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The impact of 5G New Radio on cellular network analysis - Flyer Brochures and Data Sheets Flyer

R&S®Server-Based Testing helps reduce test times for 5G New Radio multicarrier signals - each component carrier can be analyzed independently and in parallel.

13-Sep-2021

Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.

This application note is step by step guide on 5G New Radio (5G NR) signal generation and analysis capabilities using the R&S®SMW200A Vector Signal Generator.

22-Nov-2019 | AN-No. GFM322

This paper provides an important insight into the design and measurement challenges around the key topic of 5G New Radio in collaboration of a number of industry partners.

26-Nov-2018

This application note shows how to use Rohde & Schwarz signal generators and analyzers for testing early 5G New Radio components, chipsets and devices. Methods for easy creation and analysis of custom OFDM are explained.

23-Oct-2017 | AN-No. 1MA308

Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.

Describes the specific functions of the application, including the remote control commands with programming examples.

The document focusses on devices for the 3.5 GHz NR (5G New Radio) candidate band, but its findings are equally applicable to developments and measurements for K-band satellite applications or mmW NR candidate bands,

01-Aug-2017 | AN-No. 1MA289

Functional Testing

This application note focuses on different details of voice services in 5G networks. It also describes the procedure to setup a 5G network with radio communication testers.

06-Oct-2021 | AN-No. 1SL364

A turnkey 5G Field-to-Lab solution based on R&S®CMX500

On the path to the 5G NR network commercialization and service launch, field test is one of the essential user centric processes that User Equipment (UE) vendors should go through

16-Jul-2021 | AN-No. 1SL369

Test Solutions Based on R&S®CMX500 Platform

The evolution of mobile communication enters 5G New Radio (NR) era with pivotal features. Voice call service is however still considered as an indispensable element for mobile devices and worldwide network operators continue to maintain the voice service for their subscribers. In comparison to other Over-the-Top (OTT) voice services, such as WhatsApp©, Teams© etc., Voice over NR (VoNR) and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) maintain QoS, support well established handover mechanism and emergency call, and do not require to pre-install OTT app on the phone.In order to provide premium voice service and enhance the superb user experience, audio tests on mobile devices are essential before the product launch. Different audio test aspects among which acoustic, functional, performance and field tests need to be considered.This application note describes the performance test with focus on VoNR audio quality measurement via electrical interface of the mobile device. The test solution is based on R&S®CMX500 with its integrated POLQA algorithm.

26-Jul-2023 | AN-No. 1SL401

This application note describes two test solutions from R&S® to cope with the 5G FR1 downlink MIMO signal analysis challenges either using R&S®RTP/RTO oscilloscope or R&S®NRQ6 frequency selective power sensor.

26-Jun-2020 | AN-No. GFM343

This article describes a mobile network testing approach for 5G new radio (NR) using a passive scanner, which measures synchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) blocks, or SSBs, broadcast from 5G NR base stations.

Solutions and Tipps for NR FR1 in TDD Downlink Mode

5G New Radio (NR) is a radio technology specified by 3GPP and was first released in 3GPP release 15. It is designed to target three use cases, i.e. enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communication (mMTC) and ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC). Among these three use cases, eMBB represents actually a further evolution of mobile broadband communication from LTE standard. According to the technical performance requirement defined by IMT-2020, by deploying 5G technology, peak data rates of eMBB application are expected to reach 20 Gbps in downlink (DL) and 10 Gbps in uplink (UL) direction, respectively. Typical use cases of eMBB are data hungry applications, such as high resolution 8K video streaming, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) etc.Verification of a 5G capable user equipment (UE) with respect to its achievable maximum data throughput under controllable and deterministic test conditions is an essential process during the design phase of the product. Performance centric verification through identification of the data throughput bottleneck, product benchmarking against a golden device enhances tremendously the user experience in the end.This document focuses on 5G NR frequency range 1 (FR1) with TDD duplex mode in E-UTRAN New-radio Dual Connectivity (ENDC) operating mode. As 5G NR physical layer offers a plethora of flexibility, the motivation here is to provide a kind of guideline of relevant parameter settings to stimulate device under test (DUT)'s max throughput capacity. The status quo of the R&S solutions at the time when the application note is created are described. Shown feature sets are constantly evolving, so the screenshots used and the parameters shown may change.

07-Jul-2022 | AN-No. 1SL379

Automated Solution with High Efficiency

This application note, introduces an example of automated testing of 5G UE PA with R&S signal generator, signal and spectrum analyzer, vector signal explorer software, power meter along with power supply.

09-Aug-2021 | AN-No. 1SL365

EN-DC Mode According to 3GPP 38.521-3

This application note aims to guide through the 5G NR Frequency Range 1 (FR1) NSA RF UE conformance test according to 3GPP38.521-3 based on mobile radio tester R&S®CMX.

25-Jun-2021 | AN-No. 1SL368