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Agilent Technologies Introduces GSM, GPRS, EGPRS Full RF Conformance Test System for Mobile Handsets
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the latest addition to its GS-8800 family of RF design verification and conformance test solutions: the new GS-8852 2G RF Conformance Test (RCT) system, a full-featured GSM, GPRS, EGPRS test system for mobile handset conformance test. This system leverages the measurement speed, accuracy and repeatability strengths of Agilent products, creating a reliable, high performance test system ideal for wireless test laboratories, handset manufacturers, reference design and chipset vendors, and NEMs performing full wireless RF conformance test.
The Agilent GS-8852 RCT system performs high-accuracy measurements and provides excellent repeatability, testing devices for conformance to the individual test standards as prescribed by the Global Certification Forum (GCF) or PCS-type certification review board (PTCRB) for UMTS mobile phones. Also featured are RF transmitter, receiver and performance tests in accordance with the 3GPP TS51.010-1 test specification for GSM, GPRS and EGPRS technology —— all within a single test platform. Support for DARP technology will be available in the near future. The GS-8852 RCT system also supports a range of bands, including GSM 850, GSM 900, DCS 1800 and PCS 1900. This flexibility not only minimizes the user‘s capital investment and ensures development of quality products, but also provides an easy upgrade path for future 3G/3.5G formats.