cmd80_de.fm Seite -1 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 Digital Radiocommunication Tester CMD80 Precise high-speed measurements on CDMA, TDMA and analog mobiles For use in • production • quality assurance • service • development cmd80_de.fm Seite 0 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 CMD80 – the multitalent ((Beschnittkante)) Additional capability continues to be CMD80 with option B84 provides added to the proven CMD80 plat- unsurpassed test coverage for the form. In addition to CDMA, AMPS IS-136 standard, offering many capa- (N-AMPS) and TACS (J/N/E-TACS), bilities that are not available on some digital AMPS (IS-136) measurements dedicated IS-136 test sets. Among on mobile stations are now posible these are half-rate channel support, with option B84. CMD80 is thus able peak and statistical adjacent-channel ne) to support all multiple access methods power measurements, carrier switch- (vor presently used in mobile communica- ing time measurements, etc. This 1 tions (FDMA, CDMA, TDMA) on a broad IS-136 test coverage will seite p single hardware platform. enhance the CMD80´s use in manu- p facturing tests as well as in engineer- uskla ing applications. A All standards at a glance Frequency band Type designation Airlink standard US Cellular (800 MHz) CMDA IS-95 TDMA IS-136 AMPS/N-AMPS TIA-553, IS-91 Japan Cellular CDMA T53, IS-95 N-TACS/J-TACS China Cellular CDMA IS-95 E-TACS/TACS US PCS (1900 MHz) CDMA J-STD008, UB-IS-95 TDMA IS-136 Korea PCS (1800 MHz) CDMA J-STD008, UB-IS-95 Korea2 PCS CDMA J-STD008, UB-IS-95 cmd80_de.fm Seite 1 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 The family members at a glance ((Beschnittkante)) CMD80 – CMDA, IS-136, AMPS and more • CDMA, digital AMPS, AMPS, TACS in one box • High measurement accuracy and speed • Remote control via IEEE488/IEC625 bus • Autotest and remote control via RS232 • Suitable for production, development and service CMD52 – the leading GSM900 production tester (vorne) • All signaling required for GSM900 testing eite 2 s • Highest measurement accuracy and speed p p • Remote control via IEEE488/IEC625 bus kla us • Autotest and remote control via RS232 A • Go/nogo test as well as service mode for exact fault location CMD55 – the multiband GSM production tester • GSM900, GSM1800 and GSM1900 • Testing of handover from GSM900 and back • Other features as CMD52 CMD60 – pure DECT dedication • Compact, lightweight and extremely fast • Suitable for service, production and development • Remote control via IEEE488/IEC625 bus + RS232 • Automated regression and stress testing of DUT • Automatic go/nogo testing of fixed and portable part CMD65 – the most versatile production tester • GSM plus DECT in a single box • Features equal the combination of CMD55 and CMD60 in almost all respects cmd80_de.fm Seite 2 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 • Voice loopback and compre- hensive testing of mobiles development quality assurance • Powerful signaling capabilities • Short measurement time ensuring high throughput Manual operation philosophy User-definable autotest • High measurement accuracy Research and development engineers The user-friendly display and opera- • Simple interactive operation have found the CMD‘s large clear LC tion of the CMD is a main requirement • No specialized network display and user interface with logi- when testing manually, but for auto- knowledge required cally structured menus unsurpassed mated testing the engineer wants a • Service mode for exact fault when measuring RF parameters. This quick and easy way to a ready-made location is true both in the manual test mode autotest. The CMD family of testers • Autotest – complete mobile and in the flexible module test with offers different ways of creating such testing at a keystroke system-specific signal generator and autotests and test scripts, depending • Very fast remote control burst analyzer. During call setup the on the CMD model and the test operation network and system-specific signaling requirements. • Compact and lightweight parameters allow the R&D engineers • Excellent price/performance to control the influence of signaling ratio parameters on the mobile´s behavior in the network. In addition to mobile radio net- Many wireless manufacturers are ... meeting the challenges works based on AMPS (Advanced migrating toward "universal" pro- of modern communications Mobile Phone System) and CDMA duction and test lines for mobile (Code Division Multiple Access) phones, with an eye toward standards, more and more net- reducing capital, maintenance, works with underlying TDMA (Time and personnel costs. Until now, Division Multiple Access) method these economies have been are gaining importance. diluted by the cost of equipping test lines with dedicated test sets The demand is mostly for dual-mode for every wireless standard. mobile phones with CDMA/AMPS (IS-95 standard) or D-AMPS/AMPS With the addition of the new (IS-136 standard) functionality – fre- option B84, the CMD80 quently also for dual-band mobile addresses IS-136, CDMA, AMPS, phones in the 800 MHz (US Cellu- N-AMPS, TACS, E-TACS, J-TACS, lar) and 1900 MHz (US PCS) fre- and N-TACS test needs. Wireless quency bands. This fact inevitably manufacturers now have an effec- leads to the need for a mobile radio tive way to implement cost-effi- tester that covers all three standards cient universal manufacturing in both frequency bands. lines for wireless phones. 