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Frederic Schütze 1MA074 Versatile Software Tool for Rohde & Schwarz Instruments RSCommander is a versatile software tool for a wide range of Rohde & Schwarz spectrum-, network analyzers, signal generators and oscilloscopes. It allows for automatic instrument discovery, making screenshots, reading traces, file transfer and simple script creation. ABFS, AFQ, AFQ100A, AFQ100B, AMU, AMU200A, CBT, ESCI,
Miloslav Macko 1MA171 This application note outlines two different approaches for remote-controlling Rohde & Schwarz instruments out of MathWorks MATLAB: The first one uses VISA connection and direct SCPI commands. The second approach takes advantage of Rohde & Schwarz VXI plug&play instrument drivers and MATLAB Instrument Control Toolbox. MATLAB, Rohde Schwarz, remote, control, Instrument Control
Bernhard Schulz 1MA154 3GPP TS36.141 defines conformance tests for EUTRA base stations (eNodeB). Release 14 added several tests, especially for enhanced License Assisted Accsess (eLAA). This application note describes how all required transmitter (Tx) tests (TS36.141 Chapter 6) can be performed quickly and easily by using signal and spectrum analyzers from Rohde & Schwarz. A few tests additionally
1MA145 Fading in the baseband of the R&S ® SMW200A signal generator is well proven and widely accepted for testing any mobile radio standard. However, there are applications where an RF signal must be faded.A versatile RF Fading Simulator can easily be built using an R&S ® FSW, R&S ® FSQ, R&S ® FSG, R&S ® FSV signal analyzer with Digital Base Band Interface or with the instrument combination R&S ®
1MA143 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) is an integral part of LTE. Vector signal generators and signal & spectrum analyzers from Rohde & Schwarz support LTE measurements with up to 4 antennas. This Application Note covers 2x2 MIMO in the LTE downlink. Remote control programming is demonstrated by examples for a free-of-charge program. Forum Link LTE, E-UTRA, EUTRA, MIMO, SMU, SMU200A, SMATE,
Schulz 1MA166 LTE-Advanced comprises multiple features enhancing the basic LTE technology firstly specified in 3GPP Release 8. LTE including the LTEAdvanced improvements was approved by ITU to comply with IMT-Advanced requirements and thus being a true 4G mobile communication system. The different technology components of LTE-Advanced have different market priorities and require different testing strategies
O.Gerlach 1MA028 IQWizard is a tool for loading IQ signal files in various formats and measuring IQ signals with a FSx spectrum analyzer or ESx Receiver. The obtained IQ data in memory can be stored in various formats or be transmitted to an R&S® vector signal generator with WinIQSIM™ or WinIQSIM2™. IQ, I/Q, Fileformat, Trace, TCP/IP, TCP, IP, IQWizard, Wizard, WinIQSIM, FSIQ, FSP, FSU, FSQ, FSL, FSG
1MA210 LTE – the fastest growing mobile radio standard – had its beginnings in 3GPP Release 8. Initial improvements and new features were implemented in Release 9. This Application Note describes the T&M methods for LTE Release 9 features using Rohde & Schwarz instruments. SMU, SMU200A, AMU, AMU200A, SMBV, SMBV100A, CMW, CMW500, TS8990, FSW, FSQ, FSV, FSG, SMW, SMW200A, Generator, Signal Generator,
1MA187 Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology is an integral part of 3GPP E-UTRA long term evolution (LTE). As part of MIMO, beamforming is also used in LTE. This application note provides a brief summary of the transmission modes (TM) in LTE and describes the beamforming measurements for base stations (BS) and user equipment (UE). The T&M options using various Rohde & Schwarz instruments
1MA153 The aim of this application note is to provide information regarding Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers. This paper shall help application engineers and software developers to easily get an understanding of advanced techniques to develop test and measurement (T&M) applications by utilizing Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers. Furthermore the nomenclature used for Rohde & Schwarz instrument drivers
