R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester with new features

Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a package of new features for the R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester launched in 2009. CMW500 provides RF tests in signaling mode for CDMA2000 (1xRTT and 1xEV-DO), WiMAX and GSM, or measurements for implementing a smooth handover between LTE and WCDMA or LTE and CDMA2000. CMW500 features a wide frequency range of up to 6 GHz.

At the protocol layer, CMW500 can now perform 2x2 MIMO tests for HSPA+. CMW500 can test procedures defined for EDGE Evolution such as latency reduction and analysis of the downlink dual carrier (DLDC). In this case, two carriers are employed to boost transmission capacity.

CMW500 can analyze the handover of data links between LTE FDD and WCDMA or LTE FDD and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO.
The R&S has successfully validated the first GCF-relevant LTE test cases using a new development environment employing TTCN3.

"Cellular mobile radio, non-cellular technologies and now even broadcasting standards such as T-DMB, MediaFLO, CMMB and FM stereo: Our multitechnology platform is the only instrument on the market to provide such extensive support for all technologies," says Anton Meßmer, Director of the Mobile Radio Testers Subdivision. "Especially in our fast-moving business, we are extremely proud that we can offer our customers a highly flexible solution with maximum safety of investment."

The R&S CMW500 is suitable for LTE FDD/TDD, Mobile WiMAX, TD SCDMA, CDMA2000 (1xRTT and 1xEV-DO), WCDMA/HSPA, HSPA+, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, EDGE Evolution, GPS, Bluetooth, WLAN (a/b/g/n), DVB-T, T-DMB, MediaFLO, CMMB and FM stereo.

The current features for the R&S CMW500 multitechnology platform are now available from Rohde & Schwarz via software update.