Accurate 5G Private Network Signal Analysis

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When measuring base station transmitter signal quality, you need to address high-frequency and wide-bandwidth testing challenges, such as in millimeter-wave (mmWave) applications, that make the signal's quality susceptible to impairments. The error vector magnitude (EVM) measurement is a critical signal analysis metric to assess the performance of your 5G private network transmitted signal quality from the base station. Design your 5G private network signal analysis test system to address excessive path loss, wideband noise, and frequency errors, which contribute to signal quality distortion, phase noise, and modulation errors when measuring error vector magnitude.

Using a low-noise amplifier (LNA) at the front-end of the signal analyzer (or spectrum analyzer) reduces the system noise figure with or without the internal preamplifier to optimize the mixer's input level. The two-stage gain optimizes the measurements at low input levels to reduce the noise and provide the best 5G private network signal analysis performance while balancing noise and distortion. This solution is ideal for 5G NR FR1 and FR2 applications and ensures accurate and reliable signal quality measurement in 5G private network base station transmitters.

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Optimize 5G private network signal analysis

Lowest 5G NR error vector magnitude

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Overcome mmWave testing challenges

Solutions up to 110 GHz Frequency/4 GHz BW

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Faster private network EVM measurement

Up to 40% Faster with PathWave VSA

Keysight 5G Private Network Signal Analysis Solution

Keysight's 5G private network signal analysis solution combines the power of the UXA and PXA signal analyzers (spectrum analyzers) with the PathWave X-Series family of multi-touch applications and PathWave Vector Signal Analysis (89600 VSA) software. Together, they enable new performance levels for high frequency and wide bandwidth applications in private network signal analysis for 5G NR FR1, FR2, and beyond.

Keysight N9042B UXA X-Series Signal Analyzer

UXA X-Series Signal Analyzer

Hardware for 2 Hz to 110 GHz (with V3050A)

Keysight PXA X-Series Signal Analyzer

PXA X-Series Signal Analyzer

Hardware for 2 Hz to 26.5 GHz

Keysight PathWave 89600 VSA

PathWave 89600 VSA

5G NR Modulation Analysis Software

Keysight PathWave X-Series, Multi-Touch UI

PathWave X-Series, Multi-Touch UI

5G NR Measurement Application Software

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Characterizing Signal Quality: Error Vector Magnitude (EVM)

  • The error vector is the vector difference between the I-Q signal and the measured signal at a given time
  • Impairments: in-phase and quadrature (I-Q) impairments, phase noise, linear compression (AM to AM), nonlinear compression (AM to PM), frequency errors
white noise

White Noise

nonlinearity (distortion)

Nonlinearity
(Distortion)

IQ imbalance

IQ Imbalance

phase noise

Phase Noise

Discover the 3GPP features enabling 5G private network signal analysis. Explore the challenges that testing 5G base station transmitters in private networks pose. Learn industry tips and tricks to optimize EVM measurements and the latest in signal analysis to tackle your testing challenges.

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