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N9071A and W9071A GSM/EDGE/EVO X-Series Measurement Application

Technical Overviews

GSM/EDGE/EVO Measurement Application

  • Measure GSM, EDGE, and EDGE Evolution RF transmitter performance, including multi-carrier base transceiver stations (MC-BTS)
  • Test voice services over adaptive multi-user channels on one slot (VAMOS) enabled transmit­ters
  • Perform one-button transmit­ter tests with pass/fail limit per 3GPP standard
  • Use hardkey/softkey manual user interface or SCPI remote user interface
  • Leverage built-in, context-sensi­tive help
  • Move application between X-Series signal analyzers with transportable licensing

The GSM/EDGE/EVO measurement application transforms the X-Series signal analyzers into standards-based GSM, EDGE, and EDGE-Evo­lution transmitter testers by adding fast one-button RF conformance measurements to help you design, evaluate, and manufacture your GSM/EDGE devices. The measure­ment application is further enhanced to support multicarrier (MC) BTS and voice services over adaptive multi-user channels on one slot (VAMOS)—allowing you to stay on the leading edge of your design and manufactur­ing challenges.

The GSM/EDGE/EVO measurement application is just one in a common library of more than 25 measurement applications in the Keysight Technlo­gies, Inc. X-Series, an evolutionary approach to signal analysis that spans instrumentation, measure­ments, and software. The X-Series analyzers, with upgradeable CPU, memory, disk drives, and I/O ports, enable you to keep your test as­sets current and extend instrument longevity. Proven algorithms, 100% code-compatibility, and a common UI across the X-Series create a consis­tent measurement framework for sig­nal analysis that ensures repeatable results and measurement integrity so you can leverage your test system software through all phases of prod­uct development. In addition to fixed, perpetual licenses for our X-Series measurement applications, we also offer transportable licenses which can increase the value of your invest­ment by allowing you to transport the application to multiple X-Series analyzers.

Technology Overview

The global system for mobile commu­nications (GSM) digital cellular stan­dard is a time division multiple access (TDMA) channel access scheme that uses Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) modulation. It uses 200 kHz RF channels, time division multi­plexed, to enable up to eight users to access each carrier.

Enhanced data rates for GSM evolu­tion (EDGE) technology is an up­grade to the GSM standard, provid­ing higher data rates in the same frequency spectrum by using higher density modulation, 3π/8 rotating 8PSK modulation. The rotation pre­vents symbol transitions through the origin, reducing the peak-to-average power ratio, thereby minimizing spec­tral re-growth and improving power efficiency. The 3π/8 rotating 8PSK is not a constant amplitude modula­tion; hence a standard Gaussian filter (non-linear) will distort the signal. Therefore, EDGE uses a special “lin­earized” version of the Gaussian filter from GSM resulting in a spectrum that is very similar to that of GSM, while minimizing non-linear distortion in the baseband signal.

EDGE Evolution or EGPRS2 is a tech­nology to offer near-UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system) level data throughput with more than double the spectrum efficiency. For a higher data rate, the EDGE Evolution signal configuration has normal burst (NB) and higher symbol rate (HSR) burst including new modulation formats such as QPSK, 16QAM, and 32QAM. New pulse shaping filters are defined as narrow and wide filters for HSR. This is necessary to adjust the HSR spectrum with normal EDGE mask tests because GSM, EDGE, and EDGE Evolution will coexist in com­mercial services.

Now included in 3GPP Release 9 is voice services over adaptive multi-user channels on one slot (VAMOS). VAMOS can double the channel num­ber assignment capacity of existing GSM networks by sending two sub channels on one slot. It utilizes adap­tive QPSK (AQPSK), which is PSK with four state points whose positions are adjustable via a parameter Alpha.

RF Transmitter Tests

With the X-Series signal analyzers and the GSM/EDGE/EVO measurement application, you can perform RF transmitter measurements on BTS and mobile devices in time, frequency, and modulation domains. Measure basic GSM and EDGE signals as well as EDGE Evolution signals with Level A (normal burst) and Level B (high symbol rate) with all modulation formats and transmit filters. In addition, MC-BTS and VAMOS transmitter measurements according to Release 9 of the 3GPP standard is supported.

For mobile station (MS) high-speed manufacturing, a single acquisition combined GSM/EDGE measurement is available where the speed is up to 20 times faster than traditional one-button measurements (for details refer to Ordering Information).

Choosing Between X-Series Applications and 89600 VSA Software

X-Series measurement applications provide embedded format-specific, one-button measurements for X-Series analyzers. With fast measurement speed, SCPI programmability, pass/fail testing and simplicity of operation, these applications are ideally suited for design verification and manufacturing. 89600 VSA software is a comprehensive set of tools for demodulation and vector signal analysis. These tools enable you to explore virtually every facet of a signal and optimize your most advanced designs. Use the 89600 VSA software with a variety of Keysight hardware platforms to pinpoint the answers to signal problems in R&D.

Measurement details

All of the RF transmitter measure­ments as defined by the 3GPP standard, as well as a wide range of additional measurements and analy­sis tools, are available with a press of a button. These measure­ments are fully remote controllable via the IEC/IEEE bus or LAN, using SCPI commands.

Analog baseband measurements are available on the PXA or MXA signal analyzer equipped with BBIQ hard­ware. Supported baseband measure­ments include all of the modulation quality plus I/Q waveform measure­ments.

Single acquisition combined measurements

The N9071A-XFP single acquisition combined GSM/EDGE measure­ment application is for high-speed manufacturing of GSM/EDGE mobile phone transmitters, wireless com­ponents, such as power amplifiers, and low-cost pico/femtocell base stations. Used with the MXA and EXA signal analyzers, it provides up to 20 times speed improvement compared to traditional one-button measure­ments for list power step, phase and frequency error (PFER), EDGE EVM, PvT, ORFS, marker measurements, and harmonics.

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