Hardware Requirements

 This release has specific hardware requirements. Test sets with serial number<MY5210 require a HW upgrade to run this release.

 To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

Call Processing

 
• Kit upgrade number. See SYSTem:KIT .
•  VAMOS II- Shifted SACCH is supported - Provides the capability to move one of SACCH channel position in the VAMOS pair to improve the SACCH channel performance in DTX mode. See CALL:TCHannel:VAMOs:SSACch:STATe and Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channels on One Slot (VAMOS) . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  Real time vocoder is enhanced with a new hardware (wideband audio output filter), of which the cut-off frequency is extended from 4600 Hz to 13000 Hz.

Hardware Requirements

 This release has specific hardware requirements. Test sets with serial number<MY5210 require a HW upgrade to run this release.

 To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

Call Processing

 
• Display of codec requested by MS - Allows you to see the codec requested by MS on front panel. You can also query the codec with the GPIB command. See CALL:TCHannel:CMODe:AMRSpeech:CODec[:MS] . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed lab application or test application)

Call Processing

 
• Support for two box voice handover. See Two-Cell Test System . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed lab application or test application)

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• VAMOS - allows multiplexing of two users simultaneously on the same physical resource in the circuit switched mode both in downlink and in uplink, using the same timeslot number, ARFCN and TDMA frame number. See Voice services over Adaptive Multi-user channels on One Slot (VAMOS) for more information. (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  EGPRS2A 16/32 QAM Uplink - EGPRS2A 16 QAM uplink enhancements introduce 5 new modulation coding schemes (UAS-7 to UAS-11). See Modulation Coding Scheme . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  8PSK AMR/AMR-WB Codecs - Support the 8PSK AMR and AMR-WB codecs including O-TCH/AHS, O-TCH/WFS and O-TCH/WHS. See Adaptive Multi-Rate over O-TCH . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  Cell Broadcast DRX State - allows you to configure whether or not to transmit the schedule message in the cell broadcast service. The cell broadcast DRX state helps to minimize the battery usage requirements for a mobile. See DRX State for more information. (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)

Measurements

 
• EGPRS2A TXP measurement - the transmit power measurement is enhanced to support the 16QAM modulated signal. See Transmit Power Measurement Description for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  EGPRS2A EMAC measurement - the modulation accuracy measurement is enhanced to support the 16QAM modulated signal. See Modulation Accuracy Measurement Description for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  EGPRS2A ORFS measurement - the Output RF Spectrum measurement is enhanced to support the 16QAM modulated signal. See Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  EGPRS2A PvT measurement - the Power versus Time measurement is enhanced to support the 16QAM modulated signal. See Power versus Time Measurement Description for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  GFDT enhancement - the fast device tune measurement is enhanced to support configure the reduced frame number of the dynamic synchronization burst. See DSB RFN Mode for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• EGPRS2A 16/32 QAM Downlink - EGPRS2A 16/32 QAM Downlink enhancements introduce 8 new modulation coding schemes (DAS-5 to DAS-12). See Modulation Coding Scheme and Modulation Coding Scheme/Puncturing Scheme (MCS/PS) . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  MS Output Power - allows you to set the MS output power for a PS connection with Alpha and Gamma parameters. See MS Output Power for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  3-digit MNC for GSM900 band - Allows you to choose if the BCCH should be configured using the standard 2-digit MNC (J-STD-007 coding) or the 3-digit MNC (J-STD-007A coding, section 2.10.5.1.3) in GSM900 band. See Cell Identification Parameters for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .

Measurements

 
• PESQ Measurement - (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed lab application or test application)

   PESQ is a objective method to test the speech quality of the mobile station. With a voice service and the AMR Source set to PESQ , the test set supports the PESQ measurement with three measurement modes: Uplink Audio, Downlink Audio and Both. When a single measurement is done, a PESQ score ranging from -0.5 (bad) to 4.5 (Excellent) is given to rate the speech quality. The related headroom is also displayed.

   
  • For the measurement description, see Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) Measurement Description .
  •  For the manual operation, see Measuring Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) .
  •  For the GPIB commands, see SETup:GPESuality or FETCh:GPESquality .
  •  

    For trouble shooting, see Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality Measurement Troubleshooting .

