Last updated: October 20, 2014
This document describes features and functionality that are part of the Keysight Technologies W-CDMA Lab 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 W-CDMA/HSPA Test and Lab Applications, see:
W-CDMA/HSPA Applications Feature Comparison
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To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for your testing needs, please review the hardware requirement information at:
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Select the appropriate link below to view the required release.
This is a maintenance release. The feature offered in this release are identical to those offered in the J.01.09 Release (E6703J) - December 2014.
The E6703J Release J.01.09 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703J Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A. 21.09 (see A.21.09 Release -December 2014), and the features described below.
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:
Uplink enhancement in CELL_FACH state and IDLE
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703J application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
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:
The E6703I Release I.01.09 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703I Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.20 (see A.20.09 Release - May 2013 ), and the features described below.
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:
Bc and Bd enhancement. See Automatic Beta Values for each Downlink Channel Type .
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703I application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
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:
MIMO was introduced in 3GPP Release 7 to allow the network to transmit dual-stream HS-DSCH data to the UE simultaneously achieving a maximum throughput of 28 Mbps. And MIMO in 3GPP Release 8 brings the peak data rate to 42 Mbps.
Dual band dual cell HSDPA was introduced from 3GPP Release 9 onwards to allow two 5MHz-carrier to be separated and put into two different bands. See DB-DC-HSDPA 34.121 Preset Call Configurations and UE Reported DB DC-HSDPA Cap
This is a maintenance release. The feature offered in this release are identical to those offered in the H.01.12 Release (E6703H) - March 2012 .
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The E6703H Release H.01.12 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703H Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.18 (see A.19.12 Release - March 2012 ), and the features described below.
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:
Dual carrier HSDPA, also referred to as dual cell HSDPA or DC-HSDPA in the test standard, is introduced in 3GPP Release 8 to allow the network to transmit HSDPA data from two cells simultaneously. The peak rate is doubled from 21Mbps to 42Mbps without the use of MIMO. See Dual Cell HSDPA Concepts and How Does the Test Set Supports DC-HSDPA . Please be noted that specific hardware is required to enable this feature.
Fast Dormancy is a special signaling function added to WCDMA and HSPA technologies in Release 8 of the 3GPP standards. It is defined to improve UE battery life while also minimizing network signaling. Fast Dormancy builds upon the existing defined RRC state transitions by more clearly defining the frequency of these transitions and the signaling procedures for requesting and granting certain transitions. See SCRI with Fast Dormancy .
When compressed mode is activated, you can choose to have E-UTRA measurements activated in the UE. See Compressed Mode and E-UTRA Measurement Results .
The E6703H Release H.00.06 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703G Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.18 (see A.18.07 Release - March 2011 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
By setting up a connection with an external LTE simulator, the test set supports the following test scenarios:
Added
a new setting "IPv6
Router State
" to control whether the
test set acts as an IPv6 router or not. See IPv6 Router State .
You are
also allowed to set the DUT IPv6 prefix (and DUT IPv6
prefix 2 for multiple PDP contexts) when IPv6 is used.
If the DUT IPv6 Prefix
is set to a valid value other than the IPv6 prefix
of the test set, the test set can act as a router
to forward all the IPv6 packets directing to that
DUT IPv6 Prefix to the UE.
The E6703G Release G.01 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703F Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.17 (see A.17.10 Release - December 2010 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
Multiple PDP Contexts functionality allows you to test the UEs running simultaneous PS services. The test set supports to setup multiple (up to two) primary PDP contexts simultaneously with the UE. You can enable/disable the primary PDP contexts independently from one another, with each PDP context using its own IP address (either IPv4 or IPv6) and QOS profile. See more detail in Multiple PDP Contexts Information .
Expected
DTX from HS-DPCCH
(CALL:STATus:CPC:MS:HSDPcchannel:DTX:EXPected:COUNt?
) and Unexpected
ACK/NACK from HS-DPCCH
(CALL:STATus:CPC:MS:HSDPcchannel:UNEXpected:COUNt?
).Default
DPCH Offset (DOFF)
, as well as the relavant
parameters for Transport Channel Reconfiguration
and Radio Bearer Reconfiguration. See CALL:DPCHannel:DOFFset , CALL:SETup:TCReconfig:DPCHannel:DOFFset
and CALL:SETup:RBReconfig:DPCHannel:DOFFset
.12
Downs+8 Holds
to facilitate the 3GPP TS 34.121
test case 10.3.2Integrity Key
and Ciphering Key
report for security procedure. These two results are
available both on the screen and by GPIB remote control,
see CALL:SECurity:RESult:INTegrity:KEY?
and CALL:SECurity:RESult:CIPHering:KEY?
