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03-Sep-2024 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

T&M specialist Rohde & Schwarz will present its industry-leading portfolio at European Microwave Week in Paris for various application fields, pushing the limits in the Gigahertz to Terahertz frequency ranges.

A low EVM is key to meeting the demand for higher data rates. Explore EVM validation solutions. Discover the cutting edge of RF component characterization.

07-Jun-2023 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

For precise and time-saving compliance testing of the latest generation PCIe 5.0 and 6.0 cables and connectors in line with PCI-SIG specification, Rohde & Schwarz presents a new R&S ZNrun test automation option. The solution reduces testing times for PCIe x8 cables to just a few minutes for complete test runs. By comparison, manual testing takes several hours and involves major risk of connection errors by test engineers.

Rohde & Schwarz offers a multitude of solutions for testing LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation implementations.

13-Mar-2023 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

Rohde & Schwarz will showcase an end-to-end test infrastructure featuring its R&S SMW200A vector signal generator and R&S FSW signal and spectrum analyzer together with SatixFy’s Sx3099 modem ASIC demonstrating DVB-S2X Annex E wide bandwidth beam hopping and high bit rate DVB-RCS2 transmission.

Rohde & Schwarz simplifies the challenging and extensive task of characterizing active components such as RF power amplifiers and RF frontends.

Remote Emulation with the R&S^®SMW200A Vector Signal Generator

29-Apr-2016 | AN-No. 1GP110

This application note shows how to perform user equipment (UE) receiver tests, such as block error rate (BLER) and throughput tests, under fading conditions with the R&S®CMW500 RF tester and the R&S®SMW200A vector signal generator in LTE(-A), W-CDMA (HSPA+), TD-SCDMA and GSM (GRPS and EGPRS(2)).

03-Nov-2015 | AN-No. 1MA194

30-Jan-2025 | Press Releases | MWC 2025

At MWC Barcelona 2025, Rohde & Schwar will present a diverse portfolio themed “Enabling Connections, Empowering Innovations” aimed at assisting industry leaders and visionaries turn their ideas for new mobile technologies, products, and applications into reality.

This application note describes how all required performance tests can be performed quickly and easily by using vector signal generators.

11-May-2016 | AN-No. 1MA162

This application note explains how to set up a vector signal generator for LTE FDD repeater conformance testing accordingg to various test cases defined in the 3GPP Technical Specification 36.143.

26-Apr-2013 | AN-No. 1GP85

Streamline 5G small cell testing with comprehensive, high-performance solutions that are 3GPP-compliant and meet 5G NR requirements.

This application note provides a brief introduction into the capabilities of the Rohde & Schwarz Vector Signal Generators (VSG) to create user defined digitally modulated signals called Custom Digital Modulation (CDM).

24-Jul-2017 | AN-No. 1GP96

26-Oct-2022 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

To further exploit the huge potential of 5G, the wireless industry has continued to develop the standard up to Release 16, and development continues. But technology does not stand still, and even as 5G presses forward, a new generation of cellular technology is emerging. Cutting-edge 6G research is already underway at communications equipment manufacturers and research institutions, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is a major area of interest in 6G research. Rohde & Schwarz, with Tsinghua University and Actenna Technology, recently completed an evaluation and trial of RIS technology to comprehensively evaluate the effects and performance of RIS deployment.

This application note describes how performance tests can be performed quickly and easily by using vector signal generators from Rohde & Schwarz.

04-Mar-2015 | AN-No. 1MA78

Finally, you might end up with an instrument capable of simulating multi-user PUCCH for LTE or even generating LTE-Advanced scenarios with carrier aggregation and all MIMO configurations defined by the standard. Whatever goes up on your drawing board: The R&S®SMW200A will help make your visions come true, now and in the future.

This application note explains how to connect and interface with the SGMA instruments and gives some recommendations and hints about their use.

15-Oct-2015 | AN-No. 1GP103

Automatic Emitter Creation from User Data for Mission Data File Testing

01-Jul-2021 | AN-No. 1GP131

Learn about NG-UWB testing! Next generation UWB is an evolution of previous UWB standards and comes with key enhancements. Explore NG-UWB and IEEE 802.15.4ab now.

The R&S®RF Ports Alignment Software together with the R&S®SMW-K545 option provides a standard and tailored solution for calibrating and aligning the amplitude, group delay and phase between the RF ports of multiple coupled dual-path or single-path R&S®SMW200A vector signal generators.

08-Jul-2022

This application note describes how all required receiver (Rx) tests (TS25.141 Chapter 7) can be performed easily and quickly by using vector signal generators and CW sources from Rohde & Schwarz.

21-Oct-2014 | AN-No. 1MA114

Due to the lack of a 6G standard, we showcase a 5G NR PUSCH multi-user MIMO scenario, emulating two users with 2x2 MIMO, that are independently faded to simulate realistic channel conditions using the R&S SMW200A vector signal generator. The signal is captured using the MSR4 satellite receiver and transferred to a server.

With the R&S®Pulse Sequencer radar simulation software, users can easily and intuitively create scenarios for simulation of angle of arrival (AoA).

02-Apr-2020

Explore solutions for O RAN testing. Discover our comprehensive portfolio of test solutions for O-RAN conformance, O RU conformance and O-RU performance.

Operating manuals commonly focus on explaining a dedicated feature of a single instrument. This application note examines a range of typical user tasks and how to solve them with the different instruments.

26-Apr-2013 | AN-No. 1GP72

Find the perfect match for your challenging application with signal generators from Rohde & Schwarz. More information on our website.

LTE Bitstream Verification

02-Feb-2011 | AN-No. 1MA161

21-Feb-2023 | Press Releases | Test & measurement

With research on the technology components for the future 6G wireless communication standard in full swing, the possibilities of an AI-native air interface for 6G also are being explored. Rohde & Schwarz, working with NVIDIA, is taking a step forward from simulations to implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in future 6G technology. At MWC Barcelona, the companies will present the industry’s first hardware-in-the-loop demonstration of a neural receiver, showing the achievable performance gains when using trained ML models compared to traditional signal processing.

LTE-A Base Station Receiver Tests

11-May-2016 | AN-No. 1MA195