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SR5500

The most complete & efficient solution available on the market for accurately testing wireless receivers

Spirent SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator
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Brought to you by the industry’s leading experts in RF fading, the SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator is the most complete and efficient solution available on the market for accurately testing wireless receivers including E-UTRA (LTE), HSPA, HSPA+, EV-DO, WLAN and WiMAX.  

The SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator uses unsurpassed fading technology to optimise performance of wireless receivers, accelerating time to market and minimising post-deployment issues. The emulator replicates real-world spatial channel conditions, making it possible to isolate performance issues early in the development and design verification cycle.  

The SR5500 has been developed to accurately re-create RF fading and interference effects. The SR5500 emulates wideband radio channel characteristics and the inclusion of Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) further enhances the real-world conditions emulated by the SR5500. Spirent’s exclusive Fading Lab and Dynamic Environment Emulation (DEE), both features of the SR5500, are based on 15 years of feedback from Spirent’s fader customers - making the SR5500 the most evolved and user adapted product of its kind.

    Benefits

    Spirent’s SR5500 offers users a number of benefits which are unique in the marketplace. Together these benefits position the SR5500 as the most flexible, accurate and efficient piece of wireless receiver test equipment available: Benefits include:

    SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator Benefits

    Modularity and scalability

    • As the industry’s only truly modular solution, by using the SR5500 you can be sure of maximising the return on your test equipment investment
    • With a platform that goes beyond scalability your return on test equipment investment is maximised with the SR5500

    Confidence in test results

    • The industry’s cleanest channel and most statistically accurate fading lead to the most dependable and repeatable test results

    Efficient setup with less chance of error

    • Preconfigured fading models are ready to run
    • An intuitive interface minimizes errors and decreases the chance of erroneous results

    Real world emulation

    • With features exclusive to Spirent like DEE and Fading Lab, the SR5500 brings the real-world to your lab like no other product

    Features

    The SR5500 is packed with user focused features - brought together these make the SR5500 the wireless testing product of choice:

    SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator Features

    • The SR5500 emulates wideband radio channel characteristics such as time-varying multi-path delay spread, fast fading, shadow fading and channel loss for advanced receiver implementations using diversity, beamforming and MIMO.
    • The SR5500’s full modularity lets you deploy a single advanced system or multiple MIMO test stands based on your changing requirements.
    • Optional configurations let you stick to your budget without risk. Systems are always fully upgradeable to our most powerful modular configuration.
    • Spirent’s exclusive Fading Lab lets you create a repeatable RF environment from data sets, whether captured on channel-sounding equipment or generated in software.
    • An advanced fading engine ensures accurate testing of sophisticated technologies like E-UTRA (LTE), HSPA, HSPA+, EV-DO, WLAN and WiMAX.
    • Spirent’s exclusive DEE gives you the flexibility to quickly and easily turn simple spreadsheets into complex RF scenarios ready to use for testing.

    Specification

    Depending on whether there is hardware or software involved, the specifications listed will vary slightly.

    RF Inputs

    2 (inter-unit synchronization allows up to 8)

    RF Outputs

    2 (inter-unit synchronization allows up to 8)

    Digital Channels

    2 per unit (expandable to 8 with MIMO Option)

    RF Configurations

    SISO, SIMO, MISO, MIMO (2x2, 2x4, 4x2, 4x4, uni- or bi-directional), and Beamforming

    Bandwidth

    26 MHz

    RF Input

    Frequency Range: 400 – 2700 MHz
    (w/ 6-GHz-EX option): 3300 – 3850 MHz, 4100 – 6000 MHz

    Level Range: +5 to -32 dBm @ 400 to 2700 MHz
    (w/ 6-GHz-EX option): -5 to -32 dBm @ 3300 to 3850 MHz
    (w/ 6-GHz-EX option): -5 to -32 dBm @ 4100 to 6000 MHz

    Level Resolution: 0.1 dB

    Damage Level: > +20 dBm

    Input Power Meter
    • Continuous mode
    • RF Burst-triggering mode for gated signals
    • Settable duty cycle mode
    RF Output levelRange: -30 to -110 dBm @ 400 to 2700 MHz
    (w/ 6-GHz-EX option): -35 to -110 dBm @ 3300 to 3850 MHz
    (w/ 6-GHz-EX option): -40 to -80 dBm @ 4100 to 6000 MHz
    Resolution: 0.1 dB
    Accuracy: +/-1 dB
    Residual EVM

    Better than -36 dB typical per sub-carrier, measured at -50 dBm output power; actual value depends upon signal format, symbol rate, etc.

