Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.The R&S®WinIQSIM2TM User Manual (online version) contains the documentation of the software and all options for immediate display (no download required).Tip: Click on the title of this page for information on where to find the user manuals of the digital standards.

Describes the probe and its usage.

Describes all instrument functions.

The R&S CMW500/270 can generate and measure standard-compliant WLAN IEEE 802.11ac signals with bandwidths from 20 MHz up to 160 MHz.This document explains the CMW solution for the signals with 160 MHz bandwidth and describes the required configurations step by step.

21-Oct-2013 | AN-No. 1CM101

Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.The application is supported by the following products:R&S®SMW200A, R&S®SMBV100A, R&S®SGT100A, R&S®AFQ100A, R&S®AFQ100B, R&S®SFU, R&S®BTC, R&S®SMU200A, R&S®SMJ100A, R&S®AMU200A, and R&S®WinIQSIM2TM. For information on operating the products see the corresponding user manuals.The R&S®WinIQSIM2TM User Manual online version contains the documentation of the software and all options for immediate display (no download required).

This document describes the adaptive frequency hopping mechanism for improved signaling performance in Bluetooth Basic Rate and Enhanced Data Rate devices.The R&S CMW provides this feature for remote operation in TX, Loopback and Connection test mode. Thereby the R&S CMW acts as a master, while the Equipment under Test (EUT) represents the slave(s) of the piconet.

14-Dec-2016 | AN-No. 1C108

This application note explains how to bring a CADENCE system which is attached to an R&S EX-IQ-BOX into service for the first time. The first part of the document shows how to setup an LTE Demo without using a UE design. This setup uses the R&S CMW500 as the downlink transmitter. The emulator receives the downlink via an R&S EX-IQBOX and passes it to an R&S spectrum analyzer (R&S FSx) via a second R&S EXIQ-BOX. The second part describes the real wiring using up- and downlink. This will only work if a UE design is available on the emulator.

30-Jun-2011 | AN-No. 1CM75

Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.The application is supported by the following products:R&S®SMW200A, R&S®SMBV100B, R&S®SMCV100B, R&S®SGT100A, R&S®CMW and R&S®WinIQSIM2TM. For information on operating the products see the corresponding user manuals.The R&S®WinIQSIM2TM User Manual (online version) contains the documentation of the software and all options for immediate display (no download required).

When establishing a WLAN connection in line with IEEE 802.11ax between R&S®CMW wideband radio communication testers (R&S®CMW270 and R&S®CMW500) and a device under test (DUT), a number of fundamental R&S®CMW settings and configurations must be adapted to the test conditions. This document describes a number of critical parameters and provides step-by-step procedures for configuration.

Rohde & Schwarz – recognized as a reliable partner for WLAN testing solutions: As a leading supplier of T&M solutions for the wireless communications market, Rohde & Schwarz offers the R&S®CMW wideband radio communication tester, a universal, flexible platform for all major cellular and non‑cellular standards. The R&S®CMW measures the RF characteristics of transmitters and receivers on the air interface of wireless devices. It evaluates the applications and performance, and analyzes the protocol stack.

Contains all system-specific information that is necessary to operate and maintain the TS8977 test system.

The combination of R&S® CMU200 and R&S® UPV is in use for various tests of mobile phone speech functionality, such as acoustic tests according to 3GPP 26.132 or speech quality tests according to ITU-T P.862 (PESQ®) or ITU-T P.863 (POLQA®). This application note explains how to replace the R&S® CMU200 in these tasks with R&S® CMW500.

25-Jul-2014 | AN-No. 1GA65

Next Generation Emergency Call (NG eCall) is a extension of eCall, a service provided in Europe with the goal of reducing response times for accidents or other emergencies on the roadways. This application note briefly describes the technology behind NG eCall and presents conformance tests for NG eCall using the R&S®CMW500 RF tester and either the R&S®SMBV100B or the R&S®SMW200A vector signal generator. The test software for NG eCall (R&S®CMW-KA096) makes it quick and easy to perform these tests with the LTE wireless communications standard.

