LTE-A Cat 6 carrier aggregation test set

The Aeroflex 7100 Digital Radio test set provides LTE-A carrier aggregation testing at full Cat 6 data rates of 300 Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink simultaneously for LTE-A in FDD mode, and also supports carrier aggregation in TDD mode.

The Cat 6 capability is available via an upgrade to the standard 7100 software and the use of a RF combiner. It facilitates testing to 3GPP Release 10 specifications on two non-contiguous component carriers, with both FDD and TDD modes supported, and with 2x2 downlink MIMO or SISO for each component carrier. All Release 10 RF band combinations are supported, including the downlink-only Band 29.

Symmetrical bandwidths of 5+5, 10+10 and 20+20 MHz are supported, along with asymmetrical bandwidth combinations that include 5, 10, 15 and 20 MHz. Test capability includes 300 Mbps DL and 50 Mbps UL bi-directional data rates to Cat 6; full protocol stack; detailed logging; data connection and throughput performance test; and end-to-end throughput using IP connections. UDP, TCP IPv4/IPv6 are supported with multiple PDN connections, both with or without RoHC. Automated regression test is supported via API.