1xEV-DO X-Series Measurement Application N9076A & W9076A

1xEV-DO Measurement Application

• Perform 1xEV-DO forward and reverse link transmitter tests per 3GPP2 standards
• Support 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, Rev. A and Rev. B for single and multi carriers
• Full power and spectrum suite measurements with Pass/Fail indicator
• Use hardkey/softkey manual user interface and SCPI remote user interface
• Leverage built-in context sensitive help
• Move application between X-Series signal analyzers with transportable licensing

The 1xEV-DO measurement application transforms the X-Series signal analyzers into 3GPP2 standard-based transmitter testers. The application provides fast one-button RF conformance measurements to help you design, evaluate, and manufacture your cdma2000® 1xEV-DO base station (Access Network) and mobile station (Access Terminal) devices. The measurement application is fully standard compliant to the 3GPP2 (Rel. 0, Rev. A and Rev. B) helping you to check your 1xEV-DO design with confidence and support manufacturing with a single application covering 1xEV-DO technologies for production.

The 1xEV-DO measurement application is one in a common library of more than 25 measurement applications in the Keysight Technologies, 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 to you transport the application to multiple X-Series analyzers.

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.

1xEV-DO Overview

1xEV-DO is standardized by 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) as an evolution of cdma2000 technologies that would support high data rates. The 1xEV-DO name means 1x Evolution-Data Optimized or 1x Evolution-Data Only. It uses multiplexing techniques, including code division multiple access (CDMA) as well as time division multiple access (TDMA), to maximize both individual users throughput and the overall system throughput. 1xEV-DO is spectrally compatible with cdma2000, thus the same amplifier, combiners, and antennas can be used on both 1xEV-DO and cdma2000 systems to reduce the installation cost of 1xEV-DO.

There have been several revisions of the 1xEV-DO standard, starting with Release 0 (Rel. 0), which provides air interface data rates of up to 2.4 Mbps on forward links and 153.2 kbps on reverse links. 1xEV-DO Rev. A is a successor to 1xEV-DO Rev. 0. It offers improved peak data rates on both the forward and reverse links. On forward links, peak data rates increase to 3.072 Mbps, while reverse link peak data rates have increased to 1.8 Mbps. Rev. A also offers higher sector capacity within the same 1.25 MHz channel, allowing operators to support more users and richer applications.

1xEV-DO Rev. B is a multi-carrier evolution of the Rev. A. It delivers dramatically improved data rates by aggregation of multiple carriers and high order modulation (64QAM). Typical deployments are expected to include three carriers for a peak rate of 14.7 Mbps on forward links and 5.4 Mbps on reverse links, making it possible to enable new services such as high-definition video streaming. 1xEV-DO Rev. B has ba RF Transmitter Tests

With the X-Series signal analyzers and the 1xEV-DO measurement application, you can perform RF transmitter measurements on base stations and mobile stations in time, frequency, code and modulation domains. The measurement application is fully-standard compliant to the 3GPP2 (Rel. 0, Rev. A and Rev. B), helping you to check your 1xEV-DO design with confidence and support manufacturing with a single application covering 1xEV-DO technologies from product development to production.

Standard-based RF transmitter tests

The RF transmitter test requirements for 1xEV-DO are defined in 3GPP2 C.S0032 (base station) and 3GPP2 C.S0033 (mobile station) standards. Table 2 shows the required base station RF transmitter tests along with the corresponding measurements. According to the standard recommendation that is required to use the test equipment with signaling supportable for the mobile devices tests, please refer to the Keysight E1966A for more details.ckward compatibility with both 1xEV-DO Rel. 0 and Rev. A, allowing Rev. B carriers to continue to support older Rel. 0 and Rev. A devices.