1MA035 The use of Rohde & Schwarz device drivers under VEE software is not complicated. However, a number of factors are involved, the errors that occur are often difficult to diagnose. This application provides easy and detailed support for installation and troubleshooting using National Instruments or Agilent GPIB boards. Instrument Driver, Driver, Device, Network Analysis, VEE, VISA, AFGU, AMIQ,
1MA170 This white paper introduces a novel attribute based architecture for VXIplug&play instrument drivers. The presented architecture uses the attribute based concept of IVI-C instrument drivers to introduce a two-layer design for VXIplug&play instrument drivers. Moreover the use of attributes is shown for the Rohde & Schwarz Spectrum Analyzer (rsspecan) instrument driver. Remote Control, Instrument
1EF76 This application note provides information about spectral measurements with noise correction. The basic requirements and the limiting factors of a spectrum analyzer are explained. Dynamic range improvements by means of a noise correction is presented. Measurement examples show the improved performance of TOI measurements with noise correction. 3GPP,ACP,Adjacent Channel,Analyzer,Base Station,FSQ
Bernhard Schulz 1MA206 This document provides an introduction to SDR as used for military radios and presents the relevant T&M solutions offered by Rohde & Schwarz . SDR, Software Defined Radio, Military, SMU, SMU200A, SMJ, SMJ100A, SMBV, SMBV100A, AMU, AMU200A, SMB100B, AFQ, AFQ100A/B, SMA, SMA100A, SMB, SMB100A, SMC, SMC100A, SMF, SMF100A, SGS, SGS100A, FSW, FSQ, FSV, FSUP, FSMR, FSG, FSVR, FSL,
1MA72 This Application Note presents means to integrate R&S Test and Measurement instruments into the Agilent ® ADS ® Design System. Methods to include R&S Instruments are presented, accompanied by a free-of-charge software solution which is provided with this application note. It makes it very easy to include R&S Instruments into your ADS environment and your design flow. Versions for both WINDOWS
1MA168 The R&S EX-IQ-Box serves as a digital baseband interface between a device under test (DUT) and Rohde & Schwarz generators, analyzers and radio communication testers. The DigIConf software supplied with the device controls up to four R&S EX-IQ-Boxes in a test setup and can thus output IQ data for feeding into a DUT while simultaneously receiving IQ output from a DUT.To work together smoothly,
1MA192 This white paper provides a brief technology introduction on the 802.11ac amendment to the successful 802.11-2007 standard. 802.11ac provides mechanisms to increase throughput and user experience of existing WLAN and will build on 802.11n-2009. 802.11ac, WLAN, Wifi, IEEE, 802.11n, 802.11, 802.11 ac, WLAN ac, Wifi ac, SMU, SMU200A, SMBV, SMBV100A, FSQ, FSG, FSV, Generator, Vector Signal Generator
1EF82 This application note provides a guide through the measurements for IEEE 802.11ac WLAN transmitter signals using the general purpose OFDM analysis software R&S FS-K96. Step-by-step instructions for performing the measurements are provided and the different result types available with the FSK96 Software are discussed. WLAN,802.11,802.11ac,802.11 ac,11ac 802.11ac,WLAN ac,SMU200A,SMBV100A,FSQ,FSG
1MA181 Existing GSM mobile communication systems have the potential to double voice capacity by adding the “Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channels on One Slot” (VAMOS) feature as specified in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) Release 9 specifications. This application note describes the VAMOS feature from an air interface perspective in detail
Bernhard Schulz 1MA161 Verification of baseband data is an important step in the early development phase of LTE/LTE-A-ready products. Comparison values for baseband data (test vectors) from other sources can be very useful in order to verify the correct implementation of the standard. Option K81 for the R&S ® SMx200A vector signal generator offers sample data for LTE at the bit level. The reference
1EF70 This application note describes how to measure the coherence (phase-, timing and gain-differences) between two RFSignals using Rohde&Schwarz spectrum analyzers, a Rohde&Schwarz signal generator and the R&S FS-Z10 Coherence Unit. FSG,FSQ,Phase Coherence,SMATE,SMATE200,SMATE200A,SMIQ,SMJ,SMJ100A,SMU,SMU200A,SMU200A,FS-Z10,MIMO Measurement of phase-, timing- and gain offset between 2 signals using
