Looking For LTE Measurement Solutions

Sept. 27, 2010

The Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) and its LTE cellular technology promises improved wireless services for mobile subscribers, but it also poses challenges for test-equipment suppliers. Those challenges include emulating signals with complex modulation and recreating signal environments based on multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) antenna schemes. A variety of test-equipment suppliers have developed specialized solutions for LTE infrastructure and mobile devices as detailed in this full-length article.

About the Author

Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.