Rohde & Schwarz has enhanced its R&S CMW500 multistandard platform and now offers options for testing the handover between LTE and 1xEV-DO networks. All tests are carried out in line with the 3GPP2 enhanced high-rate packet data (eHRPD) specifications. In particular manufacturers who address the American and Asian markets with their user equipment or chipsets must perform these tests. In America and Asia, LTE technology is currently being integra...

Rohde & Schwarz has introduced the R&S FS-K130 distortion analysis software for optimizing active RF components such as power amplifiers and mixers. This software allows users to characterize and linearize amplifiers quickly and easily. The R&S FS-K130 even compensates for memory effects exhibited by many of today's amplifiers. The test setup consists of a spectrum analyzer, a signal generator, and a PC. The setup measures the amplifier's charact...

Effective December 14, 2010, Hanover-based DVS Digital Video Systems AG has been integrated into the Rohde & Schwarz group of companies. DVS, which was founded in 1985 and now has 110 employees, is a leading international manufacturer of hardware and software for professional film and video postproduction. We are confident that this partnership will result in the transfer of valuable technology from the studio to broadcasting. Moreover, DVS will ...

Rohde & Schwarz has received an additional order for VHF/VHF radios to equip the Eurofighter Typhoon series aircraft. The company's close involvement with the project, which began when the series went into production in 1999, has now been extended to the first batch of the third production tranche. Each of the 88 aircraft ordered in this batch will be equipped with two VHF/UHF radios from Rohde & Schwarz. Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2012.

The LTE test case wizard dramatically eases the task of generating the correct signals for specific R&S LTE base station test scenarios. An operator of a signal generator only has to select the appropriate test case and the wizard will configure the desired R&S LTE signal, interferers, AWGN and fading. Wizard functionality includes automatic selection of the correct R&S LTE reference measurement channel, setting of the required R&S LTE resource b...

Rohde & Schwarz delivers millimeter wave test equipment to Flann Microwave (Bodmin, UK), a leading supplier of waveguide components and systems used in research, communications, radar and security applications. Flann acquired the 50 GHz R&S ZVA vector network analyser in June, subsequently taking delivery of millimeter-wave converter heads that enable the company to test to 220 GHz. This represents the highest frequency test capability known with...

Rohde & Schwarz has acquired a majority interest in the Romanian company Topex, a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment for government authorities and companies. The Topex portfolio includes voice communications systems for air traffic control (ATC). These systems ideally complement the Rohde & Schwarz ATC portfolio which mainly comprises radiocommunications solutions. The products of the Munich-based electronics company are already deploy...

Icera, Bristol UK, and Rohde & Schwarz, Munich Germany, today announced that they are working together on Rohde & Schwarz's LTE protocol conformance test program to enable the wireless industry to certify and deploy LTE technology successfully and more quickly. Both Icera and Rohde & Schwarz are industry leaders in the development of multimode LTE products. Currently, Global Certification Forum (GCF) is working towards introducing LTE certificati...

The R&S FSH4 and R&S FSH8 handheld spectrum analyzers from Rohde & Schwarz offer many useful new functions for installing and servicing CDMA and LTE mobile radio networks. In their basic configuration, the analyzers can now perform measurements in the spectral range. They can, for example, detect spurious emissions and display the associated limit values. Thanks to their 20 MHz bandwidth, they are suitable for analyzing LTE signals. Using two new...

Rohde & Schwarz introduced the R&S IQR digital I/Q data recorder at electronica in Munich. The recorder can record, store and replay digital RF signals loss-free and in realtime over the I/Q interface developed by Rohde & Schwarz. When used in combination with RF scanners, generators and network analyzers from Rohde & Schwarz, the recorder completes a high-performance, continuous analysis system for digital RF signals. This system will prove to b...

Rohde & Schwarz launches the R&S ZVH, a portable cable and antenna analyzer especially designed to facilitate the installation of antenna stations. In the field, all acceptance tests are performed quickly and easily with this analyzer. Convenient wizards help users effortlessly measure antenna cables, filters and amplifiers. Documentation is made easy with simple tools for generating test reports. Using the R&S ZVH, installation teams can set up ...

Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) Pty Ltd has been selected by Raytheon Australia, on behalf of the AWD Alliance, as the supplier for the suite of HF, VHF and UHF radio equipment to equip Australia's Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers (AWDs).

Rohde & Schwarz presents its T&M solutions at electronica 2010 under the motto Frequency meets Time: Its new oscilloscopes have advanced the company into the time domain. The R&S RTO and R&S RTM families are a highlight at the Rohde & Schwarz booth 307 in hall A1. One of the other top products on exhibit is the R&S FSVR, the world's first real-time spectrum analyzer up to 30 GHz. But that's not all: Rohde & Schwarz showcases new innovations in th...

Despite a challenging economic environment, Rohde & Schwarz closed the past fiscal year (July 2009 through June 2010) with a positive operating result. The group of companies recorded a turnover of EUR 1.3 billion, slightly above the previous fiscal year's level. As soon as the economic crisis took hold, the Executive Board set a course based on rigorous cost management combined with the continued implementation of all growth-promoting measures. ...

Rohde & Schwarz has announced the availability of its new R&S ZVA-Z500 frequency converters that enable network analyzers to cover the 325 GHz to 500 GHz range. The T&M specialist is providing a turnkey solution that includes the integration of the converters in applications. The R&S ZVA-Z500 models feature a superior dynamic range and outstanding output power over the entire frequency band, and can be set up completely via the network analyzer i...

Rohde & Schwarz has launched a new version of R&S ROMES, a comprehensive drive test solution for LTE. The software accesses data from the R&S TSMW LTE scanner and the LTE USB test terminal. When performing drive tests for network optimization, test engineers are able to measure the transmission rate and transmission quality at the test point. The LTE test terminals have multiple antennas and support multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmiss...

By offering three new frequency multipliers, Rohde & Schwarz is extending the frequency range of microwave signal generators to 110 GHz. The frequency multipliers in the R&S SMZ family are the first on the market to offer users the choice of either mechanically or electronically controlled built-in attenuator options. Rohde & Schwarz designed the multipliers as the perfect complement to the R&S SMF100A microwave signal generator. In addition to c...

This year's case study competition was won by the team from the Technical University of Aachen. In cooperation with the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE), Rohde & Schwarz, world market leader for terrestrial TV transmitters, held its seventh international case study competition. Electrical engineering students from Germany and Singapore were invited to address the topic of digital TV. After proving t...

The R&S SFE Broadcast Tester from Rohde & Schwarz is now available with the new R&S SFE-K30 fading simulator option integrated. The multistandard broadcast signal generator provides TV and radio consumer equipment manufacturers with all the functions they need for R&D, manufacturing and quality assurance. The compact signal generator is the only ½ 19 device on the market equipped with a modulator that integrates a realtime coder, an integrated b...

Rohde & Schwarz showed its radio access point system at Eurosatory in Paris. This solution can be used to network the various radio infrastructures of branches of the armed forces, forces of different nations, and public safety and security (PSS) authorities with each other.