Radio & Mobile Communication Testers
MD8430A Signaling Tester
Wireless devices are evolving quickly into multimedia smartphones with fast data connections due to widespread deployment of high-speed standards, such as LTE/LTE-Advanced/LTE-Advanced Pro. The Anritsu Signalling Tester MD8430A is a key LTE-Advanced Pro base station simulator for developing LTE-Advanced Pro-compliant chipsets and wireless devices. In addition to verifying normal communications procedures, it supports fault operation tests, which are difficult to perform at connection with live base stations. It also supports LTE/LTE-Advanced/LTE-Advanced Pro terminal R&D and verification tests under various conditions. Moreover, LTE Cat-M/NB-IoT tests are supported. Based on extensive experience in 3G markets, Anritsu has developed the MD8430A as a powerful LTE-Advanced Pro protocol/R&D test solution to help developers bring LTE-Advanced Pro wireless devices to market as fast as possible.
Key Features
- Supports LTE-Advanced Pro testing with 6CCs Carrier Aggregation (CA) and less
- Supports Dual Connectivity test
- Supports Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) test
- Supports LTE-Advanced FDD/TDD Release 12
- Supports up to DL 6CCs and UL 3CCs for Carrier Aggregation (CA)
- One MD8430A supports CA handover, 4×4 MIMO and 8×4 MIMO, etc
- Supports full-digital fading test
- Supports DL 2 Gbps, UL 300 Mbps throughput test
- Inter-RAT tests making effective use of previous MD8480C (UTRAN/GERAN), and MD8475A (CDMA2000) hardware investments
- Optimized investment from first R&D to protocol conformance testing
- Full development and analysis toolset cuts L1, L2 and L3 scenario development time and costs
- Supports LTE Cat-M/NB-IoT
Technical Specifications
| Type | Signaling Tester |
|---|---|
| Category | mobile-wireless-communications |
| Carrier Aggregation | Supports up to 6 DL CCs and 3 UL CCs |
| MIMO Support | Supports CA handover, 4×4 MIMO, 8×4 MIMO |
| Fading Test | Full digital fading test capability |
| Throughput Test | Downlink up to 2 Gbps, Uplink up to 300 Mbps |
| Inter-RAT Testing | Supports inter-RAT tests utilizing previous MD8480C (UTRAN/GERAN) and MD8475A (CDMA2000) hardware |
| Development Support | Comprehensive L1, L2, L3 scenario development and analysis tools |
| Purpose | R&D, protocol conformance testing, verification under various conditions |
| Optimization | Facilitates cost-effective transition from early R&D to protocol conformance |
| Application | Development and testing of LTE-Advanced Pro wireless devices, especially multimedia smartphones and IoT terminals |