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• Evolve EDGE - Allows you to use the Evolve EDGE RTTI, DLDC and FANR features. See Downlink Dual Carrier , TTI Mode Configuration and Fast Ack/Nack Reporting . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  Vocoder Calibration - Allows you to calibrate the audio output gain, audio input gain and internal codec loopback gain of the test set with a required feature license. See Real-Time Vocoder .
•  Random Frequency Offset- Allows you to set a fixed or random frequency offset to the carrier. See Frequency Offset . (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  Periodic EGPRS Demodulation - The EGPRS Demodulation Type setting is enhanced to allow you to select among reduced, normal and periodic demodulation. By selecting the periodic demodulation, the test set has faster speed to measure 8PSK signal, it becomes more obvious when the uplink burst number is large, e.g. Class 12 or DxU4. See EGPRS Demodulation Type . (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .

Measurements

 
• Non-consecutive Burst Measurement - The TXP measurement is enhanced to support the measuring of up to 7 non-consecutive uplink bursts. See Transmit Power Measurement Description . (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .
•  8PSK AM-PM Timing Offset - The Modulation Accuracy Measurement is enhanced to provide the AM-PM timing offset result for a polar modulation. See Modulation Accuracy Measurement Description for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application) .

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• Single Channel GPS Source - allows you to generate GPS signals to calibrate the GPS receiver of the mobile. See Single Channel GPS Source for more information. (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  SMS TP-OA, TP-RA, RP-OA extention - allows you to configure parameters of TP-OA, TP-RA, RP-OA flexibly. See Header Parameters for more information. (An additional current Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  Multislot Class 45 - Multislot Class support has been extended for mobile stations that are multislot class 45 capable. See Supported Multislot Classes . (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)

Measurements

 
• IQ Capture- The IQ Capture Measurement allows you to set the "CONT3" Waveform Type in the Phase and Amplitude time measurement. See Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement Description for more information. (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
•  The following measurements have been enhanced to support measuring 6 continuous uplink timeslots. (An additional feature license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application.)
   
  • The Transmit Power measurement. See Transmit Power Measurement Description
  •  The Power versus Time measurement. See Power versus Time Measurement Description
  •  The Modulation Accuracy measurement. See Modulation Accuracy Measurement Description
  •  The Phase and Frequency Error measurement. See Phase and Frequency Error Measurement Description
  •  The Output RF Spectrum measurement. See Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Measurements

 
• Short Message Service - Allows you to test both the cell broadcast and point-to-point SMS capability of your mobile station with a required feature license. See Short Message Service (SMS) for more information.
•  Enhanced Audio Feature license - Allows you to use the enhanced audio features with a required feature license. The Enhanced Audio features including AMR, AMR-WB, IFER measurement, Digital Audio Interface and Real Time Vocoder.
•  Mobile Calculated BER - Provides the ability that allows the mobile to calculate the BER when the test set transmits downlink clearcoded payload pattern to the Mobile Station. See Mobile Calculated BER Test for more information.
•  FM Broadcast - Allows you to use the test set coupled with the audio measurement features to test the Mobile Station with full range of FM Broadcast signals. See FM Broadcast for more information.
•  Enhanced GFDT Discontinuous Slot - Provides the ability of measurement timeout mechanism in GFDT transmit power measurement and adds GFDT trigger threshold. See Fast Device Tune Capable Measurement and Fast Device Tune for more information.
•  Enhanced Digital Output RF Spectrum Measurement - The digital Output RF Spectrum measurement is extended to support multi-slot class 12 configuration which has up to 4 uplink burst, time domain graphic and +/- 70 KHz frequency capture range. See Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced Phase and Frequency Error Measurement - The Phase and Frequency Error measurement is extended to support multi-slot class 12 configuration which has up to 4 uplink burst and +/- 500 KHz frequency setting accuracy. See Phase and Frequency Error Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced Modulation Accuracy Measurement. The Modulation Accuracy Measurement is extended to support multi-slot class 12 configuration which has up to 4 uplink burst. See Modulation Accuracy Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced Bit Error Measurement - Allows you to configure the mobile loopback type in test mode. See GSM Bit Error Measurement for more information.
•  Burst Timing Error Measurement - Allows you to measure the time difference between the expected and calculated synchronization code location within a burst in test mode.See Test Mode Burst Timing Error Measurement for more information.
•  Enhanced Transmit Power Measurement - Provides the ability to measure Class 34 Capable mobile phones. You can measure up to 5 uplink bursts with a single capture on one TDMA frame.See Transmit Power Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced Power versus Time Measurement - Provides the ability to measure Class 34 capable mobile phones. You can measure up to 5 uplink bursts with a single capture on one TDMA frame.See Power versus Time Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced EDGE Dynamic Power Measurement - Provides the ability to set the expected maximum time interval state and value. See EDGE Dynamic Power (EDP) Measurement for more information.
•  User Calibration Summary - Provides the summary of the calibration performed. See User Calibration Summary .

