PXB MIMO receiver tester from Agilent Technologies

A new team of Agilent Technologies, the PXB MIMO receiver tester minimizes the uncertainty due to design, reduces the necessary instrumentation and lab setup time. It increases the performance and scalability to meet future test needs in wireless communications.

The new PXB MIMO receiver tester Agilent Technologies Inc. enables testing of multiple receptor inputs and outputs (MIMO) with greater speed and accuracy at an earlier stage of the design cycle. Because it provides the best simulation of actual conditions on the market today, the PXB device reduces development cycle time significantly. The new instrument measures MIMO redefined through its ability to minimize design uncertainty and equipment and setup time in the laboratory, in contrast, maximizes performance and scalability needed to meet future test needs. These features make the new PXB MIMO receiver tester in the ideal instrument for R & D engineers developing and integrating MIMO receivers for 3GPP LTE, WiMAX th and emerging wireless standards.
The PXB MIMO receiver tester provides the channel emulation functions and creating signs and versatile latest LTE and WiMAX standards most recent. Supports MIMO 2x2, 2x4 and 4x2, has the best bandwidth in the industry (120 MHz) and features custom MIMO correlation settings, eg, channel models, antenna pattern and correlation matrix. The instrument uses the signal creation software industry-leading Agilent Signal Studio, which offers features for creating signals based on the most current standards.
Using PXB, the R & D engineers can simulate real conditions in the laboratory that allow testing under extreme conditions more rapidly, and devices to submit evidence of effort beyond the requirements under the standards. Engineers can also test co-existence to ensure design robustness at an earlier stage of the design process. By Signal Studio, Advanced Design System from Agilent or even creation tool waveforms own engineer can add up to four generators, high performance baseband (BBG) for the coexistence of multiple test formats. Each BBG supports a modulation bandwidth of 120 MHz and 512 mmu memory reproductive signals for simulating complex and protracted. Because design problems can be identified earlier in the lifecycle, engineers gain a greater level of confidence to carry out the design, thereby reducing uncertainties related to the design revisions are minimized and reduced time to market.

Reduction of instrumentation and lab setup time
An important function of the PXB MIMO receiver tester is the ability to minimize the necessary instrumentation and setup time in the lab. Continuous signal routing and automated power calibration eliminates the system configuration, heavy and long-term, necessary for the fading signal and the addition of coexistence of multiple formats, while minimizing the test time. Another factor that reduces the test time is predefined test configuration, which allows the engineer to quickly define complex instrument settings for BBG and fading. The intuitive graphical user interface with easy to use pull-down menus provides quick and easy setup of test settings (eg, MIMO channel models and path configuration table revisable) also reduces the learning curve the user.


An extensible platform
The new PXB MIMO receiver tester from Agilent provides a scalable platform based on a field upgradeable architecture. This high-performance platform ensures obtaining updates simple and inexpensive (only takes an hour) for the trials of future technologies as 4G and higher order MIMO implementations. As a result, maximizing investment in instrumentation from the user and the durability of the investment. By leveraging the generators and existing Agilent signal analyzers and other RF test equipment, the scalable platform also reduces the cost of the test.