The increasing reliance on wireless technologies makes it vital for spectrum users to monitor and control the RF operating environment. Interfering signals can degrade the capacity of communications networks, and illicit transmissions in the vicinity of prisons, national borders and critical infrastructure may represent...
Variables such as cable performance, throughput levels, connectivity and passive intermodulation are key indicators of network functionality. Contractors must test and measure all these factors in order for carriers to sign off on a site activation. With the growth of small cells and distributed...
Measurement Computing, which produces hardware and software for data acquisition and logging for test and measurement, acquired competitor Data Translation for an undisclosed sum.
Data Translation focuses on PC-based data acquisition and designs modules compatible with a range of technologies, including USB, PCI, LXI and Ethernet as...
Walk test measurements are needed in most cases to verify in-building deployment. In-building measurements are time consuming and expensive. In order to be efficient, both the data collection and following analysis needs to be executed professionally to ensure the number of visits to the...
As Keysight Technologies' first year as an independent company comes to a close, it has announced a new organizational structure that divides the company into three business groups focused on different customer bases, and another group for corporate leadership and technology.
"The changes that we’re announcing...
NetScout financial results
NetScout Systems reported its first quarter of results since its massive network monitoring and security acquisition from Danaher. Company president and CEO Anil Singhal said the company is pleased with its initial progress and integration work is proceeding according to plan.
Earnings per share...
The connected car opens many topics related to testing. Simulating safety systems, checking for interference, looking at the safety from malicious external influences. This report will look at the challenges at hand and highlight some of the key players working to solve them.
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Fluke Networks added new testing support for deploying 802.11ac networks in the enterprise, launching a tablet solution aimed at network engineers, and a handheld tester, the OneTouc AT Generation 2 Network Assistant, for technicians.
Between the two options, Fluke (now part of NetScout Systems) is staying...
Traditionally, line sweep, PIM, and OTDR traces have been individually processed in stand-alone PC based programs that work with one trace at a time. This repetitive, labor intensive process worked well in the past, but with the coming of market price pressures, LTE, and...
The NFC Forum has released one new and three candidate specifications for near-field communications, which target improved radio frequency support, better interoperability and a new tag operation format that opens up new use cases, according to the organization.
The new NFC standard deals with NFC...
EXFO optimistic about 2016 revenue despite FY 2015 declines
EXFO reported that its quarterly and full-year fiscal 2015 results saw significant currency rate impacts affecting its sales numbers.
Sales for the fourth quarter were $56.6 million, compared to $59.7 million during the same period last year. Quebec City,...
Spectrum monitoring is a powerful tool that can be used to ensure that the RF communications we all depend on for both civilian and defense applications work, and work well. The need to make more effective use of our RF spectrum comes from a number...
As industry interest and exploration of "5G" deepens, Tektronix announced this week it has a new feature capable of ultra-wide signal analysis for 5G backhaul arrangements.
The company said the implementation of its SignalVu software on the company's DPO70000SX ATI performance oscilloscopes will simplify multi-instrument test set-ups that...
Federated Wireless is pilot-testing a new Spectrum Access System sensor in partnership with the National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network to accelerate the development of a system supporting spectrum sharing with multiple access types.
The company focuses on sharing licensed spectrum and has a...
New Sunsight Instruments microwave path alignment tool enables setting up a link in minutes, not hours
The mobile telecommunications industry is one of the most competitive spaces in the economic landscape. Retaining customers boils down to providing a high-quality network experience, while working to drive...
Get real time network performance metrics to make the most out of costly infrastructure deployments
In the competitive wireless marketplace, customers expect high quality of service everywhere, not just outside. With costly distributed antenna system (DAS) and small cell deployments gaining traction with service providers...
The test-related products that vendors announced around CTIA Super Mobility 2015 tend to be a reflection of the overall trends within the industry, and this year is no exception. From that perspective, vendors are talking about testing trends that include virtualizing heterogeneous networks (Azimuth),...
It was a busy week for the test industry, as vendors showcased their wares in support of the wireless ecosystem's continuing evolution and addressed current trends that ranged from heterogeneous networks to LTE-Advanced, multiple input/multiple output over-the-air testing and the "Internet of Things." Here...
Verizon expects faster speeds, lower latency, support for IoT in 5G plans
Verizon Wireless is moving aggressively into the “5G” space, announcing plans for field trials of the still un-defined network standard beginning next year with a number of key vendor partners.
Verizon Wireless said it...
As Transit Wireless continues its massive project to cover nearly 280 underground subway stations in New York City, testing company Global Wireless Solutions decided to take a look at the quality of the coverage that has been extended thus far.
CEO Paul Carter spoke with...
Azimuth Systems Introduced VNE, the Industry’s First—and Only—HetNet Environment Emulation Capability
Consumers demand ubiquitous high-speed access to feed their bandwidth- and data-hungry applications. LTE-A uses network densification/HetNet (a network of cells of different sizes) to meet this demand. The shift to LTE-A is creating a...
In the test and measurement space this week, vendors are gearing up for the CTIA show and highlighting new wares focused on LTE-Advanced and "5G."
- Anritsu launched new support for fading in LTE-A scenarios and support for 4x4 and 8x2 multiple-input/multiple-output technology, additional test...
New wave of location-accuracy standards based on an FCC mandate
WASHINGTON – In accordance with the Federal Communications Commission's rules issued in January, the wireless industry is developing comprehensive standards for next generation 911 location accuracy reporting.
The company 911 Location Technologies Test Bed is an independent entity...
Keysight didn't wait long to make good on its CEO's remarks that the company has a "strong" appetite for acquisition, announcing this week that it is expanding its equipment calibration and repair support with the purchase of U.K.-based Electroservices Enterprises for an undisclosed amount.
Keysight...
