TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry’s First LTE-Advanced 8x8 MIMO Signal-Generation and Analysis Solutions
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today affirmed its technology
leadership in LTE-Advanced test with its introduction of the industry’s
first LTE-Advanced 8x8 MIMO signal-generation and analysis solutions.
The offerings complement Agilent’s other industry-first solutions for
the LTE-Advanced standard.
LTE-Advanced
is the evolution of LTE to 4G. Standardization work was done as part of
Release 10 of the 3GPP specification, with further enhancements in
Release 11 and beyond. LTE-Advanced introduces a number of enhancements
and new technologies to enable peak data rates of up to 1 Gbps in the
downlink and 500 Mbps in the uplink. To achieve such a high peak data
rate, LTE-Advanced supports a maximum bandwidth of 100 MHz by
aggregating up to five component carriers, each up to 20 MHz wide, and
improved multi-antenna techniques in both uplink and downlink. For
downlink, LTE-Advanced introduces transmission mode 9, which enables Multiple-Input
Multiple-Output (MIMO) with up to 8 spatial streams and antennas.
Agilent’s comprehensive LTE-Advanced 8x8 MIMO signal-generation and
analysis solutions comprise Signal Studio and 89600 VSA software, as
well as the Agilent X-Series vector signal generators and multi-channel
signal analyzer with up to eight measurement channels. The solutions
support generation and analysis of FDD and TDD signals compliant with
the 3GPP Release 10 standard, and are well suited for R&D and test
engineers designing and evaluating transmitters, receivers, basebands,
and components for LTE-Advanced base stations and mobile terminals.
Using the Signal Studio and 89600 VSA software, engineers can start
testing physical layer implementations of LTE-Advanced devices with
greater insight and confidence, while gaining a deeper understanding of
the root causes of design problems. The multi-channel signal analyzer
enables full analysis of LTE-Advanced standards on next-generation
antennas, base stations and user equipment. Working with the 89600 VSA,
it enables phase-synchronous and cross-channel measurements with up to
eight RF channels in a single mainframe.
Unlike competing solutions, Agilent’s LTE-Advanced solutions fully
support 8x8 MIMO signal generation and analysis. Access to such
capabilities enables design engineers to actively engage in LTE-Advanced
development work in support of broad deployment planning in coming years.
“As a recognized leader and provider of world-class LTE solutions,
Agilent plays a pivotal role in the development, revision and
implementation of the 4G technology, LTE-Advanced,” said Andy Botka,
vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Microwave and
Communications Division. “Our first-to-market 8x8 MIMO test solutions
further complement Agilent’s comprehensive portfolio of LTE-Advanced
signal-generation and analysis solutions, and reaffirm our commitment to
actively leading the evolution of LTE to a 4G technology.”
Extending the availability of Agilent’s inter-band carrier aggregation
solutions, which already comprised signal analysis, Agilent is also
adding a signal-generation capability with cross-carrier scheduling. As
an added benefit, Signal Studio’s new advanced LTE-Advanced option
allows design engineers to perform receiver tests with fully
channel-coded waveforms, including support of Physical Uplink Control
Channel (PUCCH) Format 3. The waveforms can be created for receiver
bit-error-rate, block-error-rate, packet-error-rate, or frame-error-rate
analysis in a range of applications (e.g., performance verification and
functional testing of receivers during RF/baseband integration and
system verification, and for coding verification of baseband subsystems).
Pricing and Availability
Agilent’s LTE-Advanced signal-generation and analysis solutions with 8x8
MIMO test are now available. Pricing is as follows:
N7624B-TFP
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Signal Studio Advanced LTE-Advanced FDD R10
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(requires N7624B-HFP and -JFP)
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$3,300
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N7625B-TFP
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Signal Studio Advanced LTE-Advanced TDD R10
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(requires N7625B-EFP and -JFP)
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$3,300
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N7109A-C08
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Multi-Channel Signal Analyzer, 8-channel
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configuration
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$208,500
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89601B-BHG
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89600 VSA software for LTE-Advanced FDD
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(requires 89601B-BHD LTE-FDD)
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$3,600
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89601B-BHH
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89600 VSA software for LTE-Advanced TDD
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(requires 89601B-BHE LTE-TDD)
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$3,600
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More information on Agilent’s LTE-Advanced signal-generation and
analysis solutions is available at www.agilent.com/find/advanced-lte.
For more information on Signal Studio, 89600 VSA, or the Agilent
multi-channel signal analyzer, go to www.agilent.com/find/signalstudio,
www.agilent.com/find/vsa
and www.agilent.com/find/N7109A,
respectively. A video on the 89600 8x8 MIMO solution can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDaVMsKPP8.
Images of the LTE-Advanced solutions with 8x8 MIMO test are available at www.agilent.com/find/advanced-lte_images.
Also see www.agilent.com/find/LTE-Insight,
www.agilent.com/find/LTE-Forward,
and www.agilent.com/find/MIMO-Forward.
The Agilent book, LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless (second
edition), written by 42 LTE experts, is available at www.agilent.com/find/LTEBook.
About Agilent Technologies
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company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences,
diagnostics, electronics and communications. The company’s 20,500
employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had
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