Spirent’s Landslide 5G Core (5GC) Automation Package contains test cases that network engineers can use to develop functional and performance tests, among others. Core networks perform many functions in cellular networks such as authenticating users, providing subscribed services, security, and connecting users to requested applications. 3GPP defines standards for how these 5G network functions communicate.…
Computing platform verifies network ICs prior to silicon
The Veloce hardware-assisted verification platform from Siemens Digital Industries Software lets engineers verify digital IC designs while they are still software. Processing power ranges from a single board to a multi-chassis rack.
Software predicts changes in wireless channels
Spectrum Multiplier software from Cohere Technologies uses Delay-Doppler effects to predict how a wireless channel will change in real time, letting base stations control MU-MIMO beams.
Apple announces 5G phone, next please
Just because Apple has a 5G phone doesn’t mean I want one, today. I made a promise that in 2021, I’d buy someone a new phone (undoubtedly Apple) for a graduation gift. Will that new phone be one from the iPhone 12 series? Probably not, though I will honor my promise when the time comes…
NI CEO: COVID-19 on day one
NI CEO Eric Starkloff’s first decision was what to do about COVID-19 the night before he took over on February 1, 2020. Since then, he’s seen the opportunities in communications resulting from the pandemic.
R&D initiative looks to streamline COVID-19 data collection
UMass Lowell professor teams up with entrepreneur to produce open-source software for distributing COVID-19 test kits and collecting test data.
Network test suite puts the load on Open RAN CU
VIAVI’s TeraVM O-RAN test suite now supports Centralized Unit load testing.
Software tests 5G transport networks with millions of subscribers
Keysight’s LoadCore 5G Core Testing software lets engineers simulate traffic in transport networks all the way to the network core.
Extract parasitics from capacitor models to improve RF designs
Metal-insulator-metal and metal-oxide-metal capacitors popular in analog/RF designs because of their desirable characteristics. By extracting parasitics from your models that are important in your design, you’ll get a robust circuit.
Get the missing telecom network data
We’ve all experienced wireless call drops and we accept it as part of life. We’d never think of reporting a dropped call to the carrier. EXFO, a company known for its installation and maintenance test equipment, has created Nova SensAI to monitor networks in real time, letting telecom service providers get the feedback that users…