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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has coined the term 3GPP Release 10 and beyond, be evaluated as a candidate technology Rohde & Schwarz test solutions for LTE were the first on the mar-
IMT-Advanced to identify mobile communications systems with capa- for IMT-Advanced. LTE-Advanced maintains the basic LTE approach to ket and since then have evolved to a full product portfolio. The
bilities that go beyond those of IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecom- a large extent. Enhancements include carrier aggregation, higher order modular and highly flexible solutions can easily be extended to
munications). IMT-Advanced requirements include compatibility with MIMO schemes in DL and UL, enhanced UL transmission and enhanced cover LTE-Advanced testing needs. From GSM to 4G, from R & D
IMT-2000 systems, interworking, high-quality service support and in- inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC). According to 3GPP, LTE- to conformance, from testing chipsets and assembled end-user
creased data rates. To support advanced services and applications, Advanced fulfills and partly exceeds the IMT-Advanced requirements. devices to infrastructure equipment, Rohde & Schwarz is the right
mobility scenarios with 100 Mbit/s for high mobility and 1 Gbit/s for Therefore, mobile operators running commercial LTE networks are able partner to satisfy your test requirements.
low mobility must be implemented. The 3GPP partners made a for- to provide an evolutionary path towards a true 4G system.
mal submission to the ITU proposing that LTE-Advanced, i.e. LTE as of
SMW200A vector signal generator FSW signal and spectrum analyzer CMW500 wideband radio communication tester
LTE-Advanced FDD and TD-LTE DL and UL signal generation for LTE-Advanced FDD and TD-LTE DL and UL signal analysis for terminal Multi-RAT covering all main cellular communications standards and
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terminal and base station receiver tests, including closed-loop HARQ and base station transmitter tests, including built-in multistandard radio multiple band support up to 6GHz
feedback and UL timing adjustments analyzer (MSRA) function Carrier aggregation up to 4 DL and 2 UL carriers, supporting up to
Support of all key MIMO modes such as 3x3, 4x4, 8x2 and 2x8, Support of sequential and parallel carrier aggregation measurements, 8x2MIMO (including fading) in the DL and eICIC
including realtime fading, ABS and enhanced SC-FDMA MIMO signal analysis and simultaneous PUSCH/PUCCH measurements All layers, from RF parametric tests and protocol tests to end-to-end
Interband and intraband carrier aggregation, including cross carrier Up to 500MHz analysis bandwidth, low phase noise of 137dBc (1Hz) application tests, in one box
scheduling for up to 5 component carriers at 10kHz offset (1GHz carrier) and 88dB dynamic range (with noise Support of wireless connectivity, GNSS and broadcast standards
Combination of MIMO and carrier aggregation cancellation) for ACLR measurements
Multistandard platform supporting all main cellular communications Multistandard platform supporting all main cellular communications
and wireless connectivity standards and wireless connectivity standards
Glossary:
3GPP=3rd Generation Partnership Project, 4G=4th Generation Mobile Communications Technology, ABS=Almost Blank Subframe, ACLR=Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio, CCE=Control Channel Element, CQI=Channel Quality Indicator, CSI-RS=Channel State Information Reference Symbols, DCI=Downlink Control Information, DL=Downlink, DMRS=Demodulation Reference Signal,
eICIC=Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination, eNB=Enhanced NodeB, FDD=Frequency Division Duplex, GNSS=Global Navigation Satellite System, GSM=Global System for Mobile Communications, HARQ=Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, IMT=International Mobile Telecommunications, ITU=International Telecommunication Union, LTE=Long Term Evolution,
MIMO=Multiple Input Multiple Output, MU-MIMO=Multi-User MIMO, OCC=Orthogonal Cover Code, PDCCH=Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDSCH=Physical Downlink Shared Channel, PMI=Precoding Matrix Indicator, PTI=Precoding Type Indicator, PUCCH=Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUSCH=Physical Uplink Shared Channel, RAT=Radio Access Technology,
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RI=Rank Indicator, SC-FDMA=Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SINR=Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio, SRS=Sounding Reference Signal, SU-MIMO=Single-User MIMO, TD-LTE=Time Division LTE, TTI=Transmission Time Interval, TX=Transmission, UE=User Equipment, UL=Uplink.
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