Benchmarking and engineering company P3 Communications is expanding its working relationship with InfoVista. The two companies have been working together for nearly a year on some joint services on benchmarking the performance of new network services such as voice and video over LTE. Now...
Verizon and AT&T both saw big dips in network speeds after introducing unlimited plans, according to OpenSignal, but those impacts have largely been mitigated and speeds are improving as the first anniversary of industry-wide adoption of unlimited plans approaches.
In February 2017, Verizon finally made...
A new certification program for power over Ethernet has produced the first 37 certified products, aiming to boost multi-vendor interoperability in PoE.
Craig Chabot, manager for wireless and power over Ethernet testing services groups at the University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Lab -- which performed the...
Two test companies have announced the expansion of their labs: Spirent Communications and Germany-based international testing and certification company TÜV SÜD.
Spirent is expanding its facility in Paignton, England and increasing total lab space by more than 50%. The new facility was formally opened...
LoRaWAN radio technology offers powerful and flexible capabilities making it attractive for many IoT applications. The long-range communications, flexible hardware, open source software, and other LoRaWAN features must be thoroughly characterized.
Ensure robust transmission and reception of your LoRaWAN IoT device using optimal test solutions.
Test company Tektronix touted its support of an international research team which demonstrated the first transmission of two real-time video signals through a terahertz multiplexer that reached an aggregate data rate of 50 gigabits per second. Tektronix noted that the speed reached in the...
The upcoming IEEE 802.11ax High-Efficiency Wireless (HEW) standard promises to deliver four times greater data throughput per user. It relies on multiuser technologies to make better use of the available Wi-Fi channels and serve more devices in dense user environments.
Explore this introductory technology white...
Although test companies have long been at the forefront of 5G work, the official advent of the 5G New Radio standard has meant that a number of vendors are reminding the industry of their 5G capabilities or launching new ones.
Just in time for the...
Partnership with the popular Magnolia lifestyle brand will provide insights into 5G for the enterprise
Two weathered, 210-foot silos preside over the home of Magnolia in Waco, Tex., giving the site its name and a distinctive identity. Now Magnolia Market at the Silos -- the...
The emergence of industrial internet of things applications in "smart testing" will have significant ramifications for the test and measurement space, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan.
"Through digital connectivity, the use of test equipment can be maximized, improving the quality of...
Can a network testing platform serve as a way to increase automation in related operations? Fluke Networks is trying to find out.
Two years ago, the company launched its cloud-based data reporting platform: LinkWare Live. That solution has proved quite popular and in July of...
In today’s mobile networks, revenue per transported bit is constantly decreasing, while the complexity of the network and traffic volumes are increasing. Hence, driving operational efficiency and reducing OPEX are of paramount importance to evolving network operators. One of the key areas for gaining...
Understanding how millimeter-waves (mmWave) will function in real-world environments can be challenging. With increasingly smaller wavelengths in the 5G environment, test errors are more common. Learn how to thoroughly test 5G mmWave devices for real-world functionality by reading the "OTA Test for Millimeter-Wave 5G...
One of the initial challenges of 5G, particularly for millimeter-wave fixed wireless access, is how carriers determine where to place new network equipment and customer premise equipment and where they can guarantee coverage. New 5G field testing solutions have to be developed that support...
Despite its headquarters being closed for three weeks due to northern California wildfires, Keysight delivered a fourth quarter that its CEO called "outstanding," and the company reported record orders of more than $1 billion.
"While our headquarters was closed for over three weeks due to...
NFV and SDN deployments require automated service assurance that won’t compromise reliability
Service assurance is a crucial and increasingly complex task for communications service providers. Without granular insight into network performance metrics, a CSP cannot gauge customer experience, network reliability, find and fix failures or...
The advent of 5G will mean significant changes for smartphone antenna design and location within devices, according to Jeff Shamblin, chief scientist for antenna company Ethertronics.
During remarks at the 5G Innovation Summit, Shamblin noted that most current smartphones are configured so that the five...
Evolving today’s fiber-based mobile networks to a centralized radio access network (C-RAN) delivers many advantages to mobile network operators (MNOs), including higher bandwidth support and reduced operational expenses. However, C-RAN comes with its fair share of challenges.
This webinar will explore a C-RAN field trial...
DEL MAR, Calif.--5G will be supported by four "pillars" as the industry seeks to transition to the next generation of wireless technology, according to Andreas Roessler, technology manager at test company Rohde & Schwarz.
Roessler, speaking at the 5G Innovation Summit, said that those four...
Keysight Technologies is collaborating with Semtech, the company behind the LoRa low-power wide-area network technology for the internet of things, to develop LoRa testing support in Keysight equipment and software.
Keysight said that Semtech provided it with technical information for LoRa that it...
Rohde & Schwarz has introduced a new testing platform designed to test the emerging 5G New Radio specification in frequencies below 6 GHz.
Millimeter-wave spectrum often garners the bulk of attention because of the large amounts of spectrum available at high frequencies. But 5G NR...
Testing and verifying designs for millimeter-wave prototypes is an ongoing challenge for the industry as it moves into 5G. Engineers need to understand how 5G mmwave prototypes will behave in a wide range of challenge propagation scenarios, which is typically accomplished through an emulation...
Reflecting changing network architectures, InfoVista is focusing on service assurance for centralized Radio Access Network with the recent addition of new service assurance capabilities for fronthaul and backhaul in virtualized networks.
The company also boosted its sales teams with Europe and North America with new...
Internet of Things (IoT) is today’s megatrend in wireless communication industry. Machine to machine wireless connectivity is being adopted in various verticals at increasing pace. Number of IoT devices deployed by 2020 is expected to increase to ~20 Billion.
Cellular IoT (CIoT) is defined as...
