The self-contained model 8960 Wireless Communications Test Set from Agilent Technologies has been enhanced with new 1xEV-DO Release B test functionality to help mobile wireless operators improve network capacity throughput, and latency for multicarrier systems. The new 1xEV-DO Release B enhancement for the 8960 supports the new Subtype 3 Physical Layer which, in turn, supports multicarrier operation and all related Release B protocol messages. The new Release B enhancement allows up to three test sets to be synchronized and connected to support as many as three carriers which are tested in the multicarrier mode of operation as defined in the Release B standard.

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According to Niels Faché, Vice-President and General Manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Division, "Producing market-leading 1xEV-DO Release B mobile devices requires early access to multicarrier test solutions. Our Release B test solutions for the new Subtype 3 Physical Layer provide early test tools to help engineers accelerate the design and manufacture of high-quality devices to meet 1xEV-DO market windows." The E1966A/E6706B Test and Lab Applications work with the 8960 Wireless Communications Test Set to provide a full suite of emulation and analysis functions. The E1966A 1xEV-DO Test Application for the 8960 is the first one-box test set to support 1xEV-DO Release A ETAP.

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