The FLO in MediaFLO stands for 'forward link only'. MediaFLO technology covers transmission of files and multimedia content to handheld devices. The FLO device minimum performance specification (MPS) was created to ensure that FLO receivers can receive a FLO service that fulfils the compatibility guidelines of the FLO air interface specification. This Application Note shows how the Broadcast Test System R&S SFU from Rohde & Schwarz can be used to generate all test scenarios required by the minimum performance specification.

31-Aug-2006 | AN-No. 7BM62

Sequencer Software Tool

20-Feb-2015

The SGMA products from Rohde & Schwarz are optimized for use in production and automated applications. Their key characteristics are high speed and a compact design. The instruments are also an ideal enhancement for the R&S®SMW200A in MIMO applications. They can interface to the high-end vector signal generator and serve as additional RF outputs. This application note explains how to connect and interface with the SGMA instruments and gives some recommendations and hints about their use. It helps the user to get started and to understand how the instruments interact.

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

This Application Note describes the internal transfer of ZVR measurement data in Excel, carried out on the PC option of the ZVR, and the evaluation of the data in Excel tables. To start the data transfers, macros are implemented under Excel.

28-Jul-1998 | AN-No. 1EZ39

DVB-T signal quality is determined by measuring the modulation error ratio (MER). However, a poor MER does not indicate its causes since different interference factors overlap at the transmitter when a signal is generated and transmitted. The R&S®ETL TV test receiver now has a unique new measurement capability that makes it possible to demonstrate to what extent the modulator's phase noise affects the MER.

13-Jul-2012

In modern telephoning, dual-tone dialling is used more and more often. Every symbol to be transmitted is coded by two frequencies which are sent at the same time. To ensure a trouble-free call setup, transmission has to be done within defined tolerances. For measuring these kind of dialling signals, the measurement equipment has to fulfill high requirements. This application note describes how the measurements can be carried out by using the Audio Analyzers UPL or UPD. It also presents a measuring program for this application.

04-Jun-1998 | AN-No. 1GA23

combinational tests, terminal equipment, test system, electrical test, telecommunicaitons, open test platform, CompactTSVP, DUT, acoustic characteristics, GTSL, diver, ETSI Combinational tests for telephone terminal equipment Combinational tests for telephone terminal equipment combinational tests, terminal equipment, test system, electrical test, telecommunicaitons, open test platform, CompactTSVP

26-Apr-2006

Two test setups which demonstrate the Bit Error Rate (BER) test function of either an SMIQ (with option B21) or an AMIQ (with option B1) are described. The tester generates the FSK modulated RF or IF signal as well as carries out the BER test. The analog Marker FM Demodulator from an FSP/FSU spectrum analyzer is used as an online FSK demodulator.

06-May-2002 | AN-No. 1MA57

This Application Note describes the method to perform a valid Access Probe Power and Standby Power measurement for CDMA2000 1xRTT and 1xEV-DO by using the R&S CMW500’s GPRF analyzer list mode functionality.

25-May-2012 | AN-No. 1CM99

Sequencer Software Tool

20-Feb-2015

The voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) is one of the parameters in RF systems that measures the impedance mismatch. Under ideal conditions, when the load is perfectly matched to the source, the VSWR will be 1. A mismatch in the system causes reflections that will increase the VSWR and lead to losses in transmission. Although most RF components are typically designed and specified with a characteristic impedance of 50 Ω , applications and system components for cable television are designed and specified with a characteristic impedance of 75 Ω . This application note describes the measurement procedure for VSWR measurements in 75 Ω systems using the R&S®FSH3-TV handheld TV analyzer.

01-Mar-2008 | AN-No. 7BM72

Powerful tool for Rohde & Schwarz vector network analyzers (VNA) to simplify automated setup for complex measurements in R&D, verification and production labs

24-Mar-2025

Spectrum and network analyzers are capable of measuring large amounts of data that require complex mathematical processing; MATLAB is a powerful tool for such operations. This application note describes how instruments can be controlled directly from MATLAB scripts and how measurement data can be imported into MATLAB. Only 32-bit MATLAB is supported.

24-Sep-2007 | AN-No. 1EF46

conducted conformance testing according to TS 38.141-1, Rel. 15

3GPP defines the Radio Frequency (RF) conformance test methods and requirements for 5G NR Base Stations (BS) in the technical specifications TS 38.141. This application note describes how all mandatory RF receiver tests (TS 38.141-1, chapter 7), according to Release 15, can be performed quickly and conveniently with signal generators from Rohde & Schwarz by either choosing manual operation or a remote control approach. Moreover, one test case requires a signal or spectrum analyzer from Rohde & Schwarz which is highlighted seperately in the corresponding chapter.In Addition, a new Python software library comes with this application note to enable the remote control approach of base station testing. This example requires the RsInstrument module which can be found on pypi.org or installed via 'pip' and is provided as is.

02-Dec-2020 | AN-No. GFM314

The new WiMAX radio technology - worldwide interoperability for microwave access - is based on wireless transmission methods defined by the IEEE 802.16 standard. WiMAX has been developed to replace broadband cable networks such as DSL and to enable mobile broadband wireless access. Rohde & Schwarz offers a complete test solution for WiMAX applications by combining its Signal Generator R&S SMU200A and Signal Analyzer R&S FSQ plus the appropriate options.RuS_WiMAX_OFDM is a 10 minutes video on WiMAX OFDM measurements.Please see also 1MA96 for General information about the WiMAX standard and 1MA97 for Generating and analyzing 802.16-2004 and 802.16e-2005 signals.

