Near-field communications technology is expected to see rapid growth in the near future, and Apple made a big splash last year with its NFC-enabled Apple Pay feature for mobile payments. And Google has its Google Wallet option for NFC-enabled Android smartphones. Â Rumors abound that...
The use of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) severely complicates the process of measuring eNodeB power and modulation quality in LTE systems. The difficulties include the fact that spectrum analyzers have just one receiver, while two or more receivers are needed for complete demodulation...
Test and Measurement News: JDSU revenue impacted in Q2
JDSU reported a net loss of $25 million for its most recent quarter, with its revenue impacted by less carrier spending, according to a statement by CEO Tom Waechter. Revenue was $437.1 million, down from $447.6 million...
LTE-Advanced testing continues to make progress across the ecosystem. In this week's test and measurement news:
• Anritsu said that its ME7873L RF/RRM conformance test system has received Global Certification Forum approval for more than 80% of radio frequency and radio resource management conformance test...
As JDS Uniphase prepares to split into two companies, it is facing pushback from an activist hedge fund shareholder on its plan for the split as well as some of its basic governance rules.
Sandell Asset Management has been publicly prodding the board to pursue the...
Anritsu this month is introducing a certification course for testing passive distributed antenna systems. The three-day course covers the use of handheld analyzers and includes testing and troubleshooting for components, as well as instruction in antenna placement that avoids passive intermodulation sources.
Anritsu said that...
Anite and Middle Eastern telecom provider Du launched live operations at their new Terminal Innovation Lab in the United Arab Emirates, outfitted with Anite's test equipment for devices and networks. Anite says it is the first lab of its kind in the Middle East region.
Du,...
With Bethany Mayer now at the helm at network visibility and test company Ixia, the company is seeking to stay on top of the virtualizing of networks and transition itself alongside the telecom and networking industries.
Mayer came to Ixia from Hewlwtt-Packard, where she led...
Radio equipment at conventional cell sites is located at the base of the tower, transmitting RF signals via coax to antennas at the top of the tower. However, these coax-based feeders produce most problems in cell sites due to their inherent loss and susceptibility...
A new mobile app will be available in 2015 from the International Telecommunications Union outlining the relationship between electromagnetic fields and health, and lays out internationally agreed-upon guidelines and standards for development and assessing EMF exposure.
The EMF Guide app was announced at an ITU forum meeting...
As mobile network coverage demands move indoors and into large venues, carriers are stuck with the conundrum of how to cost-effectively test and monitor the performance of distributed antenna systems, particularly through the lens of the customer experience.
AT&T developed its own solution, the EchoBot....
• Rohde & Schwarz announced this morning that it was able to simulate an LTE-Advanced network with three-component-carrier carrier aggregation in the downlink and sustain full protocol stack data rates for LTE category 9, classified as up to 450 Mbps in the downlink.
The test...
AUSTIN, TEXAS – National Instruments co-founder James Truchard today highlighted his company’s recently updated LabView Communications System Design Suite, which integrates software-defined radio hardware with comprehensive software for 5G prototyping.
Truchard, speaking from the IEEE GlobeCom show in Austin, Texas, said the redesigned LabView can support...
Keysight Technologies is the newest name and iteration of a testing company that traces its roots back through life sciences company Agilent Technologies to Hewlett-Packard, dating back 75 years. Now,  after being separated from parent company Agilent last month, the company  has taken the form of...
Laird launches two new antenna products enabling superior performance in very different environments
Global technology leader Laird (LRD: London), today launched two new antenna solutions, including an industry first. With applications including commercial, industrial,and the "Internet of Things," these antennas are the result of extensive investment in research,...
JDSU has launched a virtualized test solution for software-defined networking environments and virtualized network functions, bringing the functionality of its TrueSpeed solution into the world of SDN.
Michael Bangert, product manager at JDSU, said that the solution focuses on testing how the network impacts the...
What is shakedown testing?
Shakedown testing, also known as site acceptance testing, is site testing that occurs when contractors have completed construction and installation work at a network site, but before a site is handed over to the carrier's operations team.
Texas-based Verveba Telecom specializes in...
Paul Gowans, mobile strategy director for JDSU, talked with RCR Wireless' Kelly Hill about key takeaways from his session as part of the hetnet track at the LTE North America conference, as well as the status of Voice over LTE deployments.
"I think we're moving...
As carrier aggregation begins to be deployed with two component carriers, Anritsu and Keysight Technologies both announced advances this week in the testing of three-component-carrier carrier aggregation, which offers even higher speeds.
Anritsu said it tested three-component-carrier Carrier Aggregation and achieved a stable peak-data rate,...
DALLAS – Last month, test and measurement company Anite announced it was acquiring U.S.-based data post-processing and analytics company Xceed for $30 million.
At the LTE North America conference in Dallas this week, Markku Toiviainen, VP and GM for Anite's network testing business, talked...
The introduction of Carrier Aggregation in LTE Release 10 (LTE Advanced) allows network operators to dramatically improve throughput performance by combining multiple LTE downlink carriers from different frequency bands.
In this webinar, Rohde & Schwarz will present a technical overview of carrier aggregation and...
Keysight Technologies reported revenue up 8% from a year ago to $762 million, in its first independent financial reporting after being separated from Agilent Technologies at the beginning of November.
Full-year revenue of $2.93 billion, up 2% year-over-year, was above the midpoint of the company's...
Effective Nov. 3, Keysight began trading as an independent company on the NYSE. Officially a new company with a 75-year legacy, Keysight was founded in 1939 as Hewlett-Packard and then Agilent’s electronic measurement group. The company is now 100% focused on electronic design, test and measurement issues.
Keysight...
Test and measurement companies are expanding their support for specs coming from the MIPI Alliance, which establishes standards for mobile device hardware and software interfaces.
Tektronix said it has the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debugging solution for the new MIPI M-Phy v3.1 specification...
