Anritsu has received confirmation from the Global Certification Forum of protocol test cases for LTE-Advanced, and the company is aiming at the test market for China with its  ME7834 Mobile Device Test Platform with validated protocol conformance test cases for TD-LTE, including interoperability tests.
TD-LTE is a variant of LTE favored in China and in some other networks in Asia and the Americas, while FDD-LTE dominates the U.S. market.
“We’ve not only achieved the best coverage in TD-LTE overall, but also for the bands relevant to China’s largest operator, and those test cases focused on interoperability with TD-SCDMA and GSM,” said Patrick Manfredi, director of product management at Anritsu Wireless Protocol Test.
The company also released a software update for its MT9083 Access Master OTDRs and MT9090A Network Master platform that implements the IEC61300-3-35 standard, for universal pass/fail testing of optical connector end faces, so that field techs can figure out if the connectors are damaged and need to be repaired or replaced, or just need to be cleaned. The enhancement is aimed at making a more streamlined test process that is repeatable and simple.
Spirent Communications said that its Spirent TestCenter was used to support a demonstration of OpenFlow 1.3 interoperability at the recent Interop Tokyo conference. Toyo, which is Spirent’s distributor in Japan, used TestCenter to emulate OpenFlow controllers and connect to multiple OpenFlow switches, and to verify connectivity, performance and end-to-end traffic forwarding. The demo was awarded Interop Tokyo’s Best of Show Grand Prix Award.
Agilent Technologies and the Tyndall National Center at University College Cork in Ireland recently opened a new teaching and research lab, outfitted with Agilent equipment for teaching in next-generation wireless communications. The Marconi Lab – named after wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi – will enable advanced training and research in both wireless data communications and sensors for biomedical and security applications.
According to Agilent, the lab equipment includes a four-port PNA-X with ultra-low-noise receiver and five extension modules; a signal source analyzer with microwave down-converter and six extension modules; a millimeter-wave source module; and a variety of cables, devices and units, up to 110 GHz.
