Agilent enhances WiMAX drive test
-- Test & Measurement World, 10/1/2008
Agilent Technologies has announced a new software option—labeled E6474-655—for its E6474A network optimization platform that turns a standard WiMAX PC card or other commercial WiMAX CPE (customer premises equipment) into a handheld WiMAX scanning tool for drive test. The software gives network equipment manufacturers and wireless operators’ RF engineering teams a cost-effective way to confirm WiMAX coverage and perform basic troubleshooting tasks to assess signal quality.
With the software, a single WiMAX CPE can be used either in “phone” mode or in “scanning mode,” providing dedicated RF measurements on up to 10 channels. Phone mode can be used to validate WiMAX service performance; scanning mode assesses WiMAX coverage and signal quality. The same software license used for the WiMAX scanning mode also enables WiMAX measurements using an Agilent W1314A receiver (shown at left in the photo).
Base price: $15,600. Agilent Technologies, www.agilent.com.
