Opening the 5G Era 20 Days In: Keysight Strengthens 5G Test Solutions Through Successive Partnerships
Published2018.12.20 09:11Integration of Bluetest Reverberation Chamber and 5G Emulator
More than 20 days have passed since the world's first commercial 5G service began in South Korea.
As the 5G era opens in full swing, the industry is accelerating the development and launch of 5G devices. Among these efforts, Keysight has stepped up to strengthen its 5G test solutions. Keysight expanded its cooperation with SGS on the 18th and announced Bluetest's integrated solution on the 20th.
SGS Strengthens 5G Conformance Test Solutions
Keysight 5G NR Network Emulation Solution
SGS has been utilizing Keysight solutions for over 10 years and uses Keysight's test and measurement solutions for 3GPP LTE and 3G regulatory, protocol, and RF testing. For regulatory radio frequency (RF), radio resource management (RRM), and protocol testing of 5G mobile devices covering sub-6GHz and mmWave frequencies, SGS selected Keysight's 5G NR network emulation solution based on the UXM 5G wireless test set.
Keysight has launched the industry's first 5G NR end-to-end test and measurement solution through early collaboration with chipset and device manufacturers. Keysight is supporting global mobile companies in accelerating 5G product design, development, and validation across the entire workflow from the early design stage through production.
Arthur Kwon, Global Head of SGS Wireless Networks, stated, "Keysight is a long-standing partner of SGS's conformance and device acceptance testing solutions. Through our continued cooperation with Keysight in 5G NR, SGS will gain greater competitiveness in the wireless market."
Kailash Narayanan, Vice President and General Manager of Keysight's Wireless Test Division, said, "We are pleased to help SGS ensure that customers' 5G devices comply with the latest 3GPP standards and test plans required by mobile carriers. The 5G conformance and device acceptance testing solution developed with SGS will play an important role in accelerating the launch of new 5G NR products."
Bluetest Integrated Solution Accelerates 5G Deployment in FR1 Environment
Bluetest RTS65 Reverberation Chamber
Keysight announced an integrated solution combining its 5G NR network emulation solution with Bluetest's reverberation chamber for over-the-air (OTA) testing of 5G NR devices in the sub-6GHz (FR1) frequency band.
Major global mobile carriers are targeting 5G network deployment in FR1 by 2020. Therefore, test solutions that can accelerate the development and validation of new 5G NR devices in the FR1 frequency band, which offers favorable propagation characteristics in terms of indoor penetration and coverage, are needed.
The integration of Keysight's 5G-based network emulation solution with Bluetest's reverberation chamber (including Flow software) enables mobile carriers and related mobile device stakeholders to quickly, easily, and repeatedly validate data throughput performance of 5G NR devices operating in FR1. Cost-efficient verification is an additional benefit.
Kjell Olovsson, CEO of Bluetest, said, "By integrating Keysight's 5G network emulator with Bluetest's reverberation chamber, we can now test devices under multipath conditions using MIMO technology. This will support mobile carriers in accelerating 5G deployment in the FR1 environment."
Kailash Narayanan, General Manager of Keysight, stated, "We are pleased to collaborate with Bluetest, an OTA system provider, to extend 5G NR OTA test capabilities to the FR1 band. 5G-related chipset and device manufacturers are utilizing Keysight's network emulation solution to verify that their designs comply with the latest 3GPP Rel. 15 5G NR standard."
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