Wireless communications

5G NR Base Station Receiver Tests

conducted conformance testing according to TS 38.141-1, Rel. 15

3GPP defines the Radio Frequency (RF) conformance test methods and requirements for 5G NR Base Stations (BS) in the technical specifications TS 38.141. This application note describes how all mandatory RF receiver tests (TS 38.141-1, chapter 7), according to Release 15, can be performed quickly and conveniently with signal generators from Rohde & Schwarz by either choosing manual operation or a remote control approach. Moreover, one test case requires a signal or spectrum analyzer from Rohde & Schwarz which is highlighted seperately in the corresponding chapter.

In Addition, a new Python software library comes with this application note to enable the remote control approach of base station testing. This example requires the RsInstrument module which can be found on pypi.org or installed via 'pip' and is provided as is.

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5G NR Base Station Receiver Tests | GFM314

5G New Radio base station receiver tests according to TS 38.141-1, Rel. 15

Type
Application Note
Version
3e
Date
02-Dec-2020
Size
6 MB
QS5 5G NR Base Station Receiver Tests block library | GFM314

QuickStep 5.0 block library for 5G NR base station receiver tests according to TS 38.141-1, Rel. 15

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Application Note File
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2.0
Date
22-Apr-2020
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443 kB
Python 5G NR Base Station RX Tests | GFM314

Python library for 5G NR base station receiver tests according to TS 38.141-1, Rel. 15

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Application Note File
Version
1.00
Date
02-Dec-2020
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15 kB
Python 5G NR Base Station RX and PX Tests

Python library for 5G NR base station receiver and performance tests based on the Python RsSmw package

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Application Note File
Version
1.00
Date
25-Mar-2021
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66 kB
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