UMTS Protocol Test/testing Equipment

This page covers UMTS Protocol Test Equipment used for protocol conformance testing of UMTS device.It covers testing equipments from Rohde & Schwarz,Agilent,Anritsu and more.

Rohde & Schwarz

Model: CMW500

CMW500 is wellknown Wideband Radio Communication Tester. It is ideal for testing wireless devices of different standards/technologies as listed below.

GSM Mobile station test
WCDMA Mobile station(UE) test
LTE Mobile station test
Bluetooth,GPS,DVB,FM STEREO RADIO,WLAN,WiMAX(MS/BS)
TD-SCDMA UE test(Mobile Station Test)
CDMA2000® 1 x RTT specifications for Mobile station testing
CDMA2000® 1 x EV-DO specifications for Access Terminal testing

Anritsu

Model: MD8480C

Anritsu MD8480C is ideal for UE testing for W-CDMA/HSPA/HSPA Evolution. It also supports GSM/GPRS/EGPRS standards.

Model: MD8475A

Signaling Tester MD8475A is used as Base Station Simulator for mobile testing. It supports LTE FDD(2x2 MIMO),W-CDMA/HSPA/HSPA Evolution, GSM/(E)GPRS, CDMA2000® 1X/1xEV-DO Rev.A standards.

References

3GPP TS 34.123-1,User Equipment (UE) conformance specification; Part 1: Protocol conformance specification

UMTS Tutorial, Read more

This tutorial covers following in addition to overview and UMTS releases outlined here:

• UMTS Frequency bands and UARFCN  • UMTS Multiple Access types  • UMTS Frame structure  • UMTS Network Architecture  • UMTS Protocol Stack  • UMTS Logical, Transport and physical channels  • UMTS Spreading,scrambling and modulation 

Useful product vendors or manufacturers

RF and Wireless tutorials