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Functional and performance testing made easy
Keysight functional development solutions empower engineers to validate and optimize 5G devices with comprehensive, real-time testing capabilities. From early prototype development to testing commercial products, our solutions ensure precise RF and functional performance testing across diverse wireless technologies. Accelerate time to market with scalable, user-friendly tools designed for chipset and device manufacturers, operators, and repair houses. Request a quote for one of our popular configurations today. Need help selecting the right solution? Explore the resources below.
Comprehensive network emulation
Support a wide range of wireless technologies, including 5G NR NSA and SA, LTE, WLAN, and IoT, with network emulation for realistic testing scenarios.
Broad functional testing
Verify performance and functional KPIs with automated test suites, including data throughput, voice, emergency alerts, and mobility, for robust device validation.
State-of-the-art toolset
Leverage an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) plus sophisticated logging, visualization, and debugging tools to streamline test configuration, execution, and troubleshooting.
Multi-band test automation
Accelerate testing with automated test sequences supporting diverse band combinations and complex scenarios for comprehensive device verification.
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Workflow stage
Development, Repair
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Test domain
Functional, RF, Performance
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Technology
5G NR, LTE, WLAN, NB-NTN, RedCap, C-V2X, NB-IoT, Cat-M, W-CDMA, GSM
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Test types
Data Throughput, Audio, Battery Life, Emergency Alerts, Mobility, Dual SIM, RF, Signaling, Emergency, Audio Quality
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Use cases
Integration and Verification, Functional and Performance, Automated Test Cases, Regression testing, Functional Performance, RF performance
Most popular configurations
Functional KPI Toolset
UXM 5G Test Application
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Frequently asked questions
To ensure 5G devices deliver on their promise of transformative connectivity, designers and manufacturers must address several critical performance factors. From achieving high data throughput to optimizing power efficiency, ensuring seamless mobility, providing reliable voice services, and implementing robust emergency alert systems, these elements are essential for meeting the demands of 5G standards and user expectations. The following outlines key considerations for the development and testing of 5G devices.
- Data throughput: One of the key use cases of 5G is enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), which promises extremely high peak throughput. Inside a 5G device, in addition to the radio components, various other components are required to process Internet Protocol (IP) and Media Access Control (MAC) layer throughput at high speeds.
- Power consumption/battery life: Many elements of 5G communication challenge device battery life, including mmWave frequencies, higher-order modulation schemes, carrier aggregation, and support for multiple carriers and multiple bands, among others.
- Mobility: In wireless communication, devices must be able to seamlessly hand over between different cells, bands, bandwidths, and networks while maintaining connectivity in idle or active mode.
- Audio: 5G wireless networks have different voice call deployment scenarios. You need to test and verify different scenarios to ensure wireless devices can function in all use cases.
- Emergency services: 3GPP has clearly defined a public warning system for mobile devices to receive emergency alerts. Although this function exists outside of ordinary wireless communication scenarios, 5G device designers must consider it.
The following are key capabilities that are critical for an RF functional test solution:
- Offers a suite of fully automated functional tests covering data throughput testing, battery life testing, audio functional test, dual-SIM testing, mobility testing, and emergency services.
- Supports additional test case packages for state-of-the-art feature testing, including bandwidth parts tests, dynamic spectrum sharing tests, physical-layer tests, and regulatory test case packages.
- Optimizes test execution times with automation, enabling quick inspection of the functional test of devices.
- Has support for 4G LTE and 5G (SA and NSA modes) in the same network emulator, providing a small-footprint benchtop solution.
Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC), and massive machine-type communications (mMTC) were the foundational goals of 5G NR. More recently, 3GPP added TSN to the list.
The concept of RedCap is to build user equipment (UE) that can benefit from the scale of 5G NR deployments but leverage fewer 5G NR capabilities for an optimum balance of features versus cost and power consumption. 3GPP created a study item to research support for reduced-capability NR devices. The study item ultimately became a 3GPP work item, with RedCap introduced in Release 17.
URLLC, mMTC, and TSN cover IoT connectivity with high-bandwidth and low-latency requirements, such as manufacturing line robotics and drones. But they do not necessarily cover connectivity for sensors, actuators, and other IoT equipment with lower performance requirements that are typically cost- or form-factor constrained. These devices may send asynchronous information in small packets, but need radical cost optimization in initial purchase and operational maintenance, for which battery life duration is critical.
Apart from “smart” industries, 3GPP also included two other RedCap use cases in Release 17 specifications: surveillance devices and wearables that can gather and relay health and wellness information.