TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Releases Industry's First Radio Equipment Test Solution for CPRI Standard.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced the release of the first commercially available test solution for the CPRI CPRI Common Public Radio Interface CPRI Computer-based Patient Record Institute CPRI Central Power Research Institute (India) CPRI Central Potato Research Institute (India) (Common Public Radio Interface) standard. CPRI defines a publicly available specification for the interface between the radio equipment control (REC) and the radio equipment (RE) in a radio base station. The Agilent N5120A Baseband Studio for CPRI radio equipment test software is an off-the-shelf, full-featured CPRI test solution that provides the REC signals required to stimulate 3G base station RE. Used with the N5101A PCI card and the N5103A high-speed serial interface The High-Speed Serial Interface (HSSI) is a differential ECL serial interface standard developed by Cisco Systems and T3plus Networking primarily for use in WAN router connections. It is capable of speeds up to 52 Mbit/s with cables up to 50 feet in length. card for operation, this solution is suitable for manufacturing test engineers testing mobile communication base-station RE and provides the flexibility to support R&D engineers. Compared with more conventional homegrown solutions, the N5120A features a significant time savings in terms of both test system development and implementation. Its support of bi-directional uplink/downlink operation makes it suitable for concurrent testing of the receive and transmit functions of base station equipment. A real-time Bit Error Rate (BER (1) (Basic Encoding Rules) A set of encoding rules for ASN.1 notation, which is a method for defining data structures. See ASN.1. (2) (Bit Error Rate) The average number of bits transmitted in error. See BERT. 1. )/Block Error Rate (BLER BLER Block Error Rate BLER Block Error Result ) testing capability enables testing of receiver sensitivity. Using the N5120A, the engineer can set up carriers and waveforms to send to the RE (downlink). Received CPRI data from the RE can be directed to a disk file, vector signal analysis program or BER measurement utility (uplink). The engineer can also send control and management data to control the RE and receive it from the RE. "PMC-Sierra and Agilent Technologies have been working closely together to bring to market a standard-compliant test solution consisting of CPRI-based ICs and test equipment," said Babak Samimi, product marketing manager with PMC-Sierra's Communication Products Division. "Interoperability between Agilent's test equipment and our CPRI-based architecture demonstrates successful implementation of this new industry standard." Agilent also announced software for configuring W-CDMA See WCDMA. with HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. (High-Speed Download Packet Access) and HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) See HSPA. (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) is a 3G mobile telephony protocol in the HSPA family with up-link speeds up to 5.76 Mbit/s. The specifications for HSUPA are included in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Release 6 standard published by 3GPP. ) waveforms that can be used with the CPRI test solution. The Agilent N5120A software for CPRI RE test works with N7600A Signal Studio to generate multi-carrier downlink waveforms for W-CDMA with HSUPA and HSDPA. This tool combination provides test engineers with modulation capabilities that complement transmitter modulation analysis using a spectrum analyzer. U.S. Pricing and Availability The Agilent N5120A Baseband Studio for CPRI radio equipment test software and N7600A Signal Studio for W-CDMA with HSUPA and HSDPA are now available.
Product number Description Price
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N5120A Baseband Studio for CPRI RE test No charge
N5120A-109 License to external baseband generator $5,000
N5120A-121 License for N7600A with N5120A $5,000
N5120A-145 Real-time BER measurement for CPRI $7,500
N5103A High-speed serial interface (HSSI) card $5,000
N5101A Baseband Studio PCI card $4,600
N5101A-022 512 MSa Memory $3,500
N7600A Signal Studio for W-CDMA No charge
with HSUPA/HSDPA
Further Information --Information about the Agilent N5120A Baseband Studio for CPRI radio equipment test software is available at www.agilent.com/find/basebandstudio. --A photo of the product is available at www.agilent.com/find/CPRI_image. --Information about the Agilent N7600A Signal Studio for W-CDMA with HSUPA and HSDPA is available at www.agilent.com/find/signalcreation. --For additional information on the CPRI digital interface standard, go to www.agilent.com/find/CPRI_backgrounder. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 21,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $5.1 billion in fiscal 2005. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Sales information is available by calling 800-829-4444, item number 8043. Please do NOT use editor contact or corporate telephone numbers for sales and product information. Information in this news release applies specifically to products available in the United States. Product availability and specifications may vary in other markets. If you choose to review this item, your readers will receive the quickest response to their inquiries by mailing them to Agilent Technologies, Test and Measurement Organization, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd., MS 54LAK LAK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Laos Kip. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , Santa Clara, CA 95052. Further technology, corporate citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and executive news is available on the Agilent news site at www.agilent.com/go/news. |
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