Test knowhow to advance LTE

A Rohde and Schwarz product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 15, 2008

Telecomms providers and network operators have banded together to promote the further development of broadband mobile radio networks that are based on UMTS Long Term Evolution.

Rohde and Schwarz has joined the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI).

Leading telecommunications providers and network operators have banded together to promote the further development of broadband mobile radio networks that are based on UMTS Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.

By becoming a member, Rohde and Schwarz will contribute to the acceleration in interoperability testing (IOT) and the initial field tests.

This, in turn, will shorten time to market for next-generation basestations and wireless devices.

One objective of LSTI is to ensure the interoperability of wireless networks and wireless devices from different manufacturers.

Rohde and Schwarz will benefit the industry organisation by providing its comprehensive expertise in T and M equipment for 2G, 3G, and LTE technologies.

The company will thus support the manufacturers and operators with, for example, suitable IOT test scenarios for LTE network simulation.

Moreover, the T and M expert will share knowhow gained through its active participation in the 3GPP standardisation working groups.

"Our inclusion in the LTE/SAE Trial Initiative represents a clear signal for us", says Roland Steffen, Head of the Test and Measurement Division at Rohde and Schwarz.

"From the very start, Rohde and Schwarz has fully embraced the further development of LTE technology".

"The mutual exchange of knowledge with other members benefits the entire initiative, and thus plays a significant part in promoting the next generation of mobile radio".

Existing and future test and measurement solutions for LTE and MIMO will help users to ensure the reliability of LTE chipsets, wireless devices and basestations at an early stage of development, thus keeping time to market short.

The comprehensive portfolio of Rohde and Schwarz products for all important mobile radio standards includes signal generators and signal analysers, network simulators, protocol testers, coverage measurement systems and test systems.