Keysight Technologies has announced a new collaboration to support research at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC), aimed at speeding up and improving the testing of next-generation wireless devices. The work is led by Professor Aditya Muppala at the University of California, Berkeley, and explores a new approach to over-the-air (OTA) testing that could help engineers better evaluate the performance of increasingly complex 6G devices and systems.
The wireless industry is looking at upper-midband spectrum, often called FR3, as part of the path toward 6G. As devices adopt more complex antenna and beamforming architectures, engineers need faster and more flexible ways to characterize how systems transmit and receive energy across three-dimensional space. These challenges also apply to advanced radar and non-terrestrial network (NTN) applications.
Professor Muppala's research will look at new ways to measure radiated performance that could cut the time and complexity of testing advanced wireless systems. By allowing faster, highly accurate measurements with greater flexibility across frequency bands, the approach could help engineers evaluate next-generation devices more efficiently and move them from research to real-world deployment sooner.
Muppala said he is excited to have Keysight's backing as his team explores new approaches to over-the-air antenna measurement, and that these techniques could be a game changer for how OTA systems are deployed in real-world environments, making advanced measurements faster, more flexible, and more practical for emerging wireless systems. Giampaolo Tardioli, Vice President and General Manager at Keysight, said the company is looking forward to working with BWRC to advance innovative wireless testing approaches. He added that combining BWRC's pioneering research with Keysight's test expertise and real-world OTA chamber capabilities could lead to important breakthroughs and help speed industry adoption of faster, more flexible measurement techniques for 6G.
