Anritsu has won a contract from Openreach, BT’s access network division, for the supply of fibre optic test equipment to support the deployment of advanced high speed fibre optic networks. Anritsu will supply more than 1,000 units of the MT9090A Network Master under the contract, to measure the quality of fibre optic cable and connections in order to verify the installation.

Anritsu says that it is the first industry approved protocol conformance test cases for mobile devices capable of receiving eMBMS broadcasts. The test and measurement specialist submitted eMBMS test cases to the Global Certification Forum (GCF) ahead of the CAG#39 meeting held in Helsinki on July 8-9 2014, following an increase in network operator priority to bring this new technology to consumer markets this year.  

Eductika is a new microwave teaching kit aimed at students in colleges and universities. It is the product of a collaboration between Elliptika, a provider of microwave and RF test solutions and Anritsu. The test and measurement company’s VNA Master series of handheld vector network analysers is part of the complete turnkey solution that can be used by professors to teach the fundamentals of RF and microwave technologies.

Prices as much as 75% lower than traditional bench-top vector network analysers (VNAs) will attract attention to Anritsu’s new ShockLine family of VNAs. For the money, the company promises high accuracy, sensitivity and sweep speed. These instruments are radically different from conventional VNA design. There is no display or keypad. They are controlled remotely by computer via a LAN or other connection.

Anritsu has released new Clock Recovery options for its MP1800A Signal Quality Analyser (SQA), providing for Bit Error Rate (BER) testing of high-speed interconnects at up to 32.1Gbit/s with a single instrument. The latest high-speed serial communications equipment uses components such as SERDES devices, Active Optical Cables (AOC) and optical transceiver modules, which send and receive serial data without transmitting synchronous clock signals.

Anritsu has unveiled the VectorStar ME7838D broadband Vector Network Analyser (VNA) system that provides industry-best frequency coverage of 70 kHz to 145 GHz in a single sweep using a coaxial test port. The dynamic range, calibration and measurement stability, and measurement speed gives design engineers greater confidence when performing on-wafer device characterization at 70 GHz and beyond.

Mobile device and handset manufacturers will soon be able to certify that their products conform to the 3GPP protocols for ‘emergency services calls over IMS’ with the introduction by Anritsu of the first PTCRB-approved test case. The test and measurement company has added the new protocol test cases for IMS (IP Multimedia Sub-system) emergency services calls to the suite of test cases supported on the widely used ME7834L Protocol Con...

Anritsu has introduced TETRA analyser and TETRA coverage mapping options to its LMR Master S412E handheld analyser. Equipped with the new options, the analyser can be used by field technicians and engineers for over-the-air and coverage analysis of TETRA networks. For advanced field analysis, the TETRA analyser includes a special TETRA Summary display so users can view key data, such as base and mobile colour codes, mobile network code, location ...

Anritsu has successfully demonstrated the Intel XMM 7260 device platform achieving LTE-Advanced Category 6 data rates of concurrent 300 Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink with carrier aggregation technology, using the Anritsu MD8430A/RTD development test environment. LTE operators will deploy Carrier Aggregation technology to provide higher peak data rates, and to enable more efficient utilisation and combining of available spectrum to optimise user...

Anritsu and Sequans are presenting a live demonstration of eMBMS, or LTE Broadcast technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demonstration will be made at Anritsu’s booth, and will show a Sequans LTE-powered tablet connected to the Anritsu MD8430A/RTD development test environment. Together, these will showcase the performance and capability of eMBMS as an LTE technology.

Anritsu has worked with Qualcomm Technologies to successfully demonstrate peak throughput for a Category 6 LTE device and network simulator using 20+20 MHz Carrier Aggregation (CA). The two companies have jointly performed tests with a device based on the new Qualcomm Gobi 9x35 modem, the world’s first LTE Advanced World Mode Category 6 chipset solution

Anritsu’s Microwave Site Master S820E is claimed to be the world’s first handheld cable and antenna analyser with frequency coverage up to 40 GHz. In addition to providing the widest frequency coverage of 1MHz to 40GHz, the analyser offers field technicians, engineers and wireless network installers excellent dynamic range, directivity, and durability so they can conduct highly accurate measurements during the installation, maintenanc...

Anritsu lance le Site Master hyperfréquences S820E, premier analyseur de câbles et antennes portable couvrant les fréquences jusqu’à 40 GHz, qui confirme la position de leader d’Anritsu sur le marché des analyseurs portables acquise avec le premier Site Master large bande il y plus de 15 ans. Non content de fournir la plus grande couverture de fréquences, de 1 MHz à 40 GHz, le Site Maste...

Anritsu annonce aujourd’hui que l’université Chalmers située en Suède a sélectionné le système de test large bande d’ondes millimétriques Anritsu ME7838A pour effectuer les mesures permettant le développement de nouveaux modules et composants hautes fréquences. 

The basic principles of, and methods for, measuring antenna performance were established decades ago. So it might appear reasonable for engineers developing or installing RF equipment to assume there is nothing new for them to learn in this field. By Jean-Pierre Guillemet Field Applications Engineer, Anritsu (France)

Anritsu introduit ce jour de nouvelles fonctions sur son testeur BERT MP1800A, analyseur de qualité de signaux supportant désormais les mesures BER multi canaux jusqu’à 32.1 Gbits/s. Le MP1800A amélioré est approprié pour le test des fonds de paniers, des câbles, et des interconnections utilisés dans les équipements de réseaux très hauts débits de la prochain...

Anritsu has announced a high-sensitivity error detector and other additions to its MP1800A BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester) signal quality analyser to support multi-channel BER measurements up to 32.1Gbit/s. The enhanced MP1800A is suitable for testing the backplanes, cables, and interconnects used in the next generation of ultra-high speed network equipment.

Anritsu has introduced Fiber Visualizer for its MT9090A Network Master platform, creating a field test solution that simplifies conducting highly accurate measurements of fibre cables, connections, and splices when installing or maintaining high-speed, FTTH, CATV, Access, Mobile Backhaul, FTTA, DAS and Metro networks.

Anritsu lance le Visualiseur de fibres sa plateforme Network Master MT9090A, créant ainsi une solution de terrain qui simplifie la conduite de mesures de haute précision pour les câbles de fibres optiques, les connectiques et les soudures lors de l’installation et de la maintenance des réseaux haute vitesses FTTH, de télévision câblée, d’accès, FTTA, DAS, cœur des r&ea...

Anritsu says that industry testing standards body the GCF has validated its Protocol Conformance Test system for Rel-10 carrier aggregation, a crucial function in LTE Advanced network operations. Anritsu now has GCF approval for both its Protocol Conformance Test and RF/RRM Conformance Test systems for carrier aggregation.