11-Jul-2006 | AN-No. 1EF57

In car-to-car communications scenarios, fading is always present and has an enormous impact on the received signal. The R&S®SMW200A vector signal generator lets you perform the most accurate and reproducible receiver tests under car-to-car fading conditions. The required car-to-car radio channel models have been extracted from real field trials and specified by the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium. Now it is possible to verify receiver performance under controlled conditions in the lab.

06-Nov-2017

Automotive Infotainment Testing

19-Feb-2018

The CMD 57/59 output level for BER measurement can be calibrated to high accuracy to match GSM 11.21, (with modulated signals and adjacent timeslots + 50 dB above the used timeslot) using a simple test setup containing an NRVD power meter and an FSE spectrum analyzer.

10-Mar-2000 | AN-No. 1MA24

Two R&S®ETL TV analyzers or two R&S®ETC compact TV analyzers are used to measure the receive level of a car antenna against that of a reference antenna. The R&S®BCDRIVE broadcast drive test software exports measured data for display in Google Earth.

19-Feb-2015

EMI compliance is becoming a major concern for advanced power electronics due to increasing switching speeds. Correlated time-frequency measurements help optimize gate driving and minimize electromagnetic emissions early on during development.

27-Apr-2023

The R&S®SMF100A microwave signal generator offers a remote emulation feature that makes it possible to control the instrument by commands other than the built-in native SCPI commands. This feature allows the user to replace signal generators, e.g. from other manufacturers, with the R&S®SMF100A without having to change the remote control code. This application note describes how to use the remote emulation feature in general. Furthermore, it describes in detail the remote emulation for each supported instrument, limitations of the individual emulations and the remaining differences between the emulated and the original commands.

11-Oct-2016 | AN-No. 1GP92

Automatic generation and use of transducer factors makes it possible to test out-of-band emissions with the R&S®ETH handheld TV analyzer, without an external bandstop filter.

11-Aug-2010

This application note describes how to use the mask and limit test features of the R&S®RTO, R&S®RTE and R&S®RTM Digital Oscilloscopes for EUT monitoring of signal forms, jitter etc. with the R&S®EMC32 Measurement Software. The mask test function allows autonomous characterization of digital signal integrity during EMS tests. R&S®EMC32 software records violations of userdefined limits or mask templates and evaluates the immunity threshold at frequencies of critical electromagnetic susceptibility.

20-Apr-2015 | AN-No. 1MA242

Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) are gaining popularity in the Signal Integrity community as time domain measurement and analysis tools. VNAs with 8 ports or more can provide significant decreases in test time by migrating from a 4-port measurement system to an 8-port measurement system. For tight tolerance DUTs that are barely within the test limit lines, small increases in accuracy can be realized by testing all of the test parameters at once, because the entire test setup is at the same temperature. This application note discusses the thermal advantages of testing an 8-port DUT with the R&S ZNBT VNA. The use of the ZNBT to assess and debug two differential pairs in a 20-inch backplane is presented.

18-Mar-2020 | AN-No. 1EZ83_0E

This application note describes how to generate cdma2000 signals for wide ranging receiver tests under fading conditions for cdma2000 450/Cellular/PCS/IMT-2000 mobile and base station equipment. The test setup requires an Rohde & Schwarz Universal Radio Communication Tester CMU with IQ-IF interface option CMU-B17 and a baseband fading simulator ABFS. The cdma2kFadLevCor program included with this application note performs a semi automatic level correction of the power fed to the Device Under Test (DUT).

21-Jan-2005 | AN-No. 1MA64

This application note shows how to perform Bluetooth transmitter measurements with the CMU200 in a reduced signaling mode, in which the protocol handshake between the Bluetooth Equipment Under Test, the EUT, and CMU200 is skipped. This additional CMU200 feature allows both more flexible and faster RF testing of Bluetooth modules. A step-by-step example with SMIQ demonstrates the principles and serves as a reference for integrating this method in user-specific test strategies.

04-Feb-2003 | AN-No. 1MA49

With a Rohde & Schwarz oscilloscope

18-Dec-2018

This application note provides a description of the Rohde & Schwarz Click Rate Analyzer software.In conjunction with the R&S®ESR EMI Test Receiver 4-channel operation is applicable. With R&S®ESU and R&S®ESCI EMI Test Receivers the Click Rate Analyzer software is limited to one channel. This software performs click rate analysis in accordance with CISPR 16-1-1 and CISPR 14-1 / EN 55014-1. It features realtime graphic display of the maximum peak and quasi-peak values. After the measurement, a test report can be displayed and printed.

15-Jan-2015 | AN-No. 1EE25

The hardware-in-the-loop options for the R&S®SMBV100B and the R&S®SMW200A GNSS simulators enable realistic, cost-efficient and flexible testing in a user-controlled environment.

03-Jun-2019

This application note provides hints for implementing remote control programs using Rohde & Schwarz spectrum and network analyzers. The document makes suggestions for improved remote control performance and describes aspects of measurement synchronization in detail. Finally the document discusses some typical challenges of remote control in production test.

19-Aug-2014 | AN-No. 1EF62