www.electronicspecifier.com volume 1, 2016 Scope For Change Adding variety to test Strategy Shift Faster Data Test Challenge Open source – New logo heralds – AXIe digitisers – M2M/IoT need – Software platform new approach show the way new solutions for test applications TAKE YOUR DESIGN TO PRODUCTION • Over 650,000 products in stock • Unbeatable prices on volume orders • Local sales, technical and quoting teams closer to your business uk.farnell.com 04 CSP-BUYER-IBCport-210x297-UK.indd 1 02/10/2015 10:34 Contents Mobile World Congress 2016 10 06 Industry test and measurement heavyweights are preparing for a big week for any company connected to the Mobile world. Keysight Technologies, Rohde & Schwarz and Anritsu will all present developments for 5G testing alongside other wireless test products. New logo, new strategy 10 Tektronix is moving into 2016 with a new logo which heralds a change in its relationship with customers. Six brand principles have been introduced after extensive global research with customers and within the company. The company will now be looking at a collaborative approach based around customer applications Customised applications with AXIe products 12 A partnership between Keysight Technologies with a company called 12 Scientific Equipment has produced a 64 synchronous, multichannel data acquisition system composed of eight M9703A AXIe 12-bit high-speed digitisers/wideband digital receivers in a 14-slot chassis. Testing challenges for cellular M2M/IoT devices 16 Terms such as M2M (“machines talking to machines”) and IoT (“Internet of Things”) have started to invade our daily life, with short-range communication examples such as a watch communicating with a phone via Bluetooth or a Wi-Fi light bulb connected to a home router. 26 Similar machine-oriented concepts are also found in longer-range communications such as smart metering, security monitoring and so on. 4G is still evolving – LTE-Advanced 26 at Release 12 and beyond 32 The LTE/LTE-Advanced standard is continuing to grow and evolve, and new networks are still being rolled out. This article summarises the progress that has been achieved so far, and the leading-edge features that are still being added to 4G to satisfy the market need for ever-increasing data rates and capacity until 5G is ready to be deployed from 2020 onwards. New Products 32 A round up of the latest products introduced onto the test and measurement market including the HDA125 High-speed Digital Analyser launched by Teledyne LeCroy which expands the capabilities of its oscilloscope range and a new, high-performance model of VirtualBench which has been introduced by National Instruments. Editor: Ad sales: Head Office: Copyright 2013 Electronic Specifier. Contents of Electronic Specifier, its publication, websites and Mick Elliott Ben Price ElectronicSpecifier Ltd newsletters are the property of the publisher. The [email protected] [email protected] Comice Place, Woodfalls Farm publisher and the sponsors of this magazine are not responsible for the results of any actions or Gravelly Ways, Laddingford omissions taken on the basis of information inthis Designer: Publishing Director Kent. ME18 6DA publication. In particular, no liability can be accepted Stuart Pritchard Steve Regnier in result ofany claim based on or in relation to Tel: 01622 871944 material provided for inclusion. Electronic Specifier [email protected] [email protected] www.electronicspecifier.com is a controlled circulation journal. electronicspecifier.com 3 Mobile World Congress 2016 Barcelona beckons with 5G test advances essy Cavazos the Industry Director for Test and Measurement at Frost & Sullivan nailed Jit last year in a report looking at the changing dynamics in the test and measurement industry. One of the most significant changes that will occur over the next 10 years is the move towards high-frequency applications that include 5G applications as well as others, such as automotive radars and WLAN applications at 60 GHz, she pointed out. Keysight Technologies will focus on high- performance design and test solution Today, a large part of market revenue is requirements of the multiple usage scenarios generated by applications that are below of 5G mobile communications. This includes 6 GHz. However, this will change in the enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine- future with the advent of 5G and other type communications and ultra-reliable and low technologies; this is a significant challenge latency communications. from a technological perspective for all market participants. This will become an even bigger The demonstrations will cover multiple challenge as the requirement increases for aspects of the enabling technologies, such as wider signal-bandwidth support in the wireless new waveforms, wideband micro-wave and communications and aerospace and defence millimeter-wave communications, and multiple- end-user industries. In addition to the technical antenna techniques such as Massive MIMO. challenges that high frequencies bring to market participants, there will also be the challenge of Anritsu will show developments for test and meeting costs. measurements of the new 5G air interface R&D, with practical examples including LTE-A At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona a coterie Pro scaled-up to 1GB/s. Rohde & Schwarz of test and measurement companies will be keen will demonstrate its role in 5G development to display how much progress they have made with three different test setups: 5G and WLAN to meeting these goals. 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(Bandwidths: 60 MHz to 500 MHz) All Rohde & Schwarz oscilloscopes incorporate time domain, logic, protocol and frequency analysis in a single device. Take the dive at www.scope-of-the-art.com/ad/all 15351.022_ScopeFamily7_ElectrSpecifierDesign-Feb16_210x297_e.indd 1 29.01.16 10:48 Uhr Mobile World Congress 2016 3GPP and IoT a focus for Anritsu At Mobile World Congress (MWC) • Developments for test and measurements of 2016 in Barcelona (Feb 22-25), Anritsu the new 5G air interface R&D, with practical will be demonstrating a range of examples including LTE-A Pro scaled-up to 1GB/s. key product and technologies in its test and measurement portfolio that • Testing the experimental new waveforms, mmW support the latest 3GPP and IoT measurements, OTA and massive MIMO test technology developments and network needs at the air interface, both the new 5G air deployments. In particular they will be interface, and evolution of LTE-A to the LTE-A focusing on some of the emerging test Pro standards of 3GPP Rel 14&15. and measurement issues within 5G, • RF and CPRI testers, optical transport network LTE-A Pro, Connected Home and M2M testing to support new C-RAN technology device testing. deployment, and also SDN and NFV transport network implementation, configuration and maintenance. • Increased test requirements for both ultra-high speed broadband and enhanced Machine Type Communications (eMTC) requiring the latest UE technology running on the leading MD8430A/ RTD test platform solution, and also the unique applications and connectivity testing methods of the MD8475A. key discussion point in the mobile industry, and especially in the test and A measurement segment, will be the emergence of new technologies to enable the next generation 5G networks. Although much of the headline discussion is on the implementation of a new air interface, the 5G network will have an impact across the whole “end to end” network and service domains. Anritsu will be addressing the following; 6 electronicspecifier.com Mobile World Congress 2016 Keysight sets out 5G agenda The latest communications design and test solutions, along with leading edge 5G wireless simulation and test solutions will be shown by Keysight Technologies at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb22-25). The Keysight demonstrations will focus on high-performance design and test solution requirements of the multiple usage scenarios of 5G mobile communications. – the solution offers 8 channels of wide band stimulus and measurement in a single 5 slot AXIe chassis solution. Modulation analysis This includes enhanced mobile broadband, and beam weighting algorithms developed in massive machine-type communications and ultra- SystemVue and deployed into the M9703A reliable and low latency communications. FPGA using the integrated design flow in the SystemVue FPGA Architect. The demonstrations will cover multiple aspects of the enabling technologies, such as new • Latest mmWave design validation and waveforms, wideband micro-wave and millimeter- manufacturing solutions for 802.11ad wave communications,