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Tester supports LTE-A 4×4 MIMO 2CCs evaluation

Anritsu released four software packages for evaluating LTE-Advanced UE supporting DL 4×4 MIMO and DL CA 5CCs. The explosive increase in content-rich services, such as mobile video on demand, is driving deployment of the faster LTE-Advanced technology by network operators worldwide, which is made possible using key technologies such as CA, which aggregates several component carriers into one, and MIMO, which uses multiple antennas for communications.

Test & Measurement

31 March 2016

byNews Desk

With the launch last year of the DL CA 4CCs measurement software for the all-in-one MT8821C, Anritsu was the first test and measurement company to support the valuation of LTE-Advanced DL 4CCs 2×2 MIMO UE.

This latest software release further strengthens the functions of the popular MT8821C by adding the world’s first support for testing both LTE 4×4 MIMO DL UE now being released and LTE-Advanced DL CA 5CCs UE to be released in the near future.

The released software includes the following:

• MX882112C-012 LTE FDD 4×4 MIMO DL;
• MX882113C-012 LTE TDD 4×4 MIMO DL;
• MX882112C-051 LTE-Advanced FDD DL CA 5CCs Measurement Software;
• MX882113C-051 LTE-Advanced TDD DL CA 5CCs Measurement Software.

As well as expanding the MT8821C measurement functions, these latest software packages also strengthen the easy-to-use GUI with enhanced parameter search features, a Throughput graph display function and a full range of selectable audio codecs for VoLTE Echoback along with a Video Echoback function.