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Anritsu ME7834NR Wins World-first GCF Validation for 5G NR Protocol Conformance Tests

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Mobile phone standards, Technology, Mobile technology, Mobile telecommunications, 5G, Internet of things, Technology forecasting, Global Certification Forum, 3GPP, Wireless, PTCRB, (U)SIM interface

ALLEN, Texas, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Anritsu Corporation is pleased to announce that the Global Certification Forum (GCF) has approved the world's first 5G NR Protocol Conformance tests on the 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR at their January 2019 CAG57 meeting.

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  • ALLEN, Texas, Jan. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Anritsu Corporation is pleased to announce that the Global Certification Forum (GCF) has approved the world's first 5G NR Protocol Conformance tests on the 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR at their January 2019 CAG57 meeting.
  • The 3GPP TS 38.523-defined 5G tests have been validated on multiple millimeter wave (mmWave) (FR2) frequency bands.
  • The ME7834NR is registered with both the GCF and PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) as Test Platform (TP) 251.
  • The ME7834NR test platform is for 3GPP-based Protocol Conformance Tests (PCT) and Carrier Acceptance Tests (CAT) of mobile devices incorporating Multiple Radio Access Technologies (RAT).

Keysight Technologies First to Gain GCF Approval for 5G NR NSA Mobile Device Certification

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Technology, Hardware, Internet, Networks, Software, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, Mobile telecommunications, Mobile phone standards, 5G, Internet of things, Technology forecasting, PTCRB, 3GPP, Global Certification Forum

The toolset, part of Keysights 5G network emulation solution portfolio, has obtained approval for both GCF and PTCRB device certification and supports the industrys widest range of GCF RF and protocol 5G NR NSA test cases and frequency band combinations.

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  • The toolset, part of Keysights 5G network emulation solution portfolio, has obtained approval for both GCF and PTCRB device certification and supports the industrys widest range of GCF RF and protocol 5G NR NSA test cases and frequency band combinations.
  • Keysights 5G solutions for full radio frequency and protocol conformance testing enable the mobile ecosystem to confidently evolve with the latest 5G NR standards, as defined by 3GPP and adopted in the GCF and PTCRB certification schemes.
  • Last month, Keysight announced that the companys 5G Conformance Toolset was first to gain both 3GPP RAN5 and PTCRB approval for 5G NR device certification .
  • The compact solution supports the device certification process and scales to facilitate mobile device verification, as well as certification across RF, radio resource management (RRM) and protocol.