Known Issues

 
• The real time vocoder's Voice Activity Detection State parameter (CALL:RTVocoder:VADetection[:STATe]) is not functioning. It remains in the OFF state.
•  The SYStem:APPLication:CATalog:LICense:APPLication:ALL? command does not function.

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• Uplink Data Timeout - Allows you to determine whether the radio link has failed and whether the uplink flow of data messages has been interrupted for an extended period of time. You can get an uninterrupted TBF by setting the Uplink Data Timeout parameter to OFF. See Uplink Data Timeout for more information.

Measurements

 
• Power versus Time Measurement - The enhanced Power versus Time measurement provides the ability to measure Class 12 Capable mobile phones. You can measure up to 4 uplink bursts with a single capture on one TDMA frame. See Power versus Time Measurement Description for more information.
•  Fast Device Tune - Fast Device Tune can significantly reduce the time taken to perform transmitter and receiver test. See Fast Device Tune for more information. The Transmit Power Measurement is the only Fast Device Capable Measurement at present. See Fast Device Tune Capable Measurement for more information.

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 
• SACCH LAPDm Format Selection - Allows you to select which LAPDm frame format is used for SACCH. The LAPDm Format specification changes since Release 1996(R96). LAPDm Format B is used before R96 while LAPDm Format B4 is used after R96. You can select either of them according to the LAPDm Format of your mobile station. See Cell Parameters for more information.
•  Measurement Channel Selection in BCH Only Mode - Allows you to choose which channel (RACH, TCH or PDTCH) is measured in BCH Only Mode (GSM BCH, GPRS BCH or EGPRS BCH). See Measurement Channel in BCH Only Mode for more information.
•  3 Digit MNC for GSM850 - Allows you to choose if the BCCH should be configured using the standard 2-digit MNC (J-STD-007 coding) or the 3-digit MNC (J-STD-007A coding, section 2.10.5.1.3). See Cell Identification Parameters for more information.

Measurements

 
• Enhanced Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement - The enhanced Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement allows you to select the Filter Type for the bandwidth filter. See Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement Description for more information.
•  Enhanced Transmit Power Measurement - The enhanced TXP measurement provides the Burst Power and Estimated Carrier Power measurements for 8PSK or GMSK modulated signals. You can measure up to 4 uplink bursts with a single capture on one TDMA frame. See Transmit Power Measurement Description for more information.

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 This release also couples the Band Indicator parameter to the BCH Cell Band setting. That is, if the BCH Cell Band is changed to DCS or PCS, the Band Indicator is updated to match the BCH Cell Band setting. For more information, see CALL:BINDicator .

Measurements

 This release adds the Tail Bit Demodulation parameter that allows you to control how the test set demodulates the tail bits during a Phase and Frequency Error measurement. The command to set this parameter is SETup:PFERror:TBDemod .

 The ORFS measurement meets improved Keysight product specifications when using the digital measurement filter (Filter Type set to Digital or Auto), but only for E5515C test sets with serial number > GB46040000 and E5515B test sets with serial number > GB46050000. Upgraded E5515s may also meet specifications. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Call Processing

 All frequency banded test set parameters now support the T-GSM810 frequency band. You can now select the T-GSM810 frequency band on the test set's front panel in any menu that contains the frequency bands. The GPIB commands are also updated to include the T-GSM810 frequency band in all of the Frequency Banded Parameters . The GPIB command mnemonic for the T-GSM810 band is TGSM810 . The ARFCN range of the T-GSM810 band is 350 to 425.

Measurements

 The Phase and Amplitude measurement provides a way to characterize the phase and magnitude error introduced by the non-linearity of power amplifiers operating over a wide dynamic range. For more information see the Phase and Amplitude versus Time Measurement Description .

 The ORFS measurement now gives you the option to choose between an analog or digital measurement filter type. You can set Filter Type to Analog , Digital , or Auto. When filter type is set to Auto mode, the measurement uses the digital measurement filter if your test setís hardware supports it. However, the ORFS measurement is not specified when using the digital measurement filter. See Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description .

