The Anritsu Web Expo introduces the company’s newest communications technology developments and test solutions categorized into four market-growth themes, including required measurements at the 5G-expansion stage, automotive advances, and high-speed digital interfaces.

Networks featuring high-speed and large capacity, ultra-low latency and simultaneous multiple connections are evolving continuously as we enter the 5G NR communications era. In addition to faster smartphone and tablet data connections, 5G NR also has applications in the industrial fields, including automobiles and disaster prevention. As a key infrastructure for implementing sustainable societies, 5G NR is expected to help solve a variety of issues, including reducing information gaps among people, preventing road accidents, and more. Anritsu's measurement solutions help ensure compatibility with international standards as well as communication quality at every stage, including the development, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of smart devices, mobile and fixed networks, cloud data centers, and more for 5G NR communications.

5G NR Smart Device Deployment

More 5G NR terminals are entering various markets following the rollout of commercial 5G NR services. Companies aiming to reach these markets with competitive, high-quality products offering excellent reliability ahead of the competition need to perform a multitude of tests from the initial design to the product completion stage, to ensure efficient implementation of key functions. The two key points in the development of 5G NR devices are: 1. Support for new functions, such as standalone (SA) operation on all 5G networks, support for VoNR and FR2 (mmWave), conformance tests required at commercial launch in each country, carrier acceptance tests (CAT), and regulatory conformance tests, and 2. Ability to transition quickly to new test solutions required for market penetration.

Worldwide 5G NR RF Regulatory Certification Testing

RF Regulatory Test System ME7803NR

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Design and development of 5G NR terminals certainly require compliance with the 3GPP standards, however, the product design and performance are also legally obliged to pass the regulatory certification tests of each country and region where the product will be marketed.

To obtain certification and go to market ahead of competition while responsibly managing budget and resources, businesses need an easy-to-use, stable test solution that also leverages current development resources.

Anritsu’s RF Regulatory Test System ME7803NR is an easy-to-use test platform designed for 5G NR terminal RF regulatory certification tests. The supplied settings and scenarios for each test make it easy to confirm regulatory compliance. Since various other Anritsu measuring instruments for 5G NR can be shared into the ME7803NR platform, initial setup costs are minimized by making best use of customers’ previous equipment investment. Moreover, these instruments can share with other SAR/OTA/EMC test systems.

By listening to customers’ needs and wants, Anritsu is offering this new reliable and convenient, high-efficiency test system, which leverages the company’s long experience in development of mobile test solutions, including base-station simulators and conformance test systems, from the early 3G era until today’s 5G deployment.

Solutions Supporting the Automotive Evolution

Various key technologies are being developed for the advancement of autonomous driving and the realization of a connected society. Cellular V2X (C-V2X), which uses a cellular network capable of high-speed, low latency communication, is one of them. It is critical to confirm that reliable communication can happen under various conditions through wireless verification and use case verification. Anritsu provides a solution that enables Mobility as a Service (MaaS) simulation on the desktop and allows intuitive operation to evaluate the C-V2X communication function of the in-vehicle device.

C-V2X PC5 Communication Evaluation Solution

LTE V2X PC5 Communication Software　MX725000A

Anritsu’s solution for evaluating C-V2X PC5 communications functions features an easy-to-understand GUI which eliminates the need to program test scenarios, helping cut equipment configuration costs.

C-V2X PC5 for implementing the connected car is a key element for self-driving vehicles and is defined by 3GPP Release 14. The PC5 interface handles data communications about dangerous road conditions and driving support while the low-latency and high-reliability C-V2X communications technology makes the connected car a reality.

The LTE V2X PC5 Communications Software MX725000A works with the communications reference module, GNSS simulator, and V2X emulator software to evaluate the C-V2X PC5 communications functions, which are expected to become widespread in future vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications. This software supports the typical use cases defined by national ITS standards.

Leaflet: Cost-Effective Graphical Evaluation of C-V2X PC5 Communications Function

400G/800G/PCIe® High Speed Solution

Data centers supporting next-generation, high-speed, large-capacity 5G mobile communications are progressing with introduction of equipment meeting the 400GbE communications standard, while also starting investigation of 800GbE and 1.6 TbE standards to facilitate even faster speeds. The PAM4 transmission method used by 400GbE expresses digital data using four voltage levels per unit time to transmit twice as much data compared to the earlier conventional NRZ*6 method. However, due to the narrower differences between the four voltage levels, the greater susceptibility to noise and transmission path losses makes error-free transmission more difficult than using the conventional NRZ method. As a result, error correction using FEC is applied to assure transmission quality. Consequently, evaluation of devices and transceivers supporting PAM4 not only requires jitter tolerance and sensitivity evaluations based on conventional bit error and error-free measurements, but also requires measurement of error correction capability using FEC.

Additionally, testing of fifth-generation (5G) communications network systems meeting enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications (URLLC), and massive Machine Type Communication (mMTC) requirements is in progress. This paradigm shift is increasing the need for data centers, forming the foundation of this technological revolution, to process large data volumes at high speeds. In line with this need, while data centers are planning the introduction and compliance testing of PCIe 5.0 interfaces for their transmission equipment, servers, storage, and more by 2021, PCI-SIG® has already started planning and defining the future next-generation PCIe 6.0 standard using PAM4 32-Gbaud technology. Anritsu is offering this all-in-one test solution covering both future PCIe 6.0 evaluations and current PCIe 5.0 compliance tests to help speed its customers’ products time to market.

Support 400 GbE/800 GbE and PCIe 4.0-5.0.
All-in-One Support for Evaluating Next-Generation NRZ/PAM4 Network Interfaces and High-Speed Serial Buses

Signal Quality Analyzer-R MP1900A

NRZ/PAM4 BROCHURE

PCIe/USB/Thunderbolt BROCHURE

FEC Based 400/800GbE PAM4 Signal Jitter Tolerance Test

FEC Symbol Capture Function for Evaluating 400 GbE FEC Symbol Errors

800 GbE BER Evaluation 64 Gbaud Multichannel PAM4 BERT

58 G/64 Gbaud Multichannel PAM4 BERT

Video: Anritsu MP1900A Receiver Link Equalization Calibration Procedure

Video: Anritsu MP1900A Receiver Link Equalization Test Procedure

PCI Express 5.0 Receiver Test Solution

PCI Express 5.0
Automated Physical-layer Testing

Signal Integrity Analysis
Multi-channel High-Performance BERT