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Powerful test sequence & test plan creation

• Fast execution and test flow visualization, analysis and insights
• Scalable modular “plug-in” software architecture. Take advantage of provided plug-ins, or create your own.
• Built on the PathWave software platform and the OpenTAP open-source test sequencer
  

Licensing

• Fixed (node-locked, single PC), transportable and network/floating licenses with either perpetual or annual time frame

PathWave Test Automation provides powerful, flexible and extensible test sequencing and test plan creation with additional capabilities that optimize your test software development and overall performance. Built on the PathWave software platform, PathWave Test Automation enables you to quickly create your test solutions, maximize your team’s productivity, and accelerate your products’ time-to-market.

• OFDM, FBMC, F-OFDM with SCMA/NOMA multiple access
• FDD/TDD modes, up to 65,539 subcarriers
• Modulation formats from BPSK QPSK, 16 QAM to 1024QAM, 8PSK or uder-defined
• Support Massive MIMO & Beamforming up to 64 channel for 6G research
• EVM, constellation, burst summary, spectrum and more
• Multiple, simultaneous color-coded result views
• Provide the preset for wireless standards such as 6G Radio (FR1 and FR3 TDD), 5G NR (FR1 FDD/TDD), WLAN (802.11a/ah), ISDB-T, DAB, DVB-SH, and DVB-T/H, and more
• Improve EVM measurment with cross-correlated EVM (ccEVM) or IQ noise correction (IQ-NC) technoligies (requires 89601EVMC license)

• Measure and analyze signals in the time, frequency, and modulation domains
• Support two different acquisition modes as synchronous (simultaneous) or sequenced for carrier aggregation or multiple measurements
• Analyze data from over 45 supported hardware instruments, or use in simulation tools to verify design
• Record the acquired signal waveforms to playback for troubleshooting
• Automate tests using .NET language or SCPI command
• Analog demodulation of AM, FM, PM signals
• Channel quality modulation analysis for group delay and channel response analysis
• Digital modulation analysis, custom IQ modulation analysis, and Flex Frame modulatio analysis
• TEDS modulation analysis
• Custom OFDM modulation analysis
• EVM improvement technologies with ccEVM and IQ-NC
• PowerSuite (ACP and SEM) measurements

• Cross-correlated EVM is a technique used to extend the dynamic range of a receiver for best EVM performance
  
• Two receivers like oscilloscopes, PXI VXT, wireless test set, and X-series signal analyzers are used to capture and demodulate the same signal independently and perform cross-correlation on the error vectors to cancel out uncorrelated noise added by the receivers, resulting in a much lower EVM
• This technique causes the ccEVM value to primarily contain just the noise coming from the device under test (DUT)
• 89601EVMC option with VSA 2022 Update 1.0 release or beyond can enable accurate and best EVM performance of WLAN signals (requires WLAN 89601B7RC and/or 89601BHXC licenses)
• 89601EVMC option with VSA 2023 release or beyond can enable accurate and best EVM performance of 5G NR signals (requires 89601BHNC 5G NR license)
• 89601EVMC option with VSA 2023 Update 2.0 release or beyond can enable accurate and best EVM performance of Custom OFDM (requires 89601BHFC license) and Flex Frame (requires 89601AYAC license)
• 89601EVMC option with VSA 2024 release or beyond can enable accurate and best EVM performance of Satellite Communication for DVB-S/S2 (requires 89601DVBC license)

• 89601EVMC supports MIMO 2x2 and 4x4 signals in the 802.11n/ac/ax/be, Custom OFDM, and 5G NR measurements with VSA2024 release

• Real-time creation of multi-satellite signals for GPS (L1 with C/A code, L5I, L5Q), GLONASS constellations, Beidou (Compass), SBAS/QZSS with up to 40 channels, and Galileo (E1) with up to 16 channels for line-of-sight and multipath signals
• Dual-band GPS signal generation for L1C/A + L5I and/or L5Q which requires a secondary signal generator with a new license N7609EM1C
• Stationary or moving receivers for up to 24 hours using stored scenario files
• Create and edit custom scenario files or use continuous scenario generation mode
• Add impairments such as multipath, pseudo-range error, and CW interference signals in real-time while the signal is playing
• Create waveform files that simulate single or multi-satellite for GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou (Compass), SBAS, or QZSS for manufacturing test
  