2 Digital Radiocommunication Tester CMD80 cmd80_de.fm Seite 3 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 production service Fast IEEE bus onds. The high level of measurement ing need. Every CMD comes with the In a production line there are two main repeatability offered ensures the high- same large display and user interface factors that contribute to high through- est possible quality of the end product for manual testing of phones and/or put and product quality: IEEE-bus leaving the factory. modules and RS232 interface for speed and measurement repeatability. remote operation. The high speed is obtained by parallel Covering any need for test modes measurements and the possibility of Service and repair of digital mobiles Base-station survey measurements issuing multiple commands in a single and cordless phones call for a variety These are often done on real base sta- IEEE string. With combined measure- of tests, ranging from simple voice tions or by using analog signal gener- ments and measurements like RF peak loopback test to complete factory-like ators with power amplifiers. The CMD power which takes only milliseconds, production tests. The CMD range of is able to simulate any CDMA, IS-136, time-consuming power level adjust- products offers cost-effective solutions AMPS and TACS base station. This ments where multiple measurements for manual testing, stand-alone feature enables close-to-life conditions are required are completed in sec- autotest, as well as remote RS232 without having to use a real BTS. operation solutions covering any test- Digital Radiocommunication Tester CMD80 3 cmd80_de.fm Seite 4 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 1 (1) The HOME menu allows simple selection of mobile radio standard (CDMA, TDMA, analog) and frequency band (Cellular, PCS). (2) The test menus are divided into two sections; mobile- 2 specific measurement results are displayed on the left, the main settings of the BS signal on the right. (3) In the HANDOFFS/TRANSITIONS menu different kinds of handoffs between the mobile radio standards can be performed. After the handoff the user can choose 3 between standard tests and voice loopback test. (4) In the IS-136 mode the CMD can send a user-defined short message (SMS) to the mobile. 4 Measurement technology The individual measurements for the the mobile phone are buffered in the various standards are derived directly CMD80 and reflected to the mobile Measurements are based on ultramod- from the relevant specifications and under test after a delay of about two ern digital signal processing. The are preconfigured. Measurements can seconds. In this way speech quality of results are thus available within the thus be performed without in-depth the DUT can be verified. shortest possible time, which means knowledge of the relevant network. an enormous benefit in speed-dictated In the signaling mode, implicit hand- mass production. DSP technology has Basically, CMD80 provides two differ- offs can be made within the same two important benefits: measurement ent measurement modes for each net- standard (ie a D-AMPS handoff to functions can be enhanced by soft- work. Measurements can be per- another digital traffic channel – a new ware upgrades and new measurement formed either as a module test (ie with- channel number – or changeover to techniques can be added solely by out call setup to the DUT) or as a man- another timeslot at the same TDMA fre- software modifications. ual test with full signaling. In the latter quency) as well as handoffs to other case a call setup for performing the standards, if defined. This is an impor- measurement can be made both from tant criterion for testing multimode/ the base station (which is simulated by multiband mobile phones. The mea- the CMD80) and from the mobile. In surements themselves are adapted to this mode it is also possible to set up a the relevant transmission standard. call with voice loopback. The audio data picked up by the microphone of 4 Digital Radiocommunication Tester CMD80 cmd80_de.fm Seite 5 Freitag, 28. Mai 1999 10:49 10 1 (1) After registration of the mobile station in the MANUAL TEST mode, the quality of the mobile under test can immediately be examined. In-depth measurements are available in submenus at the push of a button. (2) 2 The open-loop time response test provides a graph of the mobile station output power as a function of time when the mobile station is commanded via open-loop power control to change its output power.