RF Testing & Regulatory Compliance

5G mmWave

Artificial intelligence in wireless communication

Bluetooth® Classic and Bluetooth® Low Energy

LTE-Advanced Pro – paving the way for 5G NR

LTE was introduced to provide the first truly global, high data rate and packet-optimized system.

Long term evolution (LTE) ensures subscribers fast and smooth access to the mobile internet. The first LTE commercial network was launched at the end of 2009. LTE-Advanced, the next evolutionary step, added significant improvements, such as carrier aggregation, to further enhance delivery of mobile broadband services. LTE-Advanced Pro builds the basis for 5G, the next major step in wireless communications – for example with the introduction of NB-IoT for massive machine type communications (mMTC).

• Long term evolution (LTE) specified in 3GPP Releases 8 and 9
• LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) specified in 3GPP Releases 10 to 12
• LTE-Advanced Pro (LTE-A Pro) specified in 3GPP Releases 13 to 15

Ultra-wideband (UWB) communication and ranging

Testing for Wi-Fi/WLAN connectivity

Connecting homes, office and factories

Wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, based on the IEEE 802.11 standard series, has been one of the most successful wireless communication technologies over the last 25 years. It utilizes an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) access scheme and typically operates in license-exempt bands such as 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz, and 60 GHz. WLAN supports a significant portion of traffic from various devices in modern wireless communication networks.

The sixth generation of Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6), based on the IEEE 802.11ax standard, enhances communication efficiency and is the first to operate in the newly available 6 GHz spectrum (Wi-Fi 6E). The seventh generation (Wi-Fi 7), based on IEEE 802.11be / EHT, is also here, offering extremely high throughput. And IEEE is already developing the next generation of Wi-Fi (Wi -Fi 8), focusing on an improved customer experience and ultra high reliability (IEEE 802.11bn / UHR).

Wi-Fi device testing

With each new generation of Wi-Fi, radio designs increase in complexity to meet customer expectations. Testing Wi-Fi devices, access points (AP) and stations (STA) at all phases of the product lifecycle is essential to standards conformance, regulatory compliance, quality targets and customer experience.

In Wi-Fi ecosystems, several industry consortia and interest groups define test requirements and setups. 

The tests can be divided into three groups:

• Non signaling testing: physical layer compliance and performance testing for early R&D, design verification testing (DVT) and highly automated production environments
• Signaling testing: more complex measurement tasks involving layers above the physical layer
• Reference STA/AP: signaling testing with reference devices mainly used for Wi-Fi Alliance certification 

Wi-Fi/WLAN test solutions

Nekantronic assists you in choosing the test and measurement solutions strategy for Wi-Fi AP testing and Wi-Fi STA testing:

• Wi-Fi 8 Testing 
• Wi-Fi 7 -IEEE 802.11be testing
• Wi-Fi 6/6E -IEEE 802.11ax testing
• Wi-Fi 5 -IEEE 802.11ac PHY testing
• WLAN IEEE 802.11ad/ay testing
• WLAN IEEE 802.11p testing
• Wi-Fi and cellular convergence