Hardware Requirements

 http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

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Hardware Requirements

 This release has no new hardware requirements.

Call Processing

• The Speech Echo Loopback Delay can now be varied from 0 to 1 second. See the description for the downlink speech parameter Echo for more details.
•  You can now control whether or not the test set will send Packet System Information (PSI) messages on the PACCH, and which type of PSI messages (SI1 or SI13) are sent depending on the BCH configuration. The command to configure this parameter is CALL:(PACCH|PACChannel):PSInfo .
•  You can choose which type of Detach Request the test set sends the mobile station in the Detach Type Information Element .
•  You can control the state of the IMSI Attach flag with the command CALL[:CELL]:IATTach[:STATe]? .
•  The Block Polling Interval now has a separate setting for each applicable connection type. See Block Polling Parameters for more information.
•  The Restart on Fatal Error feature provides the ability to configure the test set to automatically restart if a fatal error occurs.
•  The EGPRS Demodulation Type is only configurable when the operating mode is set to Active Cell with an EGPRS Serving Cell . See How do I change the EGPRS Demodulation Type to Normal? for the procedure to configure the EGPRS Demodulation Type.

Hardware Requirements

 

• New hardware requirements apply. For details please see:

   http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades

Call Processing

 
• A Custom option has been added to allow you to customize the payload pattern. For more information on the custom payload pattern to be sent on a speech frame, see Speech . For more information on the custom payload pattern to be sent on the RLC data block, see Payload Patterns . The payload pattern can only be sent via GPIB.
•  The ETSI Type A operating mode has been enhanced to allow you to set the PDU count. See ETSI Type A for more details. The PDU count can only be set via GPIB. The command to set the PDU count is CALL:FUNCtion:DATA:ETSIA:PDUNit|PDU:COUNt .
•  Network Detach is now available in the test application. See Detach Request for more details.
•  The Call Originate Timeout feature has been added as an adjustable setting to provide the ability to extend the period the mobile station is alerted during a mobile terminated call. The command to set this parameter is CALL:ORIGinate:TIMeout .
•  More EGPRS data rate configurations are available in this release. See EGPRS Data Rate Configurations for more information. The GPIB command for this feature is:
   
  • CALL:DATA:RATE:CONFig[:EGPRs] .

Measurements

 
• The EDGE Dynamic Power measurement has been added. For more details, refer to EDGE Dynamic Power (EDP) Measurement . The new commands added for this feature include:
   
  • SETup:EDPower
  •  INITiate
  •  FETCh:EDPower
  •  READ
•  The Frequency Stability measurement has been added. See Frequency Stability Measurement Description for more details. The new commands added for this feature are:
   
  • SETup:FSTability
  •  INITiate
  •  FETCh:FSTability
  •  READ

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Hardware Requirements

 
• Previous hardware requirements still apply.

Call Processing

 
• EGPRS Demodulation Type has been added as a parameter. See EGPRS Demodulation Type for more information. The new GPIB command added for this feature is:
   
  • CALL:FUNCtion:EGPRs:DEMod .

Measurements

 
• The EGPRS SRB Bit Error measurement has been added. For more details, refer to EGPRS SRB Bit Error Measurement . The new commands added for this feature include:
   
  • SETup:SBERror
  •  INITiate
  •  FETCh:SBERror
  •  READ
•  The BLER measurement has been enhanced to include user selectable measurement modes.For more details, refer to Block Error Measurement . The new command added for this feature is:
   
  • SETup:BLERror:ETSIB:MODE .

 Known Problems Corrected in this Release

 See Known Issues for information on issues in specific firmware releases and for workarounds. Known problems that existed in early versions of firmware that no longer exist in the A.03.48 release are listed below.

 
• Incorrect values are returned for the Neighbor Cell Report ARFCN.
•  SRB Loopback Connection does not work properly.
•  Test set crashes when the INIT:BLER:ON or INIT:BLER:OFF commands are sent.
•  BLER measurement does not work with some phones in ETSI Type B (Ack) mode.
   
