This document describes features and functionality that are part of the Agilent Technologies E1966A 1xEV-DO Terminal Test Application releases. This document contains the original features, as well as enhancements that have been added over time.
If you are interested in comparing the key feature differences between the latest releases of each of the 1xEV-DO Test and Lab Applications, see
1xEV-DO Applications Feature Comparison.
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The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/default.htm
This release has specific hardware requirements. Test sets with serial number<MY5210 require a HW upgrade to run this release.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
This is a maintenance release. The feature offered in this release are identical to those offered in the A.14.12 Release - March 2012 .
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The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/default.htm
This release contains the same features and functionality that is provided in the A.13.10 Release - December 2010 . This is a maintenance release only.
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/default.htm
http://www.agilent.com/find/8960upgrades
This release contains the same features and functionality that is provided in the A.12.08 Release - July 2010 . This is a maintenance release only.
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.12, E1976A A.06 - July 2010
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
www.agilent.com/find/e1966a (from the Technical Support tab choose Manuals, then "Repository of E1966A, E6706A/B/T/U CHM Help File and Reference Guides ")
DRC Value Fixed Mode Attribute
is set to On. See
F-Traffic Format
.
DRC Value Fixed Mode Attribute
is set to Off. See
F-Traffic Config
.
Protocol Rel
is set to
B (1xEV-DO-B)
and the physical layer subtype is subtype 3, you can test the AT's multi-carrier performance using a single test set. By setting the
Number of Active AT Carriers
to the same number of reverse carriers from the AT, up to 3 carriers can be measured one after another. See
Multi-carrier Test in IS-856 Test Operating Mode
.
(An additional Revision to Current (R2C) license is required to enable this functionality in a licensed test application)
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.11, E1976A A.05, E6706C C.01- September 2009
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.10, E1976A A.04 - May 2009
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.09, E1976A A.03, E6706B B.01 - September 2008
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/
The Release B Multicarrier (See Multi-carrier Multi-unit (MCMU) Overview ) is offered as feature option 103 for multi-carrier call testing. It supports for up to 3 carriers in the multi-carrier mode for both FMCTAP and RMCTAP testing.
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THE DELIVERY OF THE AGILENT PRODUCT DOES NOT CONVEY A LICENSE NOR IMPLY ANY RIGHTS TO USE THE "1xEV-DO REVISION B" CAPABILITY CONTAINED IN THE AGILENT PRODUCT. SUCH USE REQUIRES THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF OR A SEPARATE LICENSE FROM QUALCOMM INCORPORATED. CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCT USERS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO OBTAIN SUCH CONSENT OR LICENSE FROM QUALCOMM INCORPORATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE USE OF THE "1XEVDO REVISION B" CAPABILITY.
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With the protocol release B selected (see Protocol Rel ), the test set can emulate new air-interface standard (3GPP2 C.S0024-B) which offers the ability of multi-carrier testing.
Call Control 2 of 3
in
CALL SETUP
and all parameters in this setting) for multi-carrier operation are added for release B plus subtype 3 physical layer configuration.
External Device Connection
in
Control 2 of 2
in
SYSTEM CONFIG
and all parameters in this setting) for multi-unit connection are added for release B plus subtype 3 physical layer configuration.Cellular Upper 700 Band (Band Class 7) has been added to support new frequencies. See CALL:BAND and CALL:SETup:BAND<[:SELected]|:DIGital856> .
Tx Timing Advance can be set on the test set to compensate the loopback delay in case a component with excessive RF delay is included in the test environment. See Tx Timing Advance
The user calibration history and the current operating temperature information can both be displayed on the front panel. See User Calibration Summary .
Data rate control is added to the PER (packet Error Ratio) measurement to determine the data rate control performance of the AT. See 5.2 Data Rate Control Performance .
Constellation and rho Quality Graphics can be displayed to give a graphical view of the waveform quality of the AT. See Waveform Quality + Code Domain Measurement Description
Supports 10ms measurement step size in addition to the 20ms step size (An additional feature license is required to enable the 10ms functionality in a licensed test application) . Besides, the range of Number of Power Steps is extended up to 40. See Fast Device Tune Measurement Parameters .
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.08, E1976A A.02, E6706A A.05 - July 2007
The most current documentation for the 1xEV-DO application is the Online User's Guide located at:
http://wireless.agilent.com/rfcomms/refdocs/1xevdo/
The Demodulation of ARQ Channel Measurement is used to verify the Access Terminal's demodulation performance of the ARQ channel in AWGN conditions. This measurement is only applicable to the Access Terminal (AT) which supports Subtype 2 Physical Layer. See Demodulation of ARQ Channel Measurement Description for details.
NMT-450 Band (Band Class 5) has been revised to support new frequency. See CALL:BAND and CALL:SETup:BAND<[:SELected]|:DIGital856> .
This is a maintenance release to resolve known issues. The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the A.07.18 Release - March 2007 .
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.07, E1976A A.01, E6706A A.04 - December 2006
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AWS Band (Band Class 15) has been added to the list of supported bands. See CALL:BAND and CALL:SETup:BAND<[:SELected]|:DIGital856> .
