Agilent Offers CDMA 1xEV-DV Test Solution

Agilent Technologies has introduced the industry's first 1xEV-DV (1x evolution -- data and voice) testing solution for designers of dual-mode chipsets for 1xEV-DV and cdma2000 technologies. 1xEV-DV is the next stage of the cdma2000 3G format, permitting allocation of bandwidth on demand and the ability to support simultaneous performance of both voice and data traffic on the same device. Wireless network equipment manufacturers are expected to begin 1xEV-DV interoperability testing and field trials in the third quarter of 2003.

The new Agilent Signal Studio for 1xEV-DV and cdma2000 software (E4438C-414) works with the Agilent E4438C ESG vector signal generator, giving mobile chipset designers a flexible test and verification tool based upon 3GPP2 standards (C.S0002-C). With this solution, designers do not have to hand-code their own signals for this new technology, significantly reducing development time and costs for early chip development.

Signal Studio for 1xEV-DV and cdma2000 provides continuous transmissions of the 1xEV-DV and cdma2000 channels necessary for testing mobile receivers for sensitivity and packet or frame error rate, as well as baseband testing of receiver application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The software application includes four new 1xEV-DV forward link channels: two short-duration, fully coded packet data channels (PDCH) and two real-time packet data control channels (PDCCH), in addition to forward and reverse link cdma2000 voice channels."

Posted to the site on 24th April 2003