Columbia, MD. SGS, the inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, has selected Rohde & Schwarz to strengthen its industry conformance and carrier acceptance testing capabilities for key LTE/4G technologies.
Expanding on its existing R&S TS8980FTA-2 and R&S CMW500 wireless test platforms, SGS has increased its test capabilities in the following areas:
- LTE LBS (AGNSS/OTDOA) minimum performance, VoLTE E-911 protocol;
- LTE eMBMS RF, performance and protocol;
- LTE carrier aggregation data throughput, RF performance, and protocol;
- IMS/VoLTE protocol;
- video telephony performance (audio and video quality);
- rich communications services (RCS) protocol; and
- ePDG/WiFi over IMS calling/WiFi offloading.
“As LTE becomes more widely accepted and deployed around the world, the focus has turned towards delivering innovative, customer-desired services and features. As such, the time to fully test and qualify the next wave of mobile phones and devices that will be utilizing location-based services, IMS/VoLTE, RCS, and other innovative new technologies is right around the corner,” said Michael Spitzer, U.S. wireless director of SGS. “We are pleased to be working with a partner like Rohde & Schwarz who is committed to providing SGS with the latest testing capabilities, allowing us to help customers get better products to market faster.”
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Rick Nelson
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Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.