.The E6703G Release G.00 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703F Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.15 (see A.15.12 Release - October 2009 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
See Message Reply Control and Activate PDP Context Control .
The E6703G Release G.00 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703F Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.15 (see A.15.12 Release - October 2009 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
Add a
new CPC setting "HS-SCCH
Less Order Info
". This setting is used
to configure which order will be sent on HS-SCCH to
control the HS-SCCH less operation on the air after
HS-SCCH less operation has been configured to UE.
See CALL:CPC:HLESs:ORDer
.
DL Max PDU Payload Size
is only available when the PS
Data HS-DSCH MAC Entity
is set to MAC-ehs
and the Downlink AM RLC
Mode
is Flexible
. See CALL:HSDPa:SERVice:PSData:RLC:DOWNlink:MAXimum:PDU:PSIZe
.Auto RRC State Transitions
Setup
menu. This setting determines whether
the test set will initiate the RRC state transitions
procedure upon receiving the Signalling Connection
Release Indication (SCRI) message from the UE. See
CALL:SERVice:PSData:RRC:TRANsition:SCRI:RRCIdle[:STATe]
.E-RGCH
Pattern
. See CALL:HSUPa:SGRant:RELative:MODE
.PS Data HS-DSCH MAC-d
PDU Size
or PS
Data HS-DSCH MAC-d PDU Size Manual
is to
be used on HS-DSCH channel. See CALL:HSDPa:SERVice:PSData:MACD:PDUSize:CONTrolPS Data HS-DSCH MAC-d PDU
Size Control
is set to Manual
, this setting determines the size of the MAC-d
PDU that is used on the DTCH that is mapped to
the HS-DSCH for a HSDPA PS data connection. See
CALL:HSDPa:SERVice:PSData:MACD:PDUSize:MANual
. PESQ is
a objective method to test the speech quality of the
mobile station. With a voice service and the AMR Source
set to PESQ
, the test set
supports the PESQ measurement with three measurement
modes: Uplink Audio, Downlink Audio and Both. When
a single measurement is done, a PESQ score ranging
from -0.5 (bad) to 4.5 (Excellent) is given to rate
the speech quality. The related headroom is also displayed.
The E6703F Release F.01 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703F Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.15 (see A.15.12 Release - October 2009 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703F application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
The E6703F now includes a QPSK EVM measurement. This measurement can be used to determine the error between the transmitted signal of a UE and the desired ideal signal, like the Waveform Quality measurement. The difference is that the QPSK EVM measurement expects a QPSK modulated input signal, which is similar to the WCDMA uplink signal with only one code channel. The data carried by the QPSK symbols sequence can be any pattern. There are several results reported with this measurement. These include the following:
See SETup:EVMQpsk , INITiate , READ , and FETCh:EVMQpsk .
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703F application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
See CALL:SERVice .
See CALL:SERVice .
The E6703U can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703U onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Special Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703U meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are otherwise identical to those offered in the E.01.16 Release (E6703E) - October 2008 .
For information on how to use these E6703U features, see the "E6703U User Documentation" topic in the following CHM Help File (this CHM Help File also includes information on how to use the features that are common to the E6703E and E6703U):
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963_A13_E6703_E01_16_U01_04_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
This is a maintenance release to resolve the known issues detailed in the previous release. The features offered in this release are otherwise identical to those offered in the E.01.13 Release (E6703E) - September 2008 with the following key exceptions:
The E6703E Release E.01.13 includes all of the features and functionality present in the prior E6703E Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners.
This release also includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.13 (see A.13.13 Release - September 2008 ), and the features described below.
Please be aware that this release has specific hardware requirements to be able to run correctly.
To determine if a hardware upgrade is required for this release, please review the hardware requirement information at:
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
You can
confirm whether or not the LAN 2 PORT is functional
by pressing the Instrument
Setup
(F1 ) key on the
test set's front panel. If you do not see a menu item
titled LAN IP Address
2 (Data+)
, a LAN 2 connection is not present
and you must use the LAN 1 PORT instead.
The LAN 2 PORT will be functional in a future E6703E release.
This is a maintenance release to resolve the known issue detailed in the previous release. The features offered in this release are otherwise identical to those offered in the U.00.31 Special Release (E6703U) - May 2008 .
This is a maintenance release to resolve the known issue detailed in the previous release. The features offered in this release are otherwise identical to those offered in the E.00.34 Subscription Release (E6703E) - May 2008 .
