Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are wireless communication systems that operate above the Earth’s surface. They play a crucial role in achieving ubiquitous connectivity, providing coverage even to remote areas lacking traditional terrestrial networks.
Rohde & Schwarz continued its success in verifying NTN narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) test cases at the recent Conformance Agreement Group (CAG), meeting all test platform approval criteria (TPAC) with the R&S TS-RRM and R&S TS8980 conformance test systems.
This achievement enabled the Global Certification Forum (GCF) to activate work item (WI) 336 in its device certification programme. It also signifies that Rohde & Schwarz now supports the complete certification of Release 17 NB-IoT user equipment (UE) for NTNs.
The R&S TS-RRM and R&S TS8980 are conformance test systems designed to facilitate NB-IoT certification across LTE and other radio access technologies (RAT). The R&S TS-RRM is a fully automated conformance test system for running RRM conformance test cases and handles 5G NR and LTE inter-RAT RRM test cases for certifying wireless devices. The R&S TS8980 is the most compact full-range conformance testing solution available, supporting the entire device certification process for RF and RRM.
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