    RF Port VSWR

    Better than 1.5:1

    Independent Paths

    up to 24 paths per channel (384 total paths)

    Relative Path Delay

    0 – 2000 µs, 0.1 ns resolution

    Relative Path Loss

    0 – 32 dB

    Dynamic Power Delay Profiles
    • Birth-death, Sliding (moving propagation)
    • Supports dynamic change of path number, relative power and delay
    • High-Speed Train (HST) profiles
    Dynamic Environment Emulation

    Controllable Parameters
    State duration, channel output level, AWGN on/off, C/N, path on/off, relative power and delay, LOS AoA, K factor, frequency shift, Doppler velocity, MIMO branch phase and power imbalance.

    Channel Model Update Rate
    100 times per second

    Mode
    MIMO, dual and single channel mode; RX and TX diversity modes

    Triggering
    Triggered Play, Free Run

    Standards-Based Models

    LTE, WiMAX, UMTS, CDMA2000®, WLAN, GSM, and pre-standard models available from Customer Service Center

    Other Models

    SCM, SCME, WINNER and WINNER-II models

    Fading Engine Type

    Real-time generation of fading environment

    Fading

    Types: Rayleigh, Rician, freq shift, phase shift

    Fading Velocity: 0.1 to 2398.33 km/h @ 900 MHz; Resolution of 0.1 km/h

    Repetition Interval: > 24 hours

    Relative Phase: 0 – 360 degrees, 0.1 degree resolution

    Rician K factor: -30 to +30 dB

    Level Crossing Rate (LCR) Accuracy: < * 2.5% deviation from theoretical LCR curve of the simulated vehicle velocity

    Fading Power Spectrum: Classical 6 dB, Flat, Classical 3 dB, Rounded, Rounded 12 dB

    Correlation: Envelope and Component; Complex correlation is included with MIMO option

    Log-Normal Fading
    • Fading Rate: 0.00 to 20.00 Hz
    • Standard Deviation: 0 to 12 dB
    MIMO Option

    Modes

    Baseline 2x2
    Modularly expandable to uni/bi-directional 2x4, 4x2, 4x4

    AWGN - option
    • C/N Ratio: -30 to +32 dB
    • Accuracy: +/-0.1 dB for -20 to 15 dB ratios
    • Bandwidth: 26, 13, 6.5, 3.25, 1.625 MHz
    • Fidelity: Meets or exceeds all 3GPP, 3GPP2, WLAN, WiMAX, and LTE requirements
    • Sequence Duration: > 2 hours
    • Settable Modes: C/N, C/No, Eb/No
    Fading Data Playback - option

    Playback data can be collected (via a channel sounder) or synthesized in software

    Control Interface

    Ethernet or GPIB

    Other

    10 MHz internal reference accuracy:
    1 ppm, can be locked to external reference

    AC Power:
    250 watts typical steady state, 45 watt maximum additional for 6 GHz Option

    Dimensions:
    19-inch rack mountable
    Height/Width/Depth 8.75”/16.88”/21” (22.22 cm/42.88 cm/53.34 cm)
    Weight: 65 pounds (29.5 kg)

    Documents

    • SR5500 Wireless Channel EmulatorThe SR5500 re-creates RF fading and interference effects for testing wireless receivers. An advanced fading engine ensures accurate testing of sophisticated technologies like HSPA, HSPA+, EV-DO, E-UTRA (LTE), UMB, WLAN and WiMAX.
    • Technical note: Using DEE for Handover TestingThis Technical Note demonstrates the application of Dynamic Environment Emulation(DEE) to handover tests for wireless technologies; such as 3GPP (3rd Generation Partner Project) and WiMAX (Wireless Interoperability for Microwave Access).

    White Papers

    • White Paper 100 - Correlation-Based Spatial Channel ModelingThe Spatial Channel Model (SCM) [i] is used to evaluate multiple-antenna systems and algorithms. This model was developed to address the need for a precise channel model definition that enables fair comparisons of various MIMO proposals.
    • White Paper 101 - Fading BasicsRadio technologies have undergone increasingly rapid evolutionary changes in the recent past. The first cellular phones used narrow-band FM modulation, which was soon replaced by digital modulation in second & third generation devices.
    • White Paper - Path-Based Spatial Channel Modeling
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