GSM RF equipment testing and performance analysis

Author

Fares, Ahmad ; Khachan, Ai ; Kasbah, A.B. ; Zeidan, Mohamad ; Kayssi, Ayman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., American Univ. of Beirut, Lebanon

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

807

Abstract

We present four radio frequency (RF) measurements used to evaluate fundamental performance parameters of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) equipment. We describe the relevant theory for each measurement, and then we proceed to explain the algorithms associated with it. These algorithms are implemented using LabVIEW in a GSM Measurement Toolkit (GMT). GMT is developed for National Instruments (NI) to be used with the PXI-5660 RF Signal Analyzer (RFSA) to test RF equipment. Using this toolkit, a base transceiver station (BTS) downlink signal and a mobile station (MS) uplink signal are tested to ensure their conformance to 3^rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; microwave measurement; mobile handsets; telecommunication computing; telecommunication equipment testing; transceivers; 3GPP; 3rd Generation Partnership Project standards; GSM Measurement Toolkit; GSM RF equipment testing; Global System for Mobile Communications equipment; LabVIEW; PXI-5660 RF Signal Analyzer; base transceiver station downlink signal; fundamental performance parameters; measurement algorithms; measurement theory; mobile station uplink signal; performance analysis; radio frequency measurements; Downlink; Frequency measurement; GSM; Instruments; Performance analysis; Radio frequency; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Testing; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Information Technology, 2004. ISCIT 2004. IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8593-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCIT.2004.1413828

Filename

1413828