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The E6703U can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703U onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703U meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the E.00.34 Subscription Release (E6703E) - May 2008 with the following key exceptions:
The test set incorrectly assigns itself two IP addresses based on the "LAN IP Address" setting in the test set - the IP address specified by the "LAN IP Address" setting and "LAN IP Address" + 1. Thus, the test set will respond to IP traffic directed to "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address + 1". This may result in unexpected network behavior if another device on the network is also assigned to "LAN IP Address" + 1.
If you set LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.22, the Test Set will also respond to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23. This will result in unexpected network behavior if there is another device on your network set to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23.
Reserve both "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address" + 1 for use by your test set:
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This is a Subscription Release of the E6703E application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
The test set incorrectly assigns itself two IP addresses based on the "LAN IP Address" setting in the test set - the IP address specified by the "LAN IP Address" setting and "LAN IP Address" + 1. Thus, the test set will respond to IP traffic directed to "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address + 1". This may result in unexpected network behavior if another device on the network is also assigned to "LAN IP Address" + 1.
If you set LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.22, the Test Set will also respond to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23. This will result in unexpected network behavior if there is another device on your network set to LAN IP Address = 192.168.1.23.
Reserve both "LAN IP Address" and "LAN IP Address" + 1 for use by your test set:
Workaround: Select the 34.121 Preset Call Config for the category phone in use. Change the following settings as shown:
The E6703U can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703U onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703U meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the E.00.23 Subscription Release (E6703E) - November 2007 , with the following key exceptions:
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703E application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
The features offered in this release are:
New Common HSUPA Parameters include:
Also, HSUPA Happy Bit Information has been added to the HSPA Information screen.
AWGN Power
and External AWGN
Power
can now be 10 dB above or 20 dB below
Cell Power
or Cell 2 Power
, and can be within 20 dB of each other (previously
the limit was +/- 10 dB).Auto
setting is now the default value for the following
parameters:
Note, the default has thus also changed to
AUTO
for
the following GPIB commands: CALL:HANDoff:PCReconfig:CFNHandling
, CALL:HANDoff:TCReconfig:CFNHandling
and CALL:HANDoff:RBReconfig:CFNHandling
.
Maintain
is now the default value for the CM PCR Timing Indication (CFN
Handling) setting (and thus also for the
CALL:COMPressed:PCReconfig:CFNHandling
command).TCR
Info
and RBR
Info
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The E6703T can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703T onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703T meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.02.08 Release (E6703D) - July 2007 , with the following key exceptions:
Note that only the E6703U supports 7.2 Mbps HSDPA IP data throughput. The E6703T supports 3.6 Mbps HSDPA IP data throughput.
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The E6703D Release D.02 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.11.08 (see A.11.08 Release - July 2007 ).
Note that this Online User's Guide includes documentation for the following feature that is only available in the E6703E (which is available to W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract owners): Two-Cell Test System inter-RAT voice handovers.
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This is a Subscription Release of the E6703E application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the E.00.12 Subscription Release (E6703E) - April 2007 . However, this release does not require the new hardware that was necessary for the E.00.12 release. Contact your local Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
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The E6703U can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703U onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703U meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the E.00.12 Subscription Release (E6703E) - April 2007 , with the following key exceptions:
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This is a Subscription Release of the E6703E application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
E6703E E.00.12 has specific hardware requirements. You may need to upgrade the hardware in your test set before installing this release. Contact your local Keysight Sales Representative for more information, or visit:
Physical Channel
Reconfiguration
is performed while
transferring data on an HSDPA PS Data connection.System Handover
from the W-CDMA/HSDPA format to the GSM/GPRS/EGPRS
format fails if any of the following GSM/GPRS/EGPRS
format parameters are set as follows:
Transport
Channel Reconfiguration
fails and the
connection drops while TCR
Timing Indication (CFN Handling)
is
set to Maintain
and TCR Relative
DPCH Frame Offset
is set to 256
chips
(because, for example, your UE
does not support this functionality), subsequent
attempts to reestablish the connection may
then fail. You must change Default
DPCH Offset (DOFF)
(under Cell
Info
(F2 )>>Cell Parameters
) to a value other than the current setting,
then set it to the desired setting, then reestablish
the connection.PS
Data First HS-PDSCH Channelization Code
can now be set to 5 and 6 (the new range
is 5-10), and the default has been changed
to 5 (from 7).CALL:HSDPa:SERVice:PSData:HSPDschannel:CCODe
command has changed from CODE7
to CODE5
.Band
X
(BAND10
) and Standard
Bands
(SBANds
). The default has changed from Bands IV &
IX
to Standard
Bands
(and the default value for
the CALL[:CELL]:BCCHannel:SIB5:BIS
command has changed from BAND49
to SBANds
).MS TX Frequency Step
Values
now includes 2502.4 to 2567.6
MHz, and the range of the MS
RX Frequency Step Values
now includes
2622.4 to 2687.6 MHz). See Fast
Device Tune Measurement Description .