  • When in ETSI B acknowledged mode there are two methods of BLER measurement available. These are loopback and ack/nack. Prior to the A.03.32 release only the loopback method was available in this test mode. (The ack/nack method uses the information returned from the phone to compute the BLER, the loopback method relies on the phone looping back the data and the test equipment making the measurement.)At A.03.32 the ack/nack method was added and the default changed to this method when in ETSI B acknowledged mode. (It offers advantages over the loopback method since the BLER associated with individual downlink timeslots can be observed in a single measurement.)This has been shown to cause problems with some phones that don't implement ETSI test mode B ack mode properly. To maintain backward compatibility the default measurement method has been changed to loopback for this and all later releases. The user may select the alternative measurement method if desired through the BLER measurement settings menu.
•  Test set indicates Connected status before a connection is fully established.
   
  • When setting up a GSM voice call the instrument would indicate that the connection was established before it actually was. In this case attempting to make a BER measurement immediately could result in a measurement timeout.
•  Connections made using the ETSI Type A and ETSI Type B (Ack) connection type are unreliable.
   
  • The previous release only demodulated signaling bursts known to contain useful information for both GPRS and EGPRS connections. Some phones have problems when using this technique for ETSI Type A and ETSI Type B (Ack) connection types.The following changes:
     
    • When using the GPRS system type, all bursts are now demodulated.
    •  When using the EGPRS system type, for the ETSI Type B (Ack) connection type, all bursts are demodulated.
    •  For ETSI Type A and ETSI Type B (Unack), the default is still reduced demod. You can change the demodulation used to normal demod by changing the EGPRS Demod setting. You may see a decrease in measurement throughput using normal demodulation.
•  Changing channel mode from HR to FR using Handover Setup causes the call to drop.
•  If the BER measurement is on during a change to another Operating Mode, the measurement stops working.
•  Downlink Power in Unused Bursts for GPRS data connections is affected by changes to the GSM PRL.
•  TCH and PDTCH PRL settings are coupled and should not be.
•  GPIB Command for the RLC/MAC Expected Header displayed on the front panel when in Help mode is incorrect.
•  Command SET:PVT:TXP:METHOD displayed on the front panel when in Help mode for setting the PVT measurement TX Power Method is not a valid command.
•  When the BLER measurement is restarted, the Sum of Burst Blocks Tested is not equal to the Total Number of Bursts Tested.
•  Performing a full preset does not clear the BLER Poll Rate value.
•  User's Guide incorrectly states that the BER measurement can be used with a GSM HR connection.
•  Unexpected BLER measurement results when using ETSI Type B Connection Type and Modulation Coding Scheme settings of MCS-7, MCS-8, and MCS-9.
•  The ETXP measurement incorrectly returns a Parameter Error measurement integrity when measuring RACH signals.
•  During multislot uplink EGPRS transfers, the second burst of signaling information is corrupt.
•  If the FBER measurement is setup and started while the operating mode is EGPRS Test Mode, changing the operating mode to Active Cell (EGPRS) causes a measurement timeout failure to occur.
•  In EGPRS MCS5-9, the test set transmits incorrect USF values for USF values other than 0.

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Hardware Requirements

 
• E5515C requires option H03/K03 to support the E1968A with an EGPRS TA license. Starting in February 2004, the E5515C ships with this option as standard hardware.
•  Previous hardware requirements still apply.

Call Processing

 
• EGPRS has been added as a selection for the serving cell parameter. See CALL[:CELL]:BCHannel:SCELl for more information.

   

  
  
     

  NOTE

  There is currently no combined GPRS + EGPRS mode available. Therefore, a mobile station that supports GPRS but not EGPRS will not be able to attach when the serving cell is set to EGPRS. The GPRS serving cell setting should be used instead. See CALL[:CELL]:BCHannel:SCELl for more information.

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•  The operating modes EGPRS BCH and EGPRS BCH+PDTCH have been added. See EGPRS Test Mode Operation for more information.
•  The front panel user interface has been enhanced to allow changes to the Serving Cell parameter without manually switching the cell off. To accomodate this, three new selections have been added to the Operating Mode menu. These are:
   
  • Active Cell (GSM) - GSM only BCH
  •  Active Cell (GPRS) - GSM + GPRS BCH
  •  Active Cell (EGPRS) - GSM + EGPRS BCH

   In addition, the selection Active Cell is no longer available. See Active Cell Operating Mode for more information.

