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IEEE GlobeCom: 5G prototyping with updated LabView

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...

After spin-off, Keysight strikes out on its own

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...

Sponsored: Industry first enables greater in-building wireless capacity

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,...

Test and Measurement: JDSU on testing NFV

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 for mobile networks?

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...

LTE NA 2014: JDSU on hetnets, VoLTE

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...

Test and Measurement: Anritsu, Keysight demo three-component-carrier aggregation

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,...

LTE NA: Anite on its Xceed acquisition

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...

Rohde & Schwarz Webinar: Understanding and Testing Carrier Aggregation in the Field

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 reports first independent results, revenue up 8%

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...

EMEA: Keysight talks modular electronics

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: Test companies expand support for MIPI

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...

Anritsu Webinar: Mobile Interference Hunting – A Unique Approach

Interference from both illegal and unintentional signals is a significant problem for mobile service providers, security services and government regulators. For wireless network operators, various issues such as dropped calls, blocked calls and degraded data throughput often result from interference signals. New ways are...

Spirent, Ofcom test 4G customer experience in U.K.

Spirent Communications released the latest results from its ongoing analysis of customer experience on LTE networks in the United Kingdom, including new data from a dozen cities. They ranked O2 as the top U.K. operator for customer experience. This is the second round of the...

Editorial Webinar: LTE, DAS and Small Cell field testing best practices

As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators' infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can include LTE macro sites, indoor or outdoor small cells, and distributed antenna systems (iDAS...

Feature Report: LTE, DAS and Small Cell Field Testing Best Practices

As mobile networks become more heterogeneous in order to support ever-increasing indoor and outdoor capacity needs, testing must take into consideration operators' infrastructure choices. In advanced wireless networks, that can include LTE macro sites, indoor or outdoor small cells, and distributed antenna systems (iDAS...

Anite launches expanded benchmarking system

Anite today introduced its latest benchmarking system for mobile networks and devices, which includes quality-of-service and quality-of-experience testing and covers Long Term Evolution, LTE-Advanced, Cat 6 and Voice over LTE technologies for smartphones. Nemo Invex II for drive testing and device assessment is designed for...

Test & Measurement: Ixia on its results, ecosystem shake-up

--Ixia met its revenue guidance but delivered a net loss for the quarter, in the midst of what new CEO Bethany Mayer called a "challenging network equipment spending environment." Mayer told investors on Ixia's quarterly call that the "near-term spending environment will continue to be...

Anritsu Webinar: Adapting Maintenance Techniques to Current Trends in LTE Installations

Cellular base station installations are changing from the traditional ground or cabinet based radio installations to remote radio head, fiber to the antenna and small cell installations where the radios are installed close to the antennas or the antennas are integral to the radios...

Test and Measurement: LitePoint, Cobham Wireless and more

Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see what's afoot. --Teradyne subsidiary LitePoint said it has reached a milestone of supporting test solutions...

JDSU reports results, moves toward company split

In its first quarterly call since announcing that the company will split into two, JDSU reported revenue up about 1% year-over-year, while it narrowed its losses and exceeded its guidance. JDSU had revenue of $433.6 million, with profits of $33 million on a non-GAAP basis and a net...

Test and Measurement: Anite inks testing deal with Deutsche Telekom

Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at test and measurement news to see what's afoot. -- Anite announced this week that it has signed a multiyear deal with Deutsche...

NetScout’s big buy

The news that network performance monitoring company NetScout is buying $2.6 billion worth of network testing, monitoring and security assets from international tech and science conglomerate Danaher sets the network-monitoring ecosystem up for substantial change. The move essentially triples NetScout’s workforce, and is being accomplished through a...

RootMetrics: Chicago top market for mobile services

The trickiest part of answering questions regarding which operator provides the “best” wireless service is working around the nuances of geography. One operator could provide stellar service in one market, but offer barely a bar of service in the next. Looking to add some clarity...