As 5G standards progress, beamforming, mmWave technology are key
While groups like 3GPP and the ITU push for standardization of 5G mobile network technology by 2020, new use cases and mobile services taking shape today are helping inform the specifications that will ultimately define 5G.
Despite the lack...
Small cells are meant to boost mobile network coverage and capacity, but they can actually hurt network performance if they cause interference. Test equipment makers say that small cells make network testing more important than ever. The testing process is changing in at least...
NetScout is extending its geoanalytics platform's reach by tying into Huawei's Operational Support Systems. NetScout now has OSS interoperability agreements with Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia and says it is the first end-to-end service assurance provider to have that level of integration and "full-license data sources for...
As DAS and small cells take off, gain competitive advantage with an end-to-end solution that drives ROI and customer satisfaction
As carriers shift emphasis from macro builds to providing the same level of LTE connectivity in-building, the outlook for distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small...
Two test-focused companies are expanding their "Internet of Things" portfolios with IoT acquisitions, although each has a different focus.
MTS is buying sensor production company PCB Group for $580 million. MTS plans to combine PCB into its own sensors business with an eye toward more complete test...
EXFO beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profits, with net earnings of $4 million for the quarter, compared to $900,000 in the same period last year and $1.8 million in the previous quarter. The $4 million figure includes a foreign exchange gain of $1.1 million,...
CPRI testing at the base station reduces truck rolls, tower climbs and OpEx
Carriers are increasingly turning to centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture and CPRI (Common Public Radio Interface) to provide network flexibility, to be able to scale quickly, and to be able to...
Network testing vendors focused this week on preparing for more widespread 100 gigabit telecommunications networks as part of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition in Anaheim, California.
EXFO unveiled a new lab solution for design, development and deployment testing of next-generation fiber networks. The LTB-8...
As the radio interface of mobile phones has evolved, it has typically been changed about every ten years, and the 5G (5th Generation) interface is expected to start being used in the 2020s.
Similar to 3G and 4G cases, ITU-R (International Telecommunication Union – Radio...
LAS VEGAS – In the tradition of its self-driving car and robotics grand challenges, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its Spectrum Collaboration Challenge at this week's International Wireless Communications Expo.
DARPA calls the challenge, which includes a $2 million top prize, "the world's first collaborative...
Live or progressive? Which codec and compression rate? All these factors and more impact end user QoE and operator’s bottom-line.
By 2020, more than half of all mobile data will be video driven, according to industry projections. As consumer demand for mobile video continues to explode, service providers...
RF interference can reduce coverage, capacity, and throughput by desensitizing receivers, increasing noise floors, and lowering signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). These conditions can prevent the use of higher modulation coding schemes and efficient resource block allocation as LTE schedulers attempt to avoid impacted spectrum. Detecting...
Ahead of next week's IWCE conference in Las Vegas, Anite and Bittium announced a collaboration around public safety drive testing capabilities. Bittium's Band 14-capable, ruggedized ToughMobile smartphone has been integrated with Anite's Nemo Outdoor drive testing solution, with an eye toward serving the market for...
As vendors and their customers face constant pressure on keeping testing costs in line, test companies are always seeking to reduce the amount of time required for testing.
Two test and measurement companies have announced efforts to speed up testing in different areas. Anite said this...
New entrants into the home broadband market – think Google Fiber, as well as various government-driven initiatives – are putting the pressure on cable and multiple-system operators. One new avenue for competition is adoption of DOCSIS 3.1 technology, which enables competition against more costly...
P3 Group, QuEST Forum and Metrinomics have partnered on new customer experience management services that seek to provide the telecom industry with a more complete view of wireless customers' experience by leveraging a combination of objective, on-device performance data along with subjective customer reports...
TechNavio said the growing use of mobile applications is one of four major trends impacting the software testing market, with the other three being the emergence of vertical-specific testing services, the increased use of cloud-based software testing and a shift toward increasingly automated testing.
The...
Frost & Sullivan came out with a new report this week claiming the emergence of "5G" technologies will "ignite the global test and measurement market,"Â with smart cities and the drive to monitor international sporting events also seen as additional drivers. Communications testing will be...
Verizon Communications has started "5G" field tests with Nokia Networks, testing pre-standards technology in Verizon's live network in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Verizon and Nokia said they tested an "extreme broadband" use case to look at the viability of replacing high-speed, indoor wireline connections with...
Network testing company Global Wireless Solutions is challenging RootMetrics' popular crowd-sourced ratings of wireless carriers with a new OneScore rating system for wireless carriers, which takes into consideration both how users want to utilize their devices as well as actual network testing data.
"Despite a recent...
As more small cells are deployed, scalability and reproducibility become central to return on investment, and new industry solutions are available that seek to streamline processes and shrink costs in order to make small cells viable on a large scale. small cell testing
This webinar...
As more small cells are deployed, scalability and reproducibility become central to return on investment, and new industry solutions are available that seek to streamline processes and shrink costs in order to make small cell testing viable.
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This report looks at challenges of getting small cells...
Test company Rohde & Schwarz has moved to consolidate its cybersecurity focus in a new subsidiary company, Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity GmbH, with the aim of becoming a dominant force in the network security market in Europe.
R&S made several network security-related acquisitions in the...
In-building wireless testing can be more complex than outdoor network testing because there are more potential sources of interference, and more variables to coordinate. An indoor small cell environment can include multiple radios and antennas; when these are aligned they can help support one...
