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Test and measurement equipment challenges and solutions at university and college engineering labs

The engineers and technicians of tomorrow must be trained with the best test and measurement equipment of today. Employers expect graduates to be familiar with the tools and techniques used in the industry to hit the bench running with mastery of the most popular...

Test and Measurement: Keysight delves into device/app interactions in 5G networks

Keysight Technologies has added new testing features to its Nemo Device Application Testing Suite, with an eye toward artificial-intelligence-based assessment of device/app interactions. "Service providers and mobile app developers need a reliable way to verify the real end-user experience of accessing over-the-top (OTT) applications...

Performance impact of midband spectrum: Selected tests

Midband spectrum is often referred to as having the right mix of performance capability and coverage for mobile networks, particularly 5G, when compared to low-band or millimeter-wave spectrum. As midband spectrum is being deployed, what impact is it having on network performance? -T-Mobile US'...

Test and Measurement: Keysight focuses on 5G NTN testing

NTN applications are beginning to converge with cellular Keysight Technologies has added updates to its flagship Pathwave design software to support designs for 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN), by enabling architectural digital twins. Keysight says this changes the design flow from one that is hardware-centric to...

Editorial Webinar: RF interference & optimization in 5G systems

C-Band deployment delays over interference concerns. Shared CBRS spectrum. Significant coordination zones for 3.45-3.55 GHz. Spectrum is a finite resource, and while regulators continue to make additional airwaves available, it's often not free and clear. What does this mean for the cost and utility...

Mavenir, Northeastern University offer open-source Open RAN simulator

The groups hope to kickstart 5G RAN xApp research with the new tool  Mavenir has announced the release of ns-O-RAN, an open-source Open RAN simulator developed with researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT). Mavenir claims it’s the first open-source platform for end-to-end...

Three RF issues in midband spectrum

When it comes to 5G, no band is perfect. In low bands, 5G coverage is maximized and cell sizes can be quite large, the performance of 5G New Radio is limited because of smaller available channel bandwidths. Meanwhile, high-band, millimeter-wave 5G deployments have a...

DARPA sets sights on real-time processors for adaptive radios

First came the challenge program focused on exploring autonomous, real-time spectrum sharing. Now, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has put together a new program aimed at supporting the foundational computing for more intelligent and capable radios. Amid current policy conversations about what a...

Test and Measurement: EXFO takes cloud-native 5G assurance to AWS

EXFO is now offering service assurance and analytics through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company's Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) test solution and advanced analytics reporting module is available to AWS customers in support of 5G networks; EXFO says that the module provides "segmented and...

Test and Measurement: Rohde & Schwarz launches new oscilloscope series

Test and measurement equipment makter Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a new oscilloscope series that it says has the world's fastest real-time update rate and enables engineers to "see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope." The new R&S MXO...

DoD supports 6G research at Northeastern U.

Open6G initiative is a cooperative industry/university/government research effort The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and related technologies, including spectrum sharing, the use of artificial intelligence for interference mitigation and control,...

‘War, religion and politics’: Real-world conflicts play out in cyberattacks, Netscout report finds

New Netscout report says botnets are "more potent than ever before" Geopolitical tensions involving Russia and Ukraine are being reflected in cyberattacks, while botnets "continue to evolve at a frightening pace," according to a new security report from Netscout. Netscout, which draw the anonymized...

The art of assuring the private cellular network

All enterprise eyes are on the development and deployment of private 5G cellular networks, as businesses seek new flexibility and capabilities that traditional IT infrastructure has not delivered.  But how do you know that your private network is delivering on the promise of 5G? It all...

More Starlink users mean slower speeds: Ookla

"Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches," Ookla says of Starlink service Starlink's commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new analysis, as new customers result in a heavier network load and slower speeds for the...

Test and Measurement: A peek at possible future fiber systems?

Some fascinating possibilities in this research testing presented in a paper this week at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communications in Switzerland: Lightwave Logic, Polariton Technologies and ETH Zurich successfully demonstrated a 250 GHz, super-high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link combining electro-optic polymers and...

Test and Measurement: R&S touts 5G mmWave angle-of-arrival testing

Rohde & Schwarz says it is the first test company with an over-the-air test system that is CTIA-authorized for multiple angles-of-arrival (AoA) testing, which is an important aspect of 5G device performance in millimeter-wave bands. R&S said that testing multiple angles of arrival is...

Rohde & Schwarz e-Guide: Mobile Network Testing Solution Guide

In an increasingly complex and technology driven market, mobile network operators and infrastructures are facing the challenges of reducing costs and increasing competitiveness. At the same time, investments in infrastructure and resources are required to ensure the successful rollout of new services and technologies...

Test and Measurement: Keysight, IBM aim to boost Open RAN in Europe

Keysight Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with IBM focused on supporting Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) deployments in Europe. IBM plans to use Keysight's tools for Open RAN testing and emulation at its Open RAN center of excellence in Madrid, Spain,...

Digital transformation and the data disconnect: ‘A lot of people are still figuring it out’

Recent NI report identifies a performance gap between companies with "advanced" data strategies Digital transformation as a concept has been floating around enterprise and industrial circles for some time. But it's still not necessarily a given that companies are successfully pursuing it and have a...

How 6G Will Change the Way We Interact with Technology

It isn’t too soon to start getting ready for 6G. Download the white paper that provides an inside look at how Keysight and Nokia are investigating the sub-terahertz spectrum to power the bandwidth needed to make 6G technology real. Ready to tackle 6G?

Test and Measurement: Keysight launches new chip modeling software

Keysight Technologies is looking to speed up semiconductor device design with some additions to its flagship Pathwave design suite. The company announced this week that it has bolstered automation in a new model generator environment aimed at semiconductor device modeling engineers, who put together...

How will Open RAN inform the development of 6G?

The Open RAN RIC will bring CI/CD processes to telecom Although 5G still has a long tail of innovation left as it advanced to 5G Advanced with Release 18, there’s already material work happening focused on framing what its predecessor, 6G, will look like. One...

3CCA in 5G: SRG tests T-Mo’s Torrence, CA network

155 megahertz of spectrum was aggregated in the tests on T-Mo's network in California Three component-carrier TDD-FDD carrier aggregation (3CCA) results in better spectral efficiency in 5G, but there are some interesting anomalies in play in regards to devices and spectrum, according to recent testing...

Test and Measurement: Keysight touts an ‘exceptional’ Q3

Keysight beat the upper end of its revenue guidance Keysight Technologies exceeded its own expectations on revenue during its fiscal third quarter, with company revenues up 10% year-over-year to $1.38 billion. Profits for the quarter were $338 million, up from $254 million in the year-ago...