Note, the band VII functionality has specific
Hardware Requirements
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This is a maintenance release to resolve known issues. The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the T.01.12 Special Release (E6703T) - December 2006 .
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This is a maintenance release to resolve known issues. The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.01.12 Release (E6703D) - December 2006 .
http://www.keysight.com/find/8960upgrades
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The E6703T can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703T onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703T meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.01.12 Release (E6703D) - December 2006 , with the following key exceptions:
For information on how to use these E6703T features, see the "E6703T User Documentation" topic in the following CHM Help File (this CHM Help File also includes information on how to use the features that are common to the E6703D and E6703T):
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963_A10_E6703_D01_T01_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
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Note that the E6703D Release D.01 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E6703D Subscription Releases which were made available early to Annual Contract owners: D.00.08 Subscription Release (E6703D) - August 2006 and D.00.03 Subscription Release (E6703D) - April 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.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963_A10_E6703_D01_T01_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
128k UL/384k
DL PS
and 384k
UL/384k DL PS
. However, the 384k UL/384k DL PS
RAB is only accessible in the E6703T with
the appropriate hardware option. Attempting
to select this RAB in the E6703D causes an
error.CS/PS Domain
setting for CN Domain
allows establishing an HSDPA RB Test Mode
connection with the RMC placed on the CS domain
and the FRC placed on the PS Domain.CS/PS
Domain
HSDPA connections (see CN Domain ).HS-DPCCH
Trigger Source and associated
settings: HS-DPCCH Trigger
Subframe Alignment , HS-DPCCH
Trigger Slot Alignment , HS-DPCCH
Trigger Subslot Alignment , HS-DPCCH Measurement Step Interval
and HS-DPCCH Measurement
Step Count .Unable
to Cal: Power unstable
condition is
detected. See Inner Loop
Power Troubleshooting . Also, the re-ranging
algorithm has been improved to allow greater
robustness in detecting UE failures around
test set re-ranging periods.Trigger Arm
changed to 0 (single) for Loopback
BER
, Block
Error Ratio
and HSDPA
Block Error Ratio
measurements. See
SETup:WBERror:CONTinuous
, SETup:WBLerror:CONTinuous
and SETup:HBLerror:CONTinuous
. Behavior of full preset from the front panel
is unchanged (a front panel full preset still
sets Trigger
Arm
to Continuous
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This is a maintenance release to resolve known issues. The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.00.08 Subscription Release (E6703D) - August 2006 .
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The E6703T can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703T onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703T meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.00.08 Subscription Release (E6703D) - August 2006 , with the following key exceptions:
GPRS Radio Access
Bearer
s, 128k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
and 384k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
, are only accessible in
the E6703T with the appropriate hardware option.
Attempting to select these RABs in the E6703D
causes an error.For information on how to use these E6703T features, see the "E6703T User Documentation" topic in the following CHM Help File (this CHM Help File also includes information on how to use the features that are common to the E6703D and E6703T):
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E6703D_D0008.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
LAN IP Address
of the remote test set into the Ext
8960 IP Addr
field of the originating
test set. If you originate the connection
from an E703D application, the LAN
IP Address
of the originating test
set is then displayed in the Connected
Device IP Address
field of the remote
test set.Connected
Device IP Address
displayed on the
remote test set is the E703T test set's LAN IP Address 2
(rather than LAN
IP Address
). Regardless, do not enter
LAN IP Address
2
into the Ext
8960 IP Addr
field when connecting
to an E6703T test set; the External Device
Connection attempt will fail. You must always
enter the LAN
IP Address
into the Ext
8960 IP Addr
field._____________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703D application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E6703D_D0008.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The following known issues have been resolved in this release:
Current
Service Type
is reported as PS Data
rather than PS
Data - HSDPA
(and the CALL:STATus:SERVice:TYPe?
query returns GPRS
rather than PSDH
).User
Defined
, the test set will assert.