06-Jun-2019 | AN-No. GFM312

The R&S®CMW500 and R&S®SMBV100A are the ideal team for motor vehicle type approval testing of your eCall and ERA-Glonass cellular modems and their GNSS receivers in line with the (EU) 2017/79 regulation.

19-Feb-2018

This document describes WLAN tests which rely on communication (signaling) between R&S®CMW and device under test (DUT) and on transmission of packet data over WLAN. On the R&S®CMW side the WLAN Signaling application is required, for some tests also the Data Application Unit (DAU).The test principles and the necessary settings are explained and background infor-mation is given. Step-by-step procedures are provided for the main configuration tasks.

08-Feb-2016 | AN-No. 1C107

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 provided by the R&S®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester to perform LTE transmitter and receiver measurements according to this test specification.

17-May-2013 | AN-No. 1CM94

This document describes how a Windows®-based R&S® T&M instrument is remotely operated by an Android™ tablet as if working on it locally. Step-by-step procedures are provided for setting up and configuring the T&M instrument and the tablet. On the tablet, a special App implements the Windows® 'Remote Desktop' functionality. T&M instrument and tablet are connected via WLAN (also called Wi-Fi network).

22-Aug-2013 | AN-No. 1MA236

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.

09-Apr-2015 | AN-No. 1CM103

This application note shows how to perform LTE terminal block error rate (BLER) and throughput tests under fading conditions with the R&S®CMW500 Protocol Tester and the R&S®AMU200A Fading Simulator.

27-Mar-2012 | AN-No. 1MA177

Describes the specific functions of the application. For information on operating the R&S®UPV see the operating manual of the base unit.The online version contains the documentation for the R&S®UPV base unit and all options for immediate display (no download required).

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.

24-Dec-2017 | AN-No. 1MA074

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.

20-Dec-2012 | AN-No. 1MA035

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 will be explained.

01-Jan-2013 | AN-No. 1MA153

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.

01-Dec-2012 | AN-No. 1MA170

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.1 has introduced Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) to enrich the direction finding (DF) feature. This application note gives the guidance of how to perform the BLE 5.1 DF RF tests according to the RF test specification of BT 5.1 by using the Rohde & Schwarz test solutions.

30-Oct-2019 | AN-No. GFM327

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.

12-Jun-2017 | AN-No. 1MA171

This document describes Bluetooth Low Energy RF over-the-air RX and TX measurements using advertising channels for communication with Bluetooth Low Energy devices.With the R&S®CMW-KD611 software option, the R&S CMW tester is able to perform a large number of Bluetooth Low Energy RF tests without operating in the Direct Test Mode.The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Rohde & Schwarz is under license.

14-Dec-2020 | AN-No. 1C109

test system for performance quality analysisUpgradeability to R&S®TS-RRM test system for radio resource managementGNSS-based LBSCellular network-based LBSHybrid location technologiesIndoor positioningCMWcards as one box solution by using internal BB-GEN for arbitrary GNSS file replayR&S®CMWcards in combination with R&S®SMBV for full GNSS parameter settingAutomation of DUT for minimum manual intervention

IoT devices have tight requirements for power consumption in order to achieve expected battery life times of multiple years without a connection to a power supply. In order to verify the power consumption and expected battery life time, voltage and current have to be measured accurately for different operating states of the device under test.This application note explains battery life tests using RT-ZVC in combination with CMWrun and CMW500, including example applications.The solution by Rohde & Schwarz enables precise voltage, current and consequently, power measurements.The RT-ZVC Multi-Channel Power Probe can be driven as part of a test plan combining signaling and power measurements for a detailed view of the power consumption in different signaling states as well as an estimation of overall lifetime given a certain battery capacity.

17-Feb-2017 | AN-No. 1MA281

This document describes how a Windows®-based R&S® T&M instrument is remotely operated by an Apple iPad as if working on it locally. Step-by-step procedures are provided for setting up and configuring the T&M instrument and the iPad. On the iPad, a special App implements the Windows® 'Remote Desktop' functionality. T&M instrument and iPad are connected via WLAN (also denoted as Wi-Fi network).

28-Mar-2013 | AN-No. 1MA216