The rapid adoption of gigabit LTE on the path to 5G is one of several mega-trends shaping the way carriers plan, deploy, monitor and manage networks. The telecom industry is undergoing major transitions including the move from physical to hybrid to virtual networks built...
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...
The move to 5G is a long-term transition, not the flip of a switch. Much like 2G networks still exist alongside 3G and 4G networks, Long Term Evolution is expected to be just that: long term.
“5G will not replace LTE,” Rysavy Research concluded...
Canadian software-defined spectrum analysis company ThinkRF has racked up another big testing partnership, this time working with Viavi Solutions to produce a downconverter that extends the capabilities of Viavi's existing 2G/3G/LTE CellAdvisor equipment into "5G" frequencies, including 27-30 GHz.
"The ability to monitor high-frequency...
As wireless operators continue to offer higher bandwidth and prepare to offer 5G fixed-wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) services, radio access networks (RANs) are evolving. Fiber, PON, and WDM technologies continue to constitute the necessary physical layer. Cloud RAN provides scale and cost...
As wireless operators continue to offer higher bandwidth and prepare to offer 5G fixed-wireless and Internet of Things (IoT) services, radio access networks (RANs) are evolving. Fiber, PON, and WDM technologies continue to constitute the necessary physical layer. Cloud RAN provides scale and cost...
The team at test, measurement and assurance vendor Viavi's Edinburgh, Scotland, office is engaged in a number of charitable initiatives including with the Bethany Christian Trust, which provides assistance to some 7,000 homeless people in the country including daily meal service and access to...
To hit the sweet spot for the best mobile network user experience, you want to live in a metropolitan area -- but smaller metros have better network performance than the most populated urban areas, according to the most recent analysis by RootMetrics.
The testing company...
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...
Irvine, Calif.-based Infinite Electronics has acquired a number of well-known radio frequency brands from Smiths Group. Infinite purchased Smiths Interconnect's Microwave Telecoms operations, which includes test equipment company Kaelus, RF protection equipment company PolyPhaser, surge protection company Transtector Systems and microwave antenna producer RadioWaves.
Infinite is an operational...
Fiber is helping mobile network operators take advantage of LTE-Advanced technology and will be critical in "5G" network architectures, but there are challenges associated with fiber at cell towers and in distributed radio architectures. Kashif Hussain, go to market leader at Viavi Solutions, is...
Vendors are prepping for next week's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain. In terms of preshow news, there are two primary areas of focus for testing and monitoring companies: "5G" and the internet of things.
LitePoint said it will be highlighting its test offerings for...
A report from Viavi Solutions claims 12 operators have already carried out field testing of 5G technology.
Twenty-five mobile operators have announced plans for lab testing of “5G” technologies, according to a recent report by Viavi Solutions. Of those 25 operators, 12...
Internet of things-focused Thread Group is making progress on its work toward an IoT standard for smart home use cases. The group has launched its certification program, starting with four software stacks that have successfully completed interoperability testing and are now considered Thread Certified Components....
The most recent quarter has so far been largely positive for test and measurement companies.
-Teradyne reported a record quarter for orders as it closed out 2016, which the company said was driven by demand in mobility test. Teradyne posted fourth quarter revenues of $380 million...
The companies that build and operate wireless networks are not the only businesses poised to profit as carriers densify their networks with small cells. As network nodes multiply, a number of businesses that support the carriers are seeing new opportunities.
Dark fiber providers
Wireless carriers...
As fronthaul and backhaul merge fiber, copper and wireless in the cloud, 5G optimization brings a new set of challenges
While the technologies that will come together to define 5G have yet to be standardized, there’s wide accord that 5G will include a variety of...
From RAN to core, 5G SON will automate cross-domain personalized networks for vertical applications
The majority of current SON solutions focus on the radio access network, but with 5G the RAN will fundamentally change to encompass an array of access technologies. In addition to that...
From NB-IoT to autonomous vehicles, as networks converge and move to the cloud, Viavi focuses on end-to-end SON
5G is envisioned as a unifying architecture capable of seamlessly supporting a wide range of use cases—massive machine-type communications on one end of the continuum and ultra-...
LitePoint said it has launched the first over-the-air test system for Bluetooth low energy devices, also known as Bluetooth Smart. The company's new Bluetooth Advanced test system supports OTA characterization and verification of device operations.
Bluetooth low energy is increasingly widely adopted for "internet of...
Viavi Solutions and activist shareholder group Sandell Asset Management have been trading open letters about Viavi's future.
During the former JDS Uniphase's split into Viavi and Lumentum, communications and commercial optical products unit, Sandell, publicly urged the JDSU board to consider a sale of Lumentum rather than...
As service providers continue to grow their RF network footprints, they are under tremendous pressure to reduce deployment time to meet constant network demands and reduce OpEx. Fiber to the antenna (FTTA) sites offer significant coverage and capacity benefits, but at the same time...
Quickly locate RF interference sources with advanced interference hunting techniques.
With RF spectrum proliferation, interference issues are inevitable. Interference can reduce coverage, capacity, and throughput by desensitizing receivers, increasing noise floors, and lowering signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). All of this has a major impact on user...
To meet an increasingly diverse set of usage profiles, mobile network operators are building heterogeneous radio access networks that combine macro, small cell and WiFi technologies from different vendors across 2G, 3G and 4G. The level of diversity in subscriber requirements and the surging...