• KeysightCare software support subscription included
  

Create 3GPP 5G NR and 5G-Advanced compliant signal for BTS and UE testing based

• Supports signal generation based on 3GPP Releases 15, 16, 17, and 18, including LDPC and Polar channel coding, as well as multi-antenna port configurations.
• Enables downlink channel generation for PBCH, PDSCH, and PDCCH, and uplink channels for PUSCH, PUCCH, and PRACH.
• Supports downlink signalcomponents including PSS, SSS, CSI-RS, PBCH-DMRS, PDSCH-DMRS, PDSCH-PTRS, PDCCH-DMRS and uplink signal components including SRS, PUSCH-DMRS, PUCCH-DMRS, and PUCCH-PTRS.
• Provides test model presets for FR1 and FR2 frequency ranges.
• Supports bandwidths from 3 to 100 MHz for FR1 and 50/100/200/400/800/1600/2000 MHz for FR2.
• Includes support for UL FRC configurations and full-filled UL/DL configurations.
• Enables configurations of multiple BWPs and mixed numerologies within a single carrier.
• Supports multi-user channel generation for both PUSCH and PDSCH.
• Allows flexible downlink and uplink configuration with customizable subframe allocations.
• Offers single-carrier and multi-carrier signal generation capabilities.
• Support real-time PUSCH HARQ and phase compensation (requires N5182B MXG/N5172B EXG option 660)

Keysight supports tiered PathWave signal generation models with N-model applications (N7631APPC with prefix "N") for high-performance HW platforms: M9484C VXG, M9384B VXG, and M9383B VXG-m, E-model applications (E7631APPC with prefix "E") for mid-range HW platform: N5186A MXG.

Higher-tiered models can run on lower tiered HW platforms, but not vice versa. For example, N7631APPC could run on MXG N5186A, but E7631APPC cannot run on M9484C VXG.

• Complies with 802.15.4 (BPSK or O-QPSK), 802.15.4/4z (HRP UWB), Z-Wave (ITU G.9959), and LoRa^TM CSS RF transmitter tests
• Provide one-button measurements with pass/fail per the standard
• Support spectrum and power measurements: channel power, adjacent carrier power (ACP), spectrum emission mask (SEM)
• Support modulation analysis measurement: various demodulation results with IQ measurement in time, frequency, polar, eye diagram, error vector, demod bits and decode results etc.
• Support multi-touch user interface and SCPI remote interface programming
• KeysightCare software support subscription included
  
• Keysight supports tiered application models with N-models for UXA/PXA/PXE, E-models for MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT, and W-models for CXA. The higher tiered application models can run at the lower platforms, which means N-models can run on all platforms, E-models can run on MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT and CXA, and W-models can only run on CXA
  

• Create signals for IEEE 802.15.4 SUN FSK and SUN OFDM specifications
• Create signals for IEEE 802.15.4 O-QPSK/BPSK ZigBee specifications
• Create signals for ITU-T G.9959 FSK/GFSK Z-Wave specification
• Create signals for LoRa uplink CSS
• Support fully-coded signal creation for receiver tests
• KeysightCare software support subscription included
  
• Create signals for HRP UWB IEEE 802.15.4 (Non-HRP-ERDEV) and 802.15.4z (HRP-ERDEV) specifications

• Measurements in line with the 3GPP Release 15, Release 16, Release 17 and Release 18 specifications
• 5G NR, 5G-Advanced and Open-RAN uplink and downlink measurements for FR1 and FR2
• Mixed numerologies within a single or multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs)
• Transport layer decoding with CRC pass/fail results
• Up to 8x8 SU-MIMO, 24 DMRS ports for MU-MIMO, and up to 64 channel beamforming for downlink and uplink
• Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) with simultaneous demodulation of LTE and 5G NR signals
• In-depth analysis and troubleshooting traces, with color coding and marker coupling, and 3D traces for visualization

