R&S®CMW500 Protocol Test

Wideband Radio Communication Tester

R&S®CMW500 - Application Test

Overview

Key facts

  • Multi-technology (LTE, WCDMA, GSM and CDMA2000) protocol tester with a layer 1 to layer 3 stack implementation
  • Future-proof, powerful RF hardware that supports all 3GPP defined bandwidths up to 6 GHz and technology beyond LTE Rel-12
  • Data rates up to 150 Mbps in the downlink and 50 Mbps in the uplink
  • MIMO 2 x 2 and MIMO 4 x 2
  • Multicell and inter-RAT capability
  • MLAPI Interface for layer 1 to layer 3 signaling scenarios with automatic configuration of the layers below
  • Groundbreaking graphical test script tool (R&S®CMWcards) for easy creation of application tests
  • Revolutionary protocol test tool chain to speed up error analysis and root cause finding

Brief description

The R&S®CMW500 product test is the perfect test instrument to signaling test solutions for 3GPP standards like LTE, WCDMA, GSM as well as CDMA2000 1xRTT and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, as it enables developers of wireless devices with a radio access network simulation.

The signaling protocol tester can be used for early R&D for layer 1 (physical) up to layer 3 (and higher) full stack tests including inter-RAT and multicell as well as for signaling conformance tests based on 3GPP specification.

Powerful protocol analysis tools accelerate error finding and log post processing.

Features

  • Designed for all stages of handset development
  • R&D, signaling conformance and network operator interoperability tests
  • Shorter development time
  • Multi-technology test equipment for cellular and non-cellular

Features & Benefits

Full signaling protocol test for R&D and conformance to cover the complete development lifecycle of mobile devices
  • Speed up your development by using the R&S®CMW500 - Production Test tester in all stages of R&D up to certification of handset lifecycle
  • Save hardware investments by reusing the R&S®CMW500 - Production Test tester in several fields of application from RF test to protocol test
  • Rely on mature and proven 3GPP and 3GPP2 reference implementations of a widely accepted test platform in the mobile eco system
  • Combine several R&S®CMW500 - Production Test testers into multi-CMW setups to test mobile devices within complex radio environment simulations
  • Covers pure protocol stack signaling verification or functional tests as well as performance tests in a single tester
Easy-to-use R&S®CMWcards programming interface

Create wireless signaling tests on the R&S®CMW500 - Production Test wideband radio communication tester just by setting up a hand of cards – no programming required

Revolutionary card wizards and unique game rules guide you through setting up test sequences that fully comply with test specifications.

GCF and PTCRB validated test platform for protocol conformance testing
  • 100 % protocol conformance test cases for LTE Rel. 8/9/10/11
  • 100 % protocol conformance test cases for WCDMA Rel. 99/5/6/7/8
  • 100 % protocol conformance test cases for legacy I-RAT
  • Easy-to-use and efficient campaign management for protocol tester for finding, configuring and running test cases (Windows, drag & drop, right-click info)
    • List of all possible/available/validated test cases on test system
    • Easy selection of bands, domain and other parameter
    • Applicability of test cases to UE Pics settings
    • Selection of test cases based on existing GCF WIs /PTCRB RFTs
    • Importing of test-case lists (text, CSV)
    • Clear overview of test results
    • Easy automation of test campaigns via Automation Manager
Scalable mobile protocol test platform from compact to full-featured setups
  • A single R&S®CMW500 - Production Test protocol tester can be configured for only a single or up to seven radio access technologies in one box
  • Simulate either two full MIMOXx2 cells or a single MIMOXx2 cell plus two more legacy technologies within a test scenario
  • Select your set of reference test scripts from a collection of more than 2000 verified and quality-assured reference script products
  • Execute pure physical layer test, or test your mobile device up to end2end user plane
  • Use multi-CMW setup to verify the latest LTE-Advanced features such as carrier aggregation from two component carriers (CC) up to three CC in the downlink + carrier aggregation with two CC in the uplink
Single protocol test platform to support all 3GPP and 3GPP2 technologies up to LTE-Advanced

3GPP LTE FDD/TD-LTE Rel. 8/9 LTE-A Rel. 10/11

  • LTE Rel. 9: Beamforming (TM7, TM8), OTDOA incl. LPP, eMBMS C-plane and U-plane , SON ANR
  • LTE-Advanced Rel. 10: DL and UL CA, eICIC, TM9, cross-carrier scheduling
  • LTE Adv 3 DL CA
  • LTE Cat. 6 E2E data throughput for FDD and TDD
  • LTE/WLAN offloading
  • First LTE Adv Rel. 11 features (CoMP, TM10)

3GPP WCDMA/ HSPA+ Rel. 99 up to Rel. 10

  • Up to HS-DSCH category 29 supporting up to 84 Mbps end-to-end
  • Up to E-DCH category 9 supporting up to 23 Mbps end-to-end
  • Simultaneous support of DL and UL carrier aggregation with MIMO / TX diversity enabled in a single R&S®CMW500 - Production Test unit
  • Triple RAT (LTE <-> WCDMA <-> GSM) and intra-RAT mobility
Modern protocol test message-logging and analyzing tools for quick and clear insights

Free version of R&S®CMWmars available to have message analysis available at every engineer’s desk

  • One executable
  • Installable on USB stick
  • Table view, verdicts
  • Tree view, bit view
  • PDU filtering
  • Search function
  • Predefined filters

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