Agilent Technologies is adding 21-Mbit/s HSPA+ and E-EDGE test capabilities to its 8960 wireless communications test set platform. The enhancements to the E6703E W-CDMA/HSPA Lab Application add HSPA+ with 64QAM capability in the downlink, Fixed Reference Channel H-Set 8, and MAC-ehs, in addition to 21-Mbit/s test mode data-rate support.

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The E-EDGE test capability delivers a number of improvements to the E6701F/E6704A Lab Application. E-EDGE Dual Carrier Downlink enables UEs to receive on two radio channels—effectively doubling the EGPRS downlink data rate. Latency reduction is achieved through a reduced transmission time interval that halves the current EGPRS radio block transmission time interval from 20 to 10 ms. Fast ACK/NACK reporting provides both latency improvements and enhanced network usage.

Agilent’s 8960 suits wireless device development, manufacturing, and repair of all major 2G, 2.5G, 3G, and 3.5G wireless technologies. It offers test solutions for mobile devices across the entire product lifecycle, including test systems for RF, protocol, and application conformance, as well as manufacturing test. For R&D designers in particular, the bench-top test set provides a unique combination of automated standards-compliant RF measurements, high data-rate applications test and test solutions such as mobile battery drain, UMA/GAN, and others.

The new HSPA+ and E-EDGE test capabilities will be available in December exclusively to customers who purchase the E6720A option 001 ($12,000) and 003 ($14,500) annual contracts, respectively. The E6703E W-CMDA/HSPA Lab Application and E6701F GSM/GPRS Lab Application each cost $46,000.

The enhancements to Agilent’s E6703E W-CDMA/HSPA Lab Application add HSPA+ with 64QAM capability in the downlink, Fixed Reference Channel H-Set 8, and MAC-ehs, in addition to 21-Mbit/s test mode data-rate support.

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