• 30-Day Free Trial for X-Series Measurement Applications
• Characterize power amplifier (PA) with pre-distortion applied in RF and millimeter wave, with simple and integrated multi-touch user interface
• Provide smart link for automated signal generator closed loop control with power servo to auto-adjust PA output power
• Extracts DPD model and apply Pre-distortion to linearize PA output with supported DPD model as Look-up table (LUT), Volterra Series, Memory Polynomial, or user-defined DPD model with MATLAB scripts
• Show both Pre-DPD and Post-DPD measurement results in one screen, for ease of comparison. Easily switch between Pre-DPD and Post-DPD results
• Support PA measurements with AM/AM, AM/PM, ACP, Delta EVM, Demod EVM (5G NR, LTE FDD, and 802.11ac/ax/be), Power vs Demod EVM
• Supports multi-carrier measurements to show EVM results in single screen
• Support frequency up to 44 GHz with 2 GHz bandwidth with UXA and VXG
• Control the VXG and apply the DPD function directly to improve the PA/DPD measurement speed
• Support Keysight signal studio waveform or user-defined waveform (txt, csv, bin, hdf, MATLAB file)
• Support waveform processing with crest factor reduction with clipping & filtering or peak cancellation methods
  
• Support M9484B VXG with 2-channel, or PXI VXT and AWG for PA Envelope Tracking (ET) measurement
  
• Keysight supports tiered X-app models with N-models for UXA/PXA/PXE, E-models for MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT. The higher tiered X-app models can run at the lower platforms, which means N-models can run on all platforms, and E-models can only run on MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT
  

AWU Essential Features (Free to use)

• Import Keysight encrypted waveforms (*.wfm) or user defined waveforms (*.bin, *.txt/.csv/.dat, *mat, *wv)
• Users can make resampling or specify time scale factor
• Support SCPI command
• Download waveforms to a specified signal generator (X-series SG, PXI VXT, VXG)
• View waveform graph (Spectrum, Time Domain, CCDF)
• Export waveform files (*.wfm)

AWU Premium Features (required N7618APPC license)

• Support three kinds of guided calibration methods (Channel Equalization, IQ Calibration, Multi-tone Calibration)
• Add AWGN impairment
• Traditional channel equalization using the modulated reference signal (requires 89601200C/89601AYAC)
• IQ calibration using reference sequence mainly for external IQ modulator (requires 89601200C)
• Multi-tone calibration using multi-tone signals which won't be limited by signal generator and signal analyzer's bandwidth (requires 89601200C)
• Users can directly import 89600 VSA's EQ frequency response trace as a correction file (csv file)
• Import external marker file, or view/edit marker under Marker menu
• Support waveform segments summing in time domain
• Support multi-carrier summing in frequency domain
• Support crest factor reduction (CFR)
• Export bin or csv file when all imported waveforms are uncrypted

• Perform one-button noise figure and gain measurements from 10 MHz to 50 GHz
• Provides multi-DUT calibration routine and measurement profiles to speed up noise figure measurements on multiple DUTs
• Supports Keysight SNS Series noise sources, 346 Series noise sources, U1831C USB smart noise source, and multi-stage converters, external LO control and manual mode
• Extend the frequency range to 50 GHz above (such as V/E/W/D/H-Band) with noise source, external down-converter, and external LO source combination solution
  
• Combine with U7227x Series USB preamps for reduced noise figure measurement uncertainty
• Measurements include noise figure, gain, Y-factor, effective temperature, and hot/cold power density
• Estimate the overall noise figure using the measurement uncertainty calculator
• Performance (hardware dependent)
  • Instrument noise figure: 17.25 dB at 1 GHz, 6.00 dB at 1 GHz with U7227A USB preamp
  • Instrument match: 1.52 at 1 GHz, 1.54 with U7227A USB preamp
• Support multi-touch user interface and SCPI remote interface programming
• KeysightCare software support subscription included
  
• Keysight supports tiered application models with N-models for UXA/PXA/PXE, E-models for MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT, and W-models for CXA. The higher tiered application models can run at the lower platforms, which means N-models can run on all platforms, E-models can run on MXA/EXA/MXE/VXT and CXA, and W-models can only run on CXA