Allen, TX – February 28, 2019 – Anritsu Corporation (President Hirokazu Hamada) is pleased to announce that its new Radio RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR acquired the GCF certification of the spurious test prior to the industry in the 5G NR RF Conformance Test.
The ME7873NR won GCF validation for 5G NR Sub-6 GHz Non-Standalone (NSA) mode bands to be used in Japan, Korea, and China at the February GCF CAG meeting. Additionally, the ME7873NR has also won world-first approval for spurious tests and now has more GCF validations than its competitors.
For the future, Anritsu expects the ME7873NR to win further validations from PTCRB for the Standalone (SA) mode and mmWave frequency bands to play a key role in the start of commercial 5G mobile network services from late 2019 by helping bring 5G mobile terminals to market as soon as possible.
ME7873NR Outline
The NR RF Conformance Test System ME7873NR is an automated system for 3GPP TS38.521/TS38.533-defined 5G NR RF/RRM tests. It supports both planned 5G NR Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) modes, while combination with Anritsu’s 5G over-the-air (OTA) chamber (CATR) covers all 5G frequency bands, including not only Sub-6 GHz but also mmWave. The flexible system configuration can be customized easily for the measurement conditions while also supporting LTE, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), LTE-A Pro, and W-CDMA RF tests, as well as carrier acceptance tests (CAT). An upgrade from the LTE-Advanced RF Conformance Test System ME7873LA to add 5G support offers customers a cost-effective RF test system meeting required test conditions.