•  The following call processing commands have been added which are specific to EGPRS:
   
  • Modulation Coding and Puncturing Schemes
    For more details refer to CALL:(PDTCH|PDTChannel):MCSCheme , CALL:(PDTCH|PDTChannel):MCSCheme:EBPTest[:BURSt1] , and CALL:(PDTCH|PDTChannel):MCSCheme:EBPTest:BURSt<2|3|4|5> .
  •  Switched Radio Block (SRB) Loopback Connection Type
    For more details refer to CALL:FUNCtion:CONNection:TYPE .
  •  Uplink Frame Segmentation
    For more details refer to CALL:MS:TX:FRAMe:SEGMentation .
•  The following broadcast channel configuration options have been added:
   
  • The ability to set the MSC/SGSN Revision to "Release 98 or older" or "Release 99 onwards". For more details, refer to CALL[:CELL]:BCHannel:MSCRevision .
  •  The ability to indicate to the mobile station that the cell is DCS or PCS to account for the ARFCN numbers shared by the two bands. For more details, refer to CALL[:CELL]:BINDicator .

Measurements

 
• The following measurements provide support for both GMSK and 8PSK EGPRS modulation coding schemes (MCS1 through MCS9):
   
  • EGPRS Transmit Power
    For more details refer to EGPRS Transmit Power (ETXP) Measurement .
  •  Block Error
    For more details refer to Block Error Measurement .
  •  Output RF Spectrum
    For more details refer to Output RF Spectrum Measurement Description .
  •  Power versus Time
    For more details refer to Power versus Time Measurement Description .
  •  Phase and Frequency Error
    For more details refer to Phase and Frequency Error Measurement Description .
•  The following measurements provide support for GMSK EGPRS modulation coding schemes (MCS1 through MCS4):
   
  • Dynamic Power
    For more details refer to Dynamic Power Measurement Description .
  •  I/Q Tuning
    For more details refer to I/Q Tuning Measurement Description .
•  The following measurements provide support for 8PSK EGPRS modulation coding schemes (MCS5 through MCS9):
   
  • EGPRS Modulation Accuracy
    For more details refer to Modulation Accuracy Measurement Description .
•  Modulation Format Control has been added to specify which modulation format is to be measured. See Modulation Format Control (EGPRS only) for more information.
•  The BLER measurement has been enhanced to include BLER measurement results by timeslot. For more details, refer to BLER Measurement Results by Timeslot . The new command added for this feature is:
   
  • FETCh:BLERror:BURSt<[1]|2|3|4|5>[:ALL]? .

General

 
• The ability to save and recall settings has been added. See Save and Recall Registers for more information.

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Hardware Requirements

 

• E5515A does not support E1968A.

 

• E5515B will support E1968A without a hardware upgrade under the following conditions:

   
  • Option 002 installed AND serial number is >= US40350362 or >= GB40470454, or
  •  the test set is already running E1985A Fast Switching with GSM and/or GPRS.

 

• Instruments with Serial Numbers prior to US40350362 or GB40470454 (with option 002 installed) can be upgraded with upgrade product number E5515BU option 085 to be able to support the E1968A.

 

• E5515C requires option 002 to support the E1968A.

E1968A Functionality/License Summary

 The E1968A is an integrated GSM/GPRS TA which replaces the E1960A GSM TA and the E1964A GPRS TA. There is no need for the E1985A/B to enable fast switching between GSM and GPRS as was required with the old E1960A and E1964A test applications. The E1968A contains both GSM and GPRS components and allows access to both components without the need to perform an explicit format switch (providing each component is licensed). If the E1968A has a GSM license, GSM calls are supported; if a GPRS license is present, GPRS data connections are supported; if both licenses are present, there is access to all capabilities. An added benefit of the integrated GSM and GPRS in the E1968A GSM/GPRS Mobile Test Application is there is no loss of BCH when going from GSM to GPRS testing or vice-versa; this allows the mobile to stay camped/attached.

 Product Number/License summary:

 

• E1968A, GSM/GPRS Mobile Test Application, shell product, no technologies enabled

 

• E1968A-101 GSM Functionality, enables GSM

 

• E1968A-102 GPRS Functionality, enables GPRS

 

• E1968A-201 GSM and GPRS Functionality, enables both GSM and GPRS

Issues that can affect compatibility and test times changing from E1960A and/or E1964A to the E1968A

 

• Hardware compatibility - see Hardware Requirements above

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  Prior single-partition (E1960A and E1964A) and fast switching (E1985A/B) will not run on future test sets

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  Technologies must be licensed within the E1968A to gain their functionality

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  Compatibility of GPIB commands from E1960A/E1964A to E1968A is maintained where possible however, some GPIB changes were required as well as the added improvements to test features in the E1968A

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  Overlapped commands in the E1968A are not equivalent to those in the E1960A/E1964A. In many E1968A commands they are no longer needed and will only slow the test run when running old overlapped GPIB command code on the E1968A. This has been improved in the E1968A by new commands/methods for channel reconfiguration which possibly produce a reduction in test times.

