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Test and Measurement: Keysight expects to be at full capacity by end of Q3

Keysight Technologies said this week that after pandemic-driven shut-downs in March and April, it expects to be back to full operational capacity by the end of the third quarter. "After site closures and limited capacity in March and April, we are pleased to announce that...

DoD to invest $2.7 million in spectrum-sharing research

At a 5G testbed in Salt Lake City, DoD funds will support advanced spectrum-sharing research In the wake of DARPA's three-year Spectrum Collaboration Grand Challenge, the Department of Defense is continuing its investment in advanced spectrum-sharing technologies with a new $2.7 million project that will...

Test and Measurement: Verizon’s network is fast and getting faster, RootMetrics says

Verizon's network has provided it a consistent advantage over its competitors over the years. The differences are narrowing, according to data from RootMetrics, but the carrier still shows "consistent and excellent performance across the board" and has been stepping up its network speeds in...

GWS survey finds ‘lack of understanding’ is influencing UK consumer, business views on 5G

  U.K. consumers and businesses are aware of 5G and looking forward to it, but they're a bit fuzzy on exactly what the newest generation of wireless technology is supposed to do for them and don't yet see upgrading as a top priority. A new survey...

Rohde & Schwarz E-Guide: Test solution guide for targeted, QoE centric network improvements

Do you want to find out how to increase targeted network quality and improve the network performance? This e-Guide is a comprehensive test solution guide that consist of different applications and use cases along the entire value chain – from data collection to automatic insights...

Test and Measurement: Americans are ‘falling back into old habits’, Verizon says

  Verizon is beginning to see a shift back toward a more typical, pre-pandemic network mix of calls and texts and is seeing more evidence of people leaving home, according to its most recent update. Handoffs between cell sites are "steadily increasing from the peak of...

Test and Measurement: Autonomous, EV cars expected to drive automotive test needs

Analyst firm Frost & Sullivan released a new report examining the impact of autonomous and electric vehicles on the test and measurement market, and found that if solutions offered by pure-play test and measurement OEMs and third-party testing and certification service providers are combined,...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: Radio fundamentals for cellular networks

Cellular technologies have advanced from first generation (1G) analog technologies to advanced high performance fourth generation (4G) and fifth generation (5G) systems in just four decades. Despite the increase in complexity of wireless standards and devices, cellular technologies maintain a set of common principles that...

ETSI expands focus on remote testing events

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is teeing up remote testing events as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to shifting meetings for standards work online and conducting more webinars. ETSI said this week that it will hold its second Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything...

Keysight: Taking 5G beyond the smartphone

Keysight says it has supported the development of about 75% of 5G devices Pandemic notwithstanding, the march toward 5G is so far continuing at a rapid clip across the industry, with new networks launched since the beginning of the year, a surge of available devices...

Test and Measurement: Keysight introduces testing for O-RAN, 5G core

In a boost to the use of Open Radio Access Network strategies, testing company Keysight Technologies this week unveiled new emulation software, Open RAN Studio, for use in validating whether radio units (RUs) are O-RAN compliant. Keysight is touting its early involvement with the O-RAN...

‘Working through the new realities’: Netscout on network security and telework

  Network usage has shifted dramatically since mid-March, when the COVID-19 pandemic began having significant impacts in the U.S. As enterprises and government agencies cope with the impacts of abrupt shifts to large-scale telework, the use of business applications and video conferencing has skyrocketed. VPN...

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: IEEE802.11ax Technology Introduction

IEEE 802.11ax is intended to improve the user experience and network performance in dense deployments in the unlicensed bands. Download this white paper to explore the technology used in the IEEE 802.11ax amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard and to get an overview of receiver...

In US metro areas, umlaut finds traffic and app shifts

Some major urban business hubs of the U.S. are seeing less traffic, and what traffic there is, is moving faster. Hot spots of mobile activity have shifted from the heart of city centers into more diffuse areas, and Wi-Fi usage has spread out across...

Test and Measurement: AT&T boosting network speeds with 5CA, new sites, more spectrum, RootMetrics says

AT&T is seeing 'excellent and improved' download speeds across many cities, RootMetrics finds Despite new testing being on hold due to the pandemic, RootMetrics is moving ahead with carrier-specific reports on the 55 cities it has already tested in the first half of this...

Test and Measurement: Keysight supports Rakuten Mobile’s 5G testing

Keysight Technologies said this week that Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten will be using Keysight's test equipment in support of its Rakuten Mobile network launch. Rakuten Mobile, which just began offering its low-cost data service to consumers last week, will be using Keysight's 5G network and...

COVID-19 factory shutdown hits EXFO’s sales

Despite sales drop, EXFO says that some 'well-funded' companies are increasing capex Network testing and analytics company EXFO said that the temporary shut down of its manufacturing center in China impacted its sales in the most recent quarter, but as a key supplier for the...

National Instruments White Paper: Getting Started with 4G LTE Using OpenAirInterface on an NI USRP-2974

The O-RAN is looking to revolutionize the way wireless communications systems are built. Their core tenants of using virtualized networks, white box hardware, and standardized interfaces aim to promote openness and innovation in 5G systems.

Stay-at-home orders shift European app usage, umlaut finds

  Business, educational and communications application usage is up, while shopping apps are seeing a decline in usage across Europe as people adjust their mobile app usage to their needs during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Those conclusions come from network benchmarking and analysis company umlaut, which...

Editorial Report: Dynamic Spectrum Sharing – Driving 5G to Scale

    The vision of 5G is cloud-native networks automatically delivering capacity on-demand. The reality, however, is that most operators are taking an incremental approach to cloudification and trying to understand where to direct capex given the need for holistic modernization in addition to...

Test and Measurement: NIST boosts mission-critical feature testing

A new project supported by funding from the National Institute for Standards and Technology focuses on testing-as-a-service for mission-critical communications features, including MC push-to-talk, data and video. NIST's Public Safety Communications Research Division, which provided a grant of $3.5 million to the Networking, Quality and...

RootMetrics: COVID-19-driven network shifts ‘unprecedented, unexpected, unlikely to change soon’

The coronavirus pandemic is turning the world on its head in many ways, and its impacts on networks are no exception. In some ways, the strains that is being placed on carrier networks is exactly the opposite of what they were designed for, according...

Test and Measurement: AT&T, Verizon’s latest COVID-19 impact updates

Voice calls and virtual private network use continue to be far higher than usual, as people across the country navigate teleworking, distance learning and staying in touch with each other during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Verizon and AT&T are providing multiple weekly updates on trends...

Understanding the test and measurement angle on Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

Addressing the capacity loss question around Dynamic Spectrum Sharing Dynamic spectrum sharing is seen as a key technology operators will employ to scale out 5G coverage by using software-based scheduling to transmit LTE and 5G NR signals in the same band at the same time....