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Keysight channel emulator hardware brings real-world wireless conditions into the lab to accelerate the development and validation of 5G, 6G, Wi-Fi®, and satellite systems. Designed for precise emulation of complex RF environments, including massive multiple-input / multiple-output (MIMO), beamforming, and high-speed mobility, Keysight channel emulators enable scalable, repeatable testing across sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands. Whether you are building base stations, devices, or satellite terminals, our channel emulation solutions help reduce reliance on field testing by replicating multipath fading, Doppler effects, and handovers in a controlled setting. Request a quote for one of our popular configurations today. Need help selecting? Check out the resources below.
Emulate real-world propagation for massive MIMO and active antenna systems with precise spatial and dynamic modeling across dozens of RF channels.
Supports emulation across sub-6 GHz and mmWave frequencies, with scalable bandwidths up to 1.6 GHz, ideal for 5G New Radio (NR), FR2, and 6G exploration.
Adjust fading, mobility, and interference parameters dynamically during live OTA tests to simulate time-varying propagation effects.
Create custom test scenarios to emulate phase and time-coherent dynamic radio channels for testing diverse RF transceivers.
Maximum number of channels
16 to 64
Maximum RF bandwidth
1,200 MHz to 1,600 MHz
Frequency range
3 MHz to 450 MHz, 450 MHz to 3 GHz, 450 MHz to 6 GHz, 6 GHz to 12 GHz, 7 GHz to 15 GHz, 24.25 GHz to 29.5 GHz, 37 GHz to 43.5 GHz, 450 MHz to 7.25 GHz, 7.25 GHz to 15 GHz
MIMO Topology
16x8, 16x16, 32x8, 32x16, 64x8, 64x16, 2x2, 4x2, 4x4, 8x2, 8x4, 8x8
F8820A
F8820A PROPSIM FS16 RF Channel Emulator enables you to perform in-lab benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow – from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization.
Keysight's F8820A PROPSIM FS16 RF Channel Emulator enables you to perform in-lab benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow – from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization. PROPSIM FS16 emulates the dynamic radio channels between transmitters and receivers in real time. It cost-effectively supports uni-directional and bi-directional fading test configurations required in wireless testing across 5G, LTE and aerospace and defense applications.
F8820A supports a wide range of deployment scenarios:*
* Requires applicable product configuration and licenses
F8800A
Keysight’s first-to-market F8800A PROPSIM F64 RF Channel Emulator enables users to perform benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow, from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization.
Keysight’s first-to-market F8800A PROPSIM F64 RF Channel Emulator enables users to perform benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow, from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization. By performing a majority of the testing in a realistic lab environment, users can optimize time to market with improved maturity and reduce costs related to product development and maintenance.
F8800A supports a wide range of deployment scenarios:*
* Requires applicable product configuration and licenses
F8800B
Keysight’s first-to-market F8800B PROPSIM F64 RF Channel Emulator enables users to perform benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow, from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization.
Keysight’s first-to-market F8800B PROPSIM F64 RF Channel Emulator enables users to perform benchmarking of devices, base stations, digital radios, and sensor systems across the entire product workflow, from research and development to acceptance and field performance optimization. By performing a majority of the testing in a realistic lab environment, users can optimize time to market with improved maturity and reduce costs related to product development and maintenance.
F8800B supports a wide range of deployment scenarios and technologies:
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Channel emulator hardware enables engineers to replicate real-world wireless channel conditions in a lab environment. It is used to emulate how signals behave across complex RF environments, such as urban, rural, or indoor deployments, across technologies like 5G, 6G, LTE, Wi-Fi 6/7, V2X, satellite, and beyond.
With channel emulation hardware, teams can test wireless devices and systems under controlled, repeatable impairments like multipath fading, Doppler, delay, handovers, interference, and MIMO channel behavior. It supports everything from early R&D and prototyping to conformance and system validation, making it a mission-critical solution for telecom, automotive, satellite, and IoT applications.
Yes, channel emulator hardware is used by leading research labs and telecom vendors for early 6G development. It enables testing of:
Channel emulation hardware supports flexible waveform definitions and open APIs and is an ideal platform for 6G prototyping, simulation validation, and real-time hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.
Channel emulator hardware offers modular configurations that scale from 2-channel benchtop setups to full multi-node testbeds with dozens of ports for base stations, user equipment (UE), and satellite terminals. Its modular design supports expansion for increasing complexity, such as adding more spatial paths, increasing frequency coverage, or incorporating interference and jamming profiles for defense applications.
Channel emulator hardware provides realistic spatial channel modeling for complex antenna systems with:
This allows researchers and validation teams to accurately test the performance of massive MIMO base stations, UE beam tracking, and spatial multiplexing algorithms under realistic RF conditions.