1MA174 This application note describes how to connect R&S ® test and measurement products quickly and seamlessly to AWR ® Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) via a GPIB or LAN interface. Using AWR ® Connected™ customized for Rohde & Schwarz hardware and R&S ® WinIQSIM2™ signal simulation software, the flexibility of digital radio standards is highlighted and its integration into VSS is demonstrated. AWR
1MA173 This Application Note describes signal generation with carrier aggregation for 802.16m based on 802.16e signals in practical important configurations using one or more Vector Signal Generators R&S SMU200A or R&S SMBV100A. Various examples illustrate how to analyze these signals using the Vector Signal Analyzer R&S FSQ, R&S FSG or R&S FSV. SMU, SMU200A, SMBV, SMBV100A, AMU, AMU200A, FSQ, FSV,
1MA172 This application note provides information about measurements on DVB-S2 transmitters, including Amplitude Phase Shift Keying (APSK) signals. Specifically, this note will discuss how to import APSK mapping files in order to make modulation quality measurements. DVB-S2, Amplitude Phase Shift Keying, APSK, Modulation Quality Measurement, FSQ, FSG, FSU, FSUP, FSMR, FSQ-K70, FSQ-B72, FSU-B73, Analyzer
1MA160 This application note explains how to create screenshots of Rohde & Schwarz instruments using instrument drivers. The presented examples are written in C (LabWindows/CVI), C# programming language and LabVIEW. The examples are available at the instrument driver download site. FSU, FMU, FSG, FSL, FSP, FSQ, FSV, FSUP, ESL, ETL, FSH, FSH3, FSH6, FSH18, ZVL, ZVA, ZVB, CMU, CMU200, CMU300, CBT, Analyzer
1MA150 This application note explains the fundamentals of the cell search and cell selection and reselection procedures required for both modes of UMTS Long Term Evolution: FDD and TDD. It describes how to generate and analyze the required signals using Rohde & Schwarz test and measurement solutions. The application note also shows how to perform interoperability tests and terminal conformance tests
1MA142 Modern radio communication systems have to provide higher and higher data rates. As conventional methods like using more bandwidth or higher order modulation types are limited, new methods of using the transmission channel have to be used. Multiple antenna systems (Multiple Input, Multiple Output – MIMO) gives a significant enhancement to data rate and channel capacity. This application note
1MA147 Your measurement task: To analyze an RF module via its digital interface. This Application Note explains how. As interfaces between the baseband and the RF modules of mobile radio base stations and terminals are increasingly digital, instruments for testing such modules need digital baseband interfaces as well. The R&S ® EX-IQ-Box is a digital interface adapter that provides digital baseband
1MA141 This application note describes a software application that can be utilized in conjunction with Rohde&Schwarz Signal- and Spectrum Analyzers and Signal Source Analyzers to capture and analyze transient signals. The software application takes advantage of the instrument’s IQ memory buffer of up to 705 Msamples to capture and analyze IQ signals in the time domain and / or frequency domain. This
1MA83 GDE (= Generic Demonstration Engine) is a easy-to-use, free-of-charge remote control command sequencer tool. The big advantage is that the test description is stored in a simple, easy-to-read text file, and loaded in GDE at runtime. This makes it very easy to modify tests by the user or add additional tests to already existing test solutions without redistributing big setup files. Remote Control
1EF65 This application note illustrates the operation of the OFDM measurement software R&S FSQ-K96. It describes applications, setup, features, settings and results. Further it concentrates on generating the configuration file for R&S FSQ-K96, the appropriate IQ data files for Signal Analyzer R&S FSQ and waveform files for R&S Signal Generators. With this description the user obtains a complete R&S
1MA120 The Electromagnetic Disturbance (EMD) emitted by Proximity-Integrated-Circuit-Cards (PICC) is a unwanted form of load modulation. This Application Note describes a method for measuring EMD during data transmission using vector signal analysis RFID, ISO/IEC, 14443, FSG, FSU, FSQ, AMU, AFQ, SMJ, SMJ100A, SMU, SMU200A, Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Analyzer, Generator, Signal Generator, Vector
