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The F9860000A Channel Studio Geometric Channel Modeling (GCM) Tool provides flexible, high-fidelity stochastic channel modeling and enables the creation of virtual RF environments in which all transmitters and receivers are assigned physical locations and RF characteristics. The positions, speeds, and orientations of radios can be dynamically updated, allowing devices to move along predefined trajectories with configurable velocities and orientations. The tool supports the 3GPP spatial channel models specified in TR 38.901.

The GCM Tool offers an intuitive and efficient way to create dynamic test scenarios. With just a few mouse clicks, users can add or remove radios and define channel conditions and interactions between any combination of transmitters and receivers. The optional antenna array modeling capability enables the simulation of a wide range of real-world antenna systems, from simple dipole antennas to advanced Massive MIMO antenna arrays.

The tool supports both cabled and over-the-air (OTA) test scenarios, providing flexibility across a variety of development and validation workflows. In addition, the GCM Tool can generate geometry-based stochastic channel model datasets for AI / ML model training and on-target benchmarking of AI RAN and AI Device use cases.

• Real-world lab test environment for validating 5G devices under a wide range of network signaling and radio channel conditions.
• Fully controlled test scenario enabling quick and systematic performance validation.
• Ready-to-run test cases based on real-world drive test routes from various parts of the world.
• The optional Field-to-Lab tool enables users to create test cases from their own field logs.

The Virtual Drive Test Software enables you to efficiently analyze the performance of 5G new radio (NR) devices deployed in non-standalone (NSA) or standalone (SA) networks and under various mobility scenarios.

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Quickly evaluate wireless traffic captured during field or lab testing with the powerful graphical user interface of WaveJudge software. Its strong focus on visual troubleshooting and intuitive graphical analysis makes it an excellent tool for analyzing the interaction between PHY and upper layer protocols of 5G NR, NTN, Wi-Fi, LTE, V2X, and IoT technologies. Easily identify errors in message timing, parameter values, or sequence, and troubleshoot issues with full decoding of traffic in the Messages List. Investigate intermittent issues with insightful graphical visualizations correlated to selected messages.

With robust import and export capabilities, WaveJudge software enables seamless visual analysis across different platforms. The same software can be used with WaveJudge hardware platforms, where its user-friendly control interface simplifies test setup and provides instant graphical confirmation of test configurations.

The S7601A Antenna Measurement Toolset is a comprehensive solution to test and verify different types of antennas for cellular, automotive and satellite communication with the help of the following components.

The F9650A is Keysight’s compact antenna test range (CATR) solution offering quiet zone diameters of 30, and 40 cm in a modular format for operation from 6-110 GHz for full conformance, spurious emissions, and antenna design testing; extreme temperature condition (ETC) is an option. For larger required test volumes and devices, as well as lower frequencies, full sized anechoic chambers are also available.

For phased arrays and passive antenna pattern measurements, Keysight’s F7601000A Antenna Measurement Toolset Application provides the following options.

• The Antenna Pattern Measurement option performs spherical antenna pattern measurements and calculates metrics like directivity, efficiency, gain, beamwidth and sidelobe levels. Vector antenna pattern data captured using one of Keysight’s vector network analyzers can be used to calculate circular and elliptical polarization information from the orthogonal measurements obtained using the CATR’s dual-linearly-polarized feed horn. The graphical user interface allows manipulation of the pattern in a variety of 2D, 3D, and tabular formats, as well as evaluation of the various metrics associated with the antenna measurement.
• The Phased Array Antenna Control and Calibration option allows complete control of a user’s phased array and beam-forming chipset(s) through our standard SCPI command set, allowing both Keysight developed support of industry chipsets or user provided support of their own custom designs. Keysight’s proprietary phased array calibration algorithm provides rapid calibration of each array element for R&D and production applications. When coupled with the Antenna Pattern Measurement option, the system can measure the phased array's beamforming pattern to quickly compare radiated performance before and after calibration. A wide variety of metrics can be obtained in a single test configuration, including effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP), radiation patterns versus beam scan angle, beam scan range and loss, cross-polarization isolation, gain compression, gain-over-noise-temperature (G/T), and modulation distortion (EVM).

Keysight’s antenna test solutions can be configured with a variety of RF and radio communication test equipment, including Keysight’s popular line of vector network analyzers, such as our PNA-X series.

• Keysight's PNA-X includes two internal signal sources, a signal combiner, S-parameter and noise receivers, pulse modulators and generators, and a flexible set of switches and RF access points. These hardware features provide a powerful core for a broad range of linear and nonlinear measurements, all with a single set of connections to your device under test.
• Keysight's VXG vector signal generators offer high output power with ultra-low phase noise for your most demanding wireless, automotive, and aerospace and defense applications.

Read more about phased array antenna testing in this solution brief.