WiMAX Forum™ selects Rohde & Schwarz as manufacturer for RCT systems

During the recent face to face meeting of the Certification and Technical Working Groups (CWG/TWG) of the WiMAX Forum™, the selection of Rohde & Schwarz as one of the manufacturers for the development of a radio conformance test testers (RCTT) was announced. Rohde & Schwarz's RCTT is based on the IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX standard Based on validated test cases, the Test System R&S TS8970 is a reference solution for the certification of WiMAX end products being built to the 802.16e-2005 specification. The R&S TS8970 is based on the concept used in the market-leading 2G/3G Radio Conformance Test System R&S TS8950GW and is therefore also upgradeable with this new WiMAX functionality. The first generation already offers fully automatic measurements and complete software functionalities such as customized reporting, flexible data import/export and auto-calibration. The WiMAX radio conformance tester uses market established WiMAX OFDM/OFDMA measuring instruments such as the Rohde & Schwarz signal generators (R&S SMU200A) and signal analyzers (R&S FSQ). These instruments are unsurpassed in measurement accuracy and reliability. The modular concept enhances flexibility in R&D and in pre-compliance testing. In addition to the in-band measurements specified by the WiMAX Forum™, Rohde & Schwarz also provides solutions for out-of-band and radiated measurements for EMC and OTA systems as well as drive test equipment. In addition to the WiMAX profiles defined for today's or tomorrow's market, the R&S TS8970 supports a frequency range of 400 kHz to 6 GHz.