for CPC and simultaneous services. This added functional test capability helps you verify connection continuity, data rate performance, concurrent application behavior, battery drain, and protocol messaging.

Ensure W-CDMA/HSPA+ Devices Achieve and Sustain Reliable End-to-End IP Data Throughput

The UXM’s built-in fading and noise, integrated applications server, and easy-to-use touch screen interface make it simple to validate your device’s true data performance.

With the E7623A W-CDMA/HSPA+ LA software, you can verify maximum downlink and uplink throughput for DC-HSDPA and DB-DC-HSDPA with stable, bi-directional data throughput for up to 42 Mbps downlink and 11.5 Mbps uplink. Ensure your device will operate as expected in a real-world environment with flexible independent fading and noise for each carrier.

Validate maximum data rates and find throughput issues sooner with one-button configuration for maximum throughput, and flexible parameters that can be modified during active connections.

Go Deeper in Functional Test by Emulating a Wide Range of Complex Network Operations

With the UXM’s lab application software, you can validate your device’s functional performance by emulating a wide range of complex network operations such as mobility, simultaneous services, and CPC. You can also characterize battery drain performance with flexible network and RRC state transition settings. The UXM’s flexible touchscreen provides a simple and intuitive interface that makes it easy access to a wealth of network parameters so you can thoroughly characterize your device’s functional behavior. With support for packet data connections, voice, SMS/MMS, compressed mode, and UE reporting, the UXM lets you quickly validate changes in design from RF to TCP with a comprehensive test of mobile functions right at your desk.

Verify LTE/W-CDMA inter-RAT mobility in a single test set with two built-in independent cells. Validate voice mobility with circuit-switched fallback (CSFB), redirect to LTE, and single radio voice call continuity (SRVCC). Quickly characterize LTE/W-CDMA inter-RAT performance with automatic negotiation of cell parameters. Easily analyze data throughput during packet-switched (PS) handovers and verify UE behavior during cell reselection scenarios.