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.06.06, E6706A A.03.06 - July 2006
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.agilent.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1966A_A06_E6706A_A03_E6706T_T00_Ref_Guide.chm
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NOTICE
THE DELIVERY OF THE AGILENT PRODUCT DOES NOT CONVEY A LICENSE NOR IMPLY ANY RIGHTS TO USE THE "1xEV-DO REVISION A" CAPABILITY CONTAINED IN THE AGILENT PRODUCT. SUCH USE REQUIRES THE EXPRESS CONSENT OF OR A SEPARATE LICENSE FROM QUALCOMM INCORPORATED. CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCT USERS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO OBTAIN SUCH CONSENT OR LICENSE FROM QUALCOMM INCORPORATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE USE OF THE "1XEVDO REVISION A" CAPABILITY.
With the protocol release A selected (see Protocol Rel ). the test set can emulate new air-interface standard (3GPP2 C.S0024-A) which offers more functionality and improved data rates with the new design of the forward and reverse channels. In addition to all existing subtype 0 forward channels (Pilot, RPC, DRC Lock, RA and Control/Traffic channels), the subtype 2 forward link adds new forward ARQ channels (H-ARQ, L-ARQ and P-ARQ) to acknowledge each received subpackets on the reverse traffic channel. For subtype 2 reverse link, two new channels (Auxiliary Pilot and DSC) are introduced in addition to the design changes of the existing subtype 0 channels (R-Pilot, RRI, R-ACK, and R-Data). For a general overview of forward and reverse channels, see Forward Channel Overview and Reverse Channel Overview respectively.
Application Config
menu for release A plus subtype 2 physical layer configuration:
Access Network Info
menus for release A plus subtype 2 physical layer configuration
Generator Info
menus for release A plus subtype 2 physical layer configuration
The Fast Device Tune measurement allows you to simultaneously calibrate your access terminal's transmitter (TX) output power and receiver (RX) input level across level and frequency in a single sweep (per frequency band range). See Fast Device Tune Measurement Description for details.
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1966A A.05.11, E6706A A.02.21 - January 2006
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.agilent.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1966A_A05_E6706A_A0210_Ref_Guide.chm
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Mobile Equipment Identifier (MEID) is a new way to uniquely identify AT equipment. MEID is a 56-bit number that allows for a larger number of ATs to be identified than the existing ESN numbering system. MEID is a type of Hardware ID that is supported in the 1xEV-DO. See Hardware ID Type and Hardware ID for details.
The CDMA system time is the time reference used by all IS-856 and IS-95/IS-2000 systems. The test set emulating an AN allows you to set the CDMA system time which are sent to the AT in the overhead messages ( Sync Message and SectorParameters Message ). For details, see CDMA System Time Parameters .
The IS-856 Test operating mode provides a way for measuring access terminal (AT) when it is not possible, or not desired, to communicate via over-the-air signaling with the access terminal (AT), but forward link stimulus and reverse link measurements are still needed. For details, see IS-856 Test Operating Mode .
By control of the session negotiation for the PCCC, the PCCC attribute can be configured to follow the test set's specified value or the AT-requested value during session negotiation. This provides flexibility for AT test because it allows ATs to determine the PCCC value without having to know the valid PCCC values for each AT under test. For details, see Preferred Control Channel Cycle .
The session timeout was changed from a fixed setting (3 minutes) to a user-settable parameter. This setting specifies the time period for which the test set has not heard from the AT before sending a SessionClose Message to the AT. For details, see Session Close .
It is to support an extension to the existing Band Class 0 that is being allocated in Japan. The forward link frequency range of US Cellular cell band is changed from 869 - 894 MHz to 860 - 894 MHz and the reverse link frequency range of US Cellular cell band is changed from 824 - 849 MHz to 815 to 849 MHz. See Cell Band .
It is to support an extension to the existing Band Class 0 that is being allocated in Japan. The channel range of US Cellular cell band is extended to include the channels of 1024 - 1323. See Channel .
This measurement has been changed since its first release in the E1966A
A.02.15 Release - January 2004
. Before performing each power step measurement in a power sequence, the test set automatically re-tunes its receiver based on the measured power of the prior step in addition to the
Power Step Size
setting that is only based on in the old releases. This change improves the test set ability to measure those ATs that do not correctly transmit the power sequence as expected without aborting the measurement. See
TX Dynamic Power Measurement Description
for details.
A new setting,
Minimum Packet Count,
is added to the Packet Error Rate Setup menu. It is required for fading test. See
PER Measurement Parameters
for details.
Span and resolution bandwidth can now be set independently, new Detection Method. See Resolution Bandwidth and Frequency Span and Detection Method for details.
This is a maintenance release. The functionality present in this release is identical to that in the A.03 release (see A.03.17 Release - January 2005 ).
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.agilent.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1966A_A03_E6706A_A02_Ref_Guide.chm
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The functionality present in this release is identical to that in the A.02.20 release (see A.02.15 Release - January 2004 ).
These are the original features of the Agilent E1966A.