LTE Downlink Carrier Aggregation RF Measurements with the R&S®CMW500 according to 3GPP TS 36.521-1

The 3GPP TS 36.521-1 “Radio transmission and reception” LTE User Equipment (UE) conformance specification defines the measurement procedures for LTE terminals with regard to their transmitting characteristics, receiving characteristics and performance requirements as part of the 3G Long Term Evolution (3G LTE) standard.

This application note describes how to use the LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) measurement functionality associated with the Downlink Carrier Aggregation feature of the R&S^®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester to perform LTE R10 receiver measurements according to this test specification.