WiMAX testing partnership

Berkeley Varitronics and EDX Wireless are providing compatibility between the YellowFin Mobile WiMAX analyser and EDX SignalPro software.

WiMAX carriers are building out WiMAX networks and this requires an investment in test tools and software packages that will enable proper antenna placement and verification so that each WiMAX network will have optimum performance to support the growing number of WiMAX 4G mobile devices being released.

EDX SignalPro is among a range of wireless network engineering tools. Appropriate for any system, including broadband wireless WiMAX and Wi-Fi, mobile and mobile radio, it offers all the study types needed to design a basic wireless netowrk, including area studies, link/point-to-point studies and route studies.

With the Network Design Add-On Module, the overall solution becomes a carrier-class design tool, complete with automatic system layout, automatic traffic loading and automatic frequency planning.

YellowFin analyser is claimed to be the world's first portable calibrated demodulating WiMAX test receiver. It uses the Samsung Q1 ultra premium tablet UMPC as an interface in conjunction with Berkeley's receiver for spectrum analysis as well as WiMAX packet demodulation.

The receiver sweeps the 2.0 to 5.9 GHz spectrums to within +1.5 dB accuracy.