Advantages to integrating, qualifying and moving to the E1968A

 

• All future GSM, GPRS and EGPRS (EDGE) test applications and lab applications will be based on this format. Follow-on versions of the E1968A will incorporate new features but the E1960A GSM and E1964A GPRS Mobile Test Applications will not be updated.

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  The new GSM, GPRS and EGPRS (EDGE) format applications have a new firmware architecture that improves application performance.

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  The new E1968A combined format provides the potential for a reduction in test times.

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  The new E1968A combined format provides improvements to measurements and measurement features.

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  Using the E1968A will not require a format switch for GSM, GPRS, and EGPRS (EDGE) testing because all of these formats are integrated in the E1968A.

GSM Functionality Now Available in GPRS

 

• IQ Tuning and Dynamic Power measurements are now available in GPRS. See SETup:IQTuning and SETup:DPOWer .

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  PFER CIFT functionality

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  Expected Burst Type RACH supported in test mode.

   CALL:BURSt:TYPE[:SELected]

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  The following network parameters may now be configured in the GPRS TA (previously available only in the
  GSM TA and GPRS LA):  MCC, MNC, LAC, RAC, NCC, BCC. See the following respective commands:

   CALL:MCCode

   CALL:MNCode

   CALL:LACode

   CALL:RACode

   CALL:NCCode

   CALL:BCCode

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  Repeat Paging may be enabled or disabled

   CALL:PAGing:REPeat[:STATe][:SELected]

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  Display IMSI and IMEI (previously available only in the GPRS LA)
  Note: IMEI is not currently displayed in the GPRS TA.

   CALL:MS:REPorted:IMSI?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:IMEI?

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  Report supported bands information (RUI only)

   CALL:MS:REPorted:SBANd[:GMSK]?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:SBANd:EPSK?

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  Display power class reported by the class mark message

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass:GSM?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass[:SELected]?

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  Display power class reported for each band by both GSMK and EPSK (8PSK - EDGE) modulation schemes.

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass:EPSK[:SELected]?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass:GSM?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass[:SELected]?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:PCLass:GMSK:(DCS|EGSM|GSM450|GSM480|GSM750|GSM850|PCS|PGSM|RGSM|TGSM810)?

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  Display corrupt burst, page count, decode error, missing burst information

   Note: Page counter is not relevant for GPRS data connections.

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  Audio Generator instrument

   AFGenerator

GPRS Functionality Now Available in GSM

 

• Auxiliary RF Output port

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  Power in unused bursts

   CALL:TCHannel:PREDuction:UBURst

Additional Functionality Changes

 

• The GPRS Data Connection Type setting has been renamed to Connection Type and has been extended by adding an Auto option (GSM TA and GSM/GPRS LA only)

   CALL:FUNCtion

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  Over-lapped command functionality no longer available in GSM for some commands and is replaced by deferred parameter handover scheme as in GPRS

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  Operating Mode command extended to add GSM BCH, GSM BCH+TCH, and CW modes. GSM banded RFGenerator commands removed.

   CALL:OPERating

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  Display mobile multi-slot class if available. Multislot class is obtained during the attach procedure so isn't available to the GSM TA.

   CALL:MS:REPorted:MCLass:EGPRS[:SELected]?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:MCLass:EGPRS:(DCS|EGSM|GSM450|GSM480|GSM750|GSM850|PCS|PGSM|RGSM|TGSM810)?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:MCLass:GPRS[:SELected]?

   CALL:MS:REPorted:MCLass:GPRS:(DCS|EGSM|GSM450|GSM480|GSM750|GSM850|PCS|PGSM|RGSM|TGSM810)?

GPIB Command Changes Resulting From Combining the E1960A and the E1964A into the E1968A GSM/GPRS Mobile Test Application

 

• E1968A GSM/GPRS GPIB COMMAND CHANGES

Other

 Control over the power used by the mobile station for access bursts has been added to this release. For more details, refer to Access Burst Power Control