Signal & Spectrum Analyzers
MS27103A Remote Spectrum Monitor
Cellular network operators have invested billions of dollars in purchasing rights to use frequency spectrum around the world. This spectrum is necessary to deliver the high data bandwidth demanded by smartphone users to view emails, web pages and stream audio and video while mobile. In order to maintain a high level of network performance, operators need to continually monitor their spectrum to identify and locate sources of interference. Interference can come from illegal transmitters and from unintended sources such as intermodulation products. All will reduce the networks data capacity, which results in a reduced user experience. Operators can act quickly to protect their investment and maintain data capacity. The Anritsu MS27103A remote spectrum monitor is designed to identify and locate interfering signals. This serves to optimize the user experience, a key goal for network operators. This translates into customer loyalty, reduced customer churn and superior brand.
Key Features
- Frequency range: 9 kHz to 6 GHz
- Sweep speed up to 24 GHz/s
- Integrated web server to view, control, and conduct measurements via a web browser (Chrome and Firefox supported)
- Remote firmware update capable
- Watchdog timer to ensure long-term stability for remotely deployed monitors
- Linux operating system
- Low spurious signals for accurate signal discovery
- 20 MHz instantaneous FFT bandwidth
- Low power consumption <11 watts (input voltage 11 to 24 VDC)
- Integrated GPS receiver for monitoring location and time synchronization applications
- Gigabit Ethernet available for high-speed transmissions
- Interference analysis: spectrogram and signal strength
- Dynamic range: >106 dB normalized to 1 Hz RBW
- DANL: < -150 dBm referenced to 1 Hz RBW, preamp on
- Phase noise: -99 dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz offset at 1 GHz
- IQ block mode and streaming with time stamping for TDOA applications
- Vision software optional for automated spectrum measurements, setting alarms, and geo-locating signal sources
Technical Specifications
| Type | Remote Spectrum Monitor |
|---|---|
| Category | signal-spectrum-analyzer |
| Frequency Range | 9 kHz to 6 GHz |
| Sweep Speed | Up to 24 GHz/s |
| User Interface | Integrated web server for viewing, control, and measurements via web browser (Chrome and Firefox supported) |
| Firmware Update | Remote firmware update capable |
| Reliability | Watchdog timer for long-term stability in remote deployments |
| Operating System | Linux |
| Signal Accuracy | Low spurious signals for accurate signal discovery |
| Instantaneous FFT Bandwidth | 20 MHz |
| Power Consumption | Less than 11 watts (input voltage 11 to 24 VDC) |
| Location & Timing | Integrated GPS receiver for location monitoring and time synchronization applications |
| Connectivity | Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed transmissions |
| Interference Analysis | Spectrogram and signal strength measurements |
| Dynamic Range | >106 dB normalized to 1 Hz RBW |
| Displayed Average Noise Level (DANL) | < -150 dBm referenced to 1 Hz RBW with preamp on |
| Phase Noise | -99 dBc/Hz at 10 kHz offset at 1 GHz |
| IQ Capture | IQ block mode and streaming with time stamping for TDOA applications |
| Software | Optional Vision software for automated spectrum measurements, alarm setting, and geo-location of signal sources |
| Application | Designed to identify and locate interfering signals for cellular network operators to optimize network performance and user experience |