Anritsu and reverberation chamber testing company Bluetest are collaborating on 5G over-the-air testing capabilities, Bluetest's second recent partnership in 5G OTA testing.
Anritsu's Radio Communications Test Station MT8000A and Bluetest's OTA Reverberation Test System RTS65 have been integrated in order to support 5G OTA testing....
Test trends at MWCA were dominated by 5G
It was a busy week for test companies at Mobile World Congress Americas, and while one subject -- 5G testing -- dominated the demos, it wasn't the only area of focus.
The three big test trends from MWCA...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
SK Telecom first-wave...
PCTel looks forward to 5G, re-organizes leadership
GERMANTOWN, Maryland --PCTel is bringing its antenna and test segments into a single business unit -- not all that unlike the end-to-end set-up at its facility in Germantown, Maryland.
Inside a brick building in a tree-lined office park, PCTel's...
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab has expanded its Wi-Fi testing capabilities to include Broadband Forum testing that quantifies Wi-Fi access point performance.
The testing is in line with Broadband Forum's WT-398 test plan for benchmarking consumer customer premise equipment, which UNH-IOL said "represents...
Although the standard for the next generation of Wi-Fi technology hasn't been officially finalized, that hasn't stopped chipsets, reference designs and test equipment from making it to the market to support the transition to 802.11ax.
The 802.11ax ecosystem has begun picking up steam, with products...
While T-Mobile US came out ahead of Verizon by a hair on LTE availability on a national level in OpenSignal's most recent round of app-based testing, regional battles have heated up in the past year, according to the company.
Verizon came out in top in...
Millimeter-wave chip company Maja Systems and Presto Engineering said this week that they have successfully collaborated on high-volume, automated production testing for Maja's AirData products.
Michel Villemain, CEO of Presto Engineering, said in a statement that the company "developed custom solutions that allow us to...
The pace of 5G trials has "rapidly accelerated during the past six months," according to new information from Viavi Solutions on the state of 5G trials.
Viavi said that 72 operators are testing 5G, which is almost three times the number that were testing 5G...
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...
More than 90% of IT professionals are concerned about the security of data and applications in public cloud deployments, according to a new study commissioned by Ixia and conducted by Dimensional Research.
“As cloud adoption grows, concerns are shifting from migration topics to security and...
PCTel is opening up a test lab focused on Wi-Fi performance at its Bloomingdale, Ill. headquarters. The new lab will provide wireless performance testing for Wi-Fi access points and devices equipped with PCTel antennas -- including industrial IoT products, the company said. The lab...
Both Cadillac and Daimler Trucks are putting new connected vehicle technologies to the test on U.S. roads.
Cadillac has a dozen vehicles on the road that began a journey from New York City to California this week. The CT6 models have "Super Cruise," a hands-free highway driving system...
Keysight, Qualcomm will collaborate on testing 5G chips
Qualcomm Technologies will use Keysight Technologies' test equipment and design tools to develop "5G" chips. The two companies announced a collaboration this week on 5G chipset development. Qualcomm will be utilizing Keysight offerings such as its network...
Sprint will work with New York University Wireless for mobile "5G" development, in a partnership announced this week.
Sprint is joining the university's 5G research center as an industry affiliate sponsor and weill get early access to research, work with students and faculty on 5G-related...
Interference problems have plagued LTE networks from the start. External sources of interference, from streetlights to baby monitors to rogue base stations, can slow network data speeds or disrupt connectivity.
Nevertheless, external interference is often the last problem network operators tackle. This is primarily due...
With an ever-increasing percentage of wireless network traffic being generated indoors, the design and performance of networks needs to be assessed not just outside, but inside. Indoor network testing poses its own unique challenges, from site access to collecting as much relevant benchmarking data...
PCTel was recently involved in a global project to assess carrier networks at more than 300 airports around the world, in order to help an airline determine which carriers would be the best local choice to support an RFID luggage-tracking system that utilizes cellular...
PCTel recently completed network testing at more than 300 domestic and international airports in order to get a good picture of the wireless operators providing the best connectivity for RFID-based luggage tracking. PCTel said that its test engineers followed bag routes from check-in through holding rooms...
Flying RF testing equipment? T-Mobile and Amazon aren’t the only companies exploring commercial applications for automated flight. While multi-billion dollar entities, public-advocacy groups, and government regulators debate policy, PCTEL is focused on ideas and engineering. SkyLine is PCTEL’s forward-thinking concept to expand the reach...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--Agilent Technologies says it now has the industry's first LTE-Advanced uplink...
In 'LTE Device & Application Testing Procedures' we explore what it takes to launch LTE devices? Join RCR for a review of the ecosystem and processes required to bring LTE devices to market.
Key questions explored include:
What are the major milestones and timeline to design, test and...
Wireless carriers rely on a variety of contractors, program managers and "turf vendors" to build and maintain wireless infrastructure. This webinar will examine the infrastructure services ecosystem by looking at the differing approaches that the major carriers take to deployment, sharing the perspectives of...
Welcome once again to our weekly wrap-up on tower technology. RCR Wireless News brings you the top stories related to the tower industry and tower-related technology in one place so you don't have to scour the internet to stay in the know. This week...
