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Christina Gessner
Technology Manager, Rohde & Schwarz Christina.Gessner@rohde-schwarz.com
generation technologies. l R&S has participated in various taskforces within NGMN P18 group for terminal certification (gap analysis). l R&S has demonstrated LTE test solutions at the recent NGMN industry conference (26-27 June 2008, Frankfurt)
RAN5 test case coverage. l R&S has initiated a joint contribution of the T&M suppliers within LSTI regarding an optional T&M workstream in IOT group. l R&S will draft and support LSTI IO(D)T specific test cases. l R&S will support LTE FDD and TDD field trial activities with test solutions.
SMU200A
SMJ100A
FSQ
SMATE200A FSG
+ AMU200A + AFQ/WinIQSIM2
July 2008 | LTE T&M | 6
FSV
Features supported for LTE FDD and TDD Signal generation and analysis
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Full 3GPP compliance Generation and analysis of LTE downlink/uplink physical channels and signals:
l Generation of PDSCH, PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH, PUCCH, PUSCH l Analysis of PDSCH, PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH, PUSCH l Uplink and downlink reference and synchronization signals
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All bandwidths up to 20 MHz and all UMTS bands supported QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM downlink/uplink modulation schemes supported Integrated 3GPP compliant downlink and uplink coding chain in signal generator All downlink MIMO modes supported: precoding, transmit diversity, spatial MUX MIMO configurations with 2 and 4 antennas supported 2x2 MIMO signal generation in a one-box setup including fading simulation Measurement of power, spectrum, modulation quality, constellation, EVM, frequency error, CCDF, crest factor, relative inband emission, bitstream,
Note: Some of the features are not yet available for LTE TDD mode.
Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE downlink signal Device under test
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Reference Signals Synchronization Signals Downlink control channels (PDCCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PBCH) Downlink data Fully 3GPP compliant channel coding for uplink and downlink All MIMO modes DTX / Dummy data in unscheduled resource blocks User defined data
Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE uplink signal Device under test
Simulation of up to 4 terminals Uplink data (PUSCH) Uplink control (PUCCH) Uplink channel coding Demodulation reference signal Sounding reference signal Frequency hopping
Vector signal generator R&S SMU200A provides LTE downlink signals from 2 TX antennas Including MIMO channel simulation
TX2
Channel BB
Channel AB
Channel BA
Channel AB
Channel BA
Channel BB
Particularly relevant for receiver performance tests Extension to traditional ITU fading models (tapped delay line) required to cover higher bandwidths of LTE and MIMO operation Propagation conditions agreed in 3GPP for:
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Extended pedestrian A (EPA) Extended vehicular A model (EVA) Extended Typical Urban model (ETU)
Definition of delay profile, Doppler spectrum and set of correlation matrices describing correlation between UE and BS antennas
UE 2 data
dual channel RF
Evaluation of: Power, spectrum, constellation, modulation quality, Error Vector Magnitude (EVM), frequency error, crest factor,
Device under test (base station or UE) Signal analyzer FSQ analyzes LTE uplink/downlink signal
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Available as external PC software; integration within FSQ planned when 3GPP specifications stabilize Wide range of measurements in nice graphical presentation: modulation quality, EVM, constellation, spectrum, frequency error, CCDF, Auto demodulation feature Automatic detection of cyclic prefix
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DUT
RF Interface
l 20 MHz bandwidth (incl. 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15 MHz) l Supports all 3GPP frequency bands up to 3.3 GHz (extension to 6 GHz)
IQ box)
l Fading l Digital baseband fading with R&S SMU200A and R&S AMU200A l Supports host based virtual protocol testing for LTE L2 and L3
compatible with R&S 3G protocol tester l Conformance testing: TTCN-3 API and runtime libraries l Proven mobile communications software tools for test case
Conf.
Considerable reduction of source code by automatic lower layer configuration High scenario re-use factor Requires a finalized Layer 3, ASN.1 specification
TTCN-3 = Testing and Test Control Notation - 3 TTCN-3 already used for GCF WI-031 3GPP IMS Call Control Rel-5 and Rel-6
MMI
RRC
PDCP
RLC
RLC
MAC
MAC
VTAPI Test Adaptation Layer VTIPI Physical Interface Adapter Physical Interface Adapter UE Adaptation Layer
TestSuite Explorer
Message Analyser
Message Composer
- analyse results - export constraints - compose send & receive constraints