Anritsu on Tuesday introduced its SmartStudio NR environment for interactive GUI-based functional 5G device testing.
Serving as control software for the Radio Communication Test Station MT8000A, SmartStudio NR dramatically simplifies testing and reduces cost-of-test when verifying 5G commercial devices being developed for emerging applications, claims Anritsu.
With a built-in, state-machine-based GUI, SmartStudio NR control software simulates a 5G/LTE base station and core network. It uses the MT8000A 5G evaluation platform as a call box to simulate environments such as sub-6 GHz (FR1) RF cable connections and Over The Air (OTA) connections, mmWave (FR2) OTA connections in combination with unique compact shield box design, as well as changing cell parameters, DL/UL configuration, and protocol monitoring and logging (PHY/MAC/RLC/PDCP/L3).
SmartStudio NR emulates the network conditions and communication between a 5G network and mobile terminal to implement efficient functional, application, and software regression tests. Among the tests supported by SmartStudio NR are network connectivity and carrier aggregation; power consumption and temperature; IP throughput; messaging/IMS; and applications using an Internet-connected test server and real application server.
