JDSU’s CellAdvisor JD780AÂ Base Station Analyzer series now supports LTE-Advanced with the ability to analyze up to five
component carriers for carrier aggregation, and MIMO with up to four transmitting branches.
JDSU has also added basic PIM detection, so that a tech can tell whether interference is being caused by PIM without a separate PIM analyzer, in order to cut down troubleshooting and resolution time. The units also allow Bluetooth wireless control of the instrument at a distance of up to 328 feet to allow testing of remote radio units from the ground.
The JDSU CellAdvisor solutions include base station analyzers, RF analyzers, signal analyzers, and cable and antenna analyzers needed to install and maintain modern wireless communication systems. Wireless operators require critical RF tests to meet signal quality, MIMO performance, and interference challenges to guarantee reliable high-bandwidth service quality.
—Tektronix Inc. has acquired privately-held Picosecond Pulse Labs, based in Boulder, Colo. The company said that the purchase is “intended to strengthen the Tektronix portfolio in the growing market for test equipment to support 100G/400G optical data communications research and development.”
Picosecond Pulse Labs’ products include ultra-high-speed pattern generators, the world’s fastest pulse generators and highest bandwidth sampler modules; it recently launched its PatternPro line that includes  multi-channel 32 Gb/s data generators and analyzers for 100G/400G applications.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“Picosecond Pulse Labs has a long history of designing and manufacturing cutting-edge instrumentation and brings a particular focus on the high-speed optical test market with its new 32 Gb/s error detectors and pattern generators,” said Amir Aghdaei, president of Tektronix, in a statement. “When combined with our high-speed oscilloscopes and other product offerings, Picosecond will further strengthen our portfolio of solutions in the critical 100G/400G data communications segment.”
—Agilent Technologies has launched a new tool for debugging DDR memory integrated circuits in mobile devices, computers and servers. The debug tool runs on Agilent’s Infiniium 9000A, 90000A, 90000 X- and 90000 Q-Series oscilloscopes.
“Our new DDR debug tool addresses the growing need for memory design engineers to debug their memory systems quickly and more efficiently,” said Jay Alexander, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s oscilloscope and protocol Division. “This tool complements Agilent’s existing DDR compliance test software to provide debugging capability in a high-speed memory testing environment.”
—Spirent Communications said that Huawei used its Spirent TestCenter to verify the newest addition to its CloudEngine series of data center switches, the CE12816. Spirent’s solutions were used to conduct a TRILL-based full mesh test of 768 ports of 10G Ethernet, which the company called “massive scale under the most stressful yet realistic conditions.”
According to Spirent’s description of the testing situation, the test bed “used Spirent’s new high-density 40G test modules with the industry’s first 8-port 40GbE/32-port 10GbE dual-speed test module in a single slot configuration, packing up to 96 ports of 40GbE into a single 11U chassis. The modules and chassis provided the test capabilities needed to configure and run high scale emulation and performance tests. Spirent’s equipment generated Full Mesh traffic across 768 ports of 10G Ethernet to showcase the CE12816 switch’s zero packet loss at line rate forwarding, and support for TRILL.”
