Wireless library

Agilent has announced a major update to the 3GPP LTE wireless library for use with the company's Advanced Design System EDA software.

New uplink receiver models and improved uplink/downlink source models help wireless-systems designers and verification engineers speed development of the evolving 3GPP long-term evolution designs for next-generation mobile communications products.

The library is based on release 8 of the 3GPP standard for the next generation of mobile communication products. It works within the ADS environment using the Ptolemy simulator to streamline the design and verification process.

The library provides preconfigured simulation set-ups with signal sources for downlink and uplink, along with transmitter analyses such as spectrum, complementary cumulative distribution function and waveform measurements.

The uplink receiver models facilitate error vector magnitude and bit error rate measurements for UL simulations. Additionally, the library's uplink and downlink source models have been improved to conform to TS36.211 v1.1.1 (2007-05) of the 3GPP standard.