Wireless test solutions vendor Keysight Technologies has launched its N7617B Signal Studio for the 802.11 WLAN software – targeting the IoT market.
It is the industry’s first 802.11ah signal creation solution and supports a variety of Keysight vector signal generators. Signal Studio now supports all major evolutions of the 802.11 standard, including 802.11a/b/g/j/p and 802.11n/ac.
The company said Signal Studio provides standard-based waveforms, perfect for testing 802.11ah-enabled Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.
Keysight in a statement said that its Signal Studio for WLAN reduces the time spent on signal creation. This apart, its application-specific interface supports all physical layer parameters enabling users to create and customize standards-based, performance-validated signals for component, transmitter and receiver test.
Designers can use the basic capabilities (Option JFP) of the software to create partially-coded signals for transmitter or component test, while the advanced capabilities, Option UFP, creates fully-coded signals for receiver test.
After the creation of the 802.11ah-compliant reference signals, engineers can download them to a variety of Keysight instruments for testing. The Signal Studio for WLAN software supports Keysight’s bench-top vector signal generators (MXG, EXG, ESG, and PSG), the modular M9381A PXI vector signal generator and theE6640A EXM one-box tester.
“Keysight’s new Signal Studio 802.11ah capability provides designers the benchmark solution they need to confidently move their 802.11ah-based designs forward, and in the process, will play a pivotal role in aiding the build-out of the Internet-of-Things,” said Mike Griffin, applications marketing manager for Keysight’s Microwave and Communications Division.
