Keysight Technologies PROPSIM F64 5G Channel Emulation Solution

Keysight Technologies has announced PROPSIM F64 5G Channel Emulation Solution, a 5G New Radio (NR)-ready channel emulation solution. The product enables chipset, device and network equipment manufacturers to characterise end-to-end system performance of the latest 4G and 5G base stations and mobile devices by emulating real-world radio conditions in the lab.

5G NR deployments require advanced technologies to achieve high data rates of up to 20 Gbps. The use of wide signal bandwidths, mmWave frequencies and Massive MIMO with hybrid beamforming leads to more effective use of the wireless propagation channel to enable these high data rates. Consequently, designers need to validate the end-to-end performance of multimode devices and base stations under real-world complex 3D fading and interference channel conditions.

To address this growing need, the PROPSIM F64 5G supports all 5G NR signal bandwidths and carrier aggregation (CA) schemes, and offers high number of channels for Massive MIMO channel emulation and testing. The solution integrates channel modelling tools for user-defined 3D spatial scenarios and dynamic modelling of movement. It supports both conducted and over-the-air (OTA) testing across sub-6 GHz and mmWave frequencies.

The channel emulation solution integrates seamlessly with Keysight’s end-to-end network emulation portfolio to address the entire device workflow from R&D to design validation to manufacturing. This enables users to validate protocol layers and radiofrequency (RF) performance of a 5G NR device, as well as gain access to key performance indicators for beam management, data throughput and stability under 5G fading channel conditions.