Base Station Fading Performance Testing

Mobile network deployments are growing rapidly with new 5G features. Simultaneously, network equipment manufacturers including O-RAN manufacturers and device vendors are constantly developing and releasing new features. The majority of new user devices are already 5G capable and new introductions happen every week. When developing 5G networks, it is essential to ensure that they operate seamlessly with the existing 4G networks.

Why is base station fading performance testing needed?

• The industry is facing plenty of challenges in network interoperability and gaps in performance due to improper networks and device optimization
• Proper testing is needed to accelerate 5G base station/RAN performance and interoperability verification as well as 5G radio access network parameter optimization

The base station fading performance toolsets are a part of Keysight’s end-to-end O-RAN architect wireless network testing portfolio. Keysight’s O-RAN Architect offers integrated solutions that accelerate the development, integration, and deployment of O-RAN compliant equipment.

Keysight’s base station fading performance test toolsets offer integrated turn-key testing solutions for 5G base station/ORAN testing, verification, and optimization. The toolsets for Multi-RAT, Massive MIMO, and mmWave testing are solutions for validating 5G base stations under a wide range of radio channel and user device conditions. They offer fully controlled test solution scenarios enabling quick and systematic performance validation. Moreover, they enable users to efficiently analyze and optimize the performance of 5G new radio (NR) base station deployed in non-standalone (NSA) or standalone (SA) networks and under various mobility fading scenarios.

The base station fading performance test toolsets are a part of Keysight's comprehensive portfolio of 5G NR design and test solutions that span the entire workflow from simulation, development, and design verification, to conformance and acceptance testing, and finally manufacturing and deployment.

Keysight's analysis and debugging tools linked with your base station fading performance toolset ensure that even your most advanced testing need is covered.

• PathWave 89600 Software for L1 measurement
• PathWave Signal Generation Software for arbitrary signal generation
• Sanjole WaveJudge Software for full-stack uplink/downlink issue debug
• 5G Device Analytics Software for real UE trace and uplink report analysis

By enabling network equipment manufacturers and mobile network operators to benchmark different network base station implementation quickly and efficiently, the Base Station Fading Performance Test Toolsets accelerate the validation of base stations, supporting new design development from prototypes to fully functioning 5G network equipment.