Small-footprint 5G test and measurement instrument with sub-8 GHz RF units introduced by Rohde & Schwarz
MUNICH – Rohde & Schwarz in Munich is introducing the CMX500 5G radio communications tester to help designers eliminate the complexities of 5G NR device testing by combining ease-of-use and performance in one test and measurement instrument.
The CMX500 enables even complex test setups for all 5G NR deployments, supporting many present and future 3GPP band combinations. The simplified setup results in an extremely small footprint in the lab.
The CMX500 supports all 5G NR deployments covering LTE, 5G NR FR1 and FR2 in non-standalone and standalone mode, for FDD and TDD. Manufacturers of 5G NR capable chipsets and devices, and certification providers, can cover the product life cycle with the CMX500 from early research to end-to-end application testing, including device certification.
Rohde & Schwarz has integrated sub-8 GHz RF units for FR1 into the CMX500. In combination with the remote radio heads, which cover millimeter wave frequencies to 50 GHz in FR2 to enable designers to simulate challenging 5G NR band combinations.
High-order carrier aggregation with 8CC combinations of FR1 and FR2 in downlink is possible, which can achieve data rates of 10 gigabits per second and beyond on the IP layer.
Data-hungry enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) applications like 8K video streaming or augmented and virtual reality will call for data rates as high as 10 gigabits per second in uplink and 20 gigabits per second in the downlink.
For more information contact Rohde & Schwarz online at www.rohde-schwarz.com.
