R&S®CMWcards

R&S®CMWcards is a pure GUI-based test script definition tool from Rohde & Schwarz for the R&S®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester.

• Create wireless signaling tests on the R&S®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester just by setting up a hand of cards.
• Revolutionary card wizards and unique game rules guide you through setting up test sequences that fully comply with test specifications.
• Test case creation, parameterization, execution and analysis combined in one tool
• Thanks to the R&S®CMW500 tester's unrivaled multitechnology capability, R&S®CMWcards can be utilized to rapidly reproduce signaling scenarios for various wireless communications standards.

Benefits

• Graphical test script definition tool for the R&S®CMW500 wideband radio communication tester
• Cards simplify the creation of wireless signaling tests
• No programming, no code compilation, just GUI
• Intuitive game rules that guide the user through specification-compliant protocol signaling test sequence
• Test creation, parameterization, execution and analysis in a single tool
• LTE, WCDMA, GSM technology including multicell mobility tests
• LTE, WCDMA and GSM inter-RAT handover tests including LTE/WLAN offloading
• LTE advanced and LTE Advanced Pro features
• Universal fader card for R&S®CMW500 internal baseband fading
• Location Based Services (LBS)
• Conditional testing using customizable loops, timer,delays and verdicts
• Logfile and failure cause analysis with R&S®CMWmars message analyzer
• Full test script and UE automation
• Easy to learn, minimum training required
• Speed up testcase creation with more than 300 free of charge example test cases

Feature coverage

• Layer 3 signaling tests for 3GPP LTE (Rel. 8 to Rel. 13), WCDMA (Rel. 99 to Rel. 10), GSM and inter-RAT
• LTE advanced and advanced pro carrier aggregation supported incl. data throughput verification beyond 1 Gbps
• LTE FDD/TDD joint operation
• LTE-U (unlicensed bands)
• Intraband and interband cell selection/reselection/handover
• All Inter-RAT mobility procedures
• IMS and VoLTE including CS fallback and SRVCC (incl. reverse SRVCC)
• IMS Supplementary Services
• LTE - WLAN traffic offload
• Voice over WLAN (WLAN calling)
• eMBMS (evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service)
• Extensive UE failure test scenarios (e.g. attach reject, handover failures etc.)
• CMAS (WEA) and ETWS public warning system
• Location Bases Services (AGPS, GLONASS, Beidou)

Scope of testing

• Protocol stack feature verification
• Regression testing, stress tests
• Replication of field issues
• Import of real network configurations
• Roaming use cases
• Simulation of network failures and reject causes
• Data throughput and performance measurements
• Application tests (data, voice and video)