If your UE does not report a UE category upon
registering with the test set, set UE HS-DSCH Category Control
to Manual
and set Manual UE HS-DSCH
Category to your UE's category before
originating an HSDPA connection.Call
Control 2 of 5
(F2
). The Cell Information
menu includes the Cell
Parameters
menu, the new Reselection Parameters menu
and the new Access Restriction
Parameters menu. Note that the Cell
Reselection Parameters
menu includes
Sintersearch and Sintrasearch , which were
moved from the Cell
Parameters
menu.SIB11 Cell
Info List
settings:
The compressed mode feature now allows you to specify up to 4 TGPSs (Transmission Gap Pattern Sequences), versus just one. Each TGPS can have a different measurement purpose, and can include one or two transmission gap lengths. Compressed mode is also now available on all connection types and channel configurations (RMC, AMR, CS Data, PS Data) except 384k RMC and any 384k downlink channel (previously compressed mode was only available on a 12.2k RMC connection). Six compressed mode preset configurations have been added to help you easily configure compressed mode from the front panel. Three new GSM UE measurement results are now available.
Compressed Mode Parameters: Shared Compressed Mode Parameters
Compressed Mode Parameters: TGPS Parameters
First
TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).CALL:STATus:COMPressed:TGPSequence:ALL:STATe?
.First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
). These settings replace
the previous Compressed
Mode Measurement Purpose
setting
(however for backwards-compatibility the
CALL:COMPressed:MEASurement:TYPe
command is still available, now includes
GIBI
and GBR
, and can be used to set the First
TG Measurement Purpose (TGMP)
).First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).Transmission
Gap Starting Slot Number (TGSN)
, CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:TGSNumber
, has been expanded to: CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence([1]|2|3|4):TGSNumber
.CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:ALL:TGSNumber
<num value>, <num value>,
<num value>, <num value>
.First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).Transmission
Gap Pattern Length (TGPL)
, CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:TGPLength
, has been expanded to: CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence([1]|2|3|4):TGPLength
.CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:ALL:TGPLength
<num value>, <num value>,
<num value>, <num value>
.First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:TGLength
, has been expanded to: CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence([1]|2|3|4):TGLength[1]
.TG
Length 1 (TGL1)
for all of the
TGPSs: CALL:COMPressed:TGPSequence:ALL:TGLength[1]
<num value>, <num value>,
<num value>, <num value>
.First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).First
TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).First
TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).First TGPS
through Fourth
TGPS
).Starting
CFN
for an individual TGPS: CALL:FDDTest:COMPressed:TGPSequence([1]|2|3|4):SCFNumber
.Starting
CFN
for all of the TGPSs: CALL:FDDTest:COMPressed:TGPSequence:ALL:SCFNumber
<num value>, <num value>,
<num value>, <num value>
.Starting
CFN
, CALL:FDDTest:COMPressed:SCFNumber
, is still available and can be used to
set the First
TG Starting CFN
.GPRS Radio
Access Bearer
s previously only present
in the E6703T, 128k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
and 384k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
, are now present in
the GPRS Radio Access Bearer
menu of the E6703D. However, they are still
only accessible in the E6703T with the appropriate
hardware option. Attempting to select these
RABs in the E6703D causes an error.Call
Control 1 of 4
(F4
). The Paging
Parameters
menu includes Paging
IMSI
and the following settings which
were moved from the Cell
Parameters menu: CS Paging
Identity Type , TMSI
Assignment , TMSI
and Repeat Paging ._____________________________________________________________________________________________________
The E6703C Release C.04 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.09.06 (see A.09.06 Release - July 2006 ). The unique features of the E6703C Lab Application are indicated below.
A downloadable
version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File)
is available that is specific to this release, (however,
the CHM Help File also includes documentation for
the following HSDPA Packet Switched
Data parameters that are only available in the
E6703D: GPRS Radio Access Bearer
of 64k UL/HSDPA DL PS
, Current
Service Type of PS
Data - HSDPA
, PS Data First
HS-PDSCH Channel Code , HSDPA
DPCH 15 ksps (OVSF 256) Channelization Code
and PS Data HS-DSCH Configuration
Type settings):
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A09_E6703C_C04_D00_T00.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
NOTE |
CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel
have changed due to changes in 3GPP TS 25.101.
Some channels are no longer available. See
the Requirements information at CALL:CHANnel and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel:CHANnel
for more information.
Call Control 2
of 4
(F2
). The Cell
Information
menu includes the Cell Parameters
menu and the new Reselection
Parameters menu. The Reselection
Parameters
menu includes the following
settings which were moved from the Cell Parameters
menu: Sintersearch
and Sintrasearch
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This is a maintenance release to resolve known issues. The features offered in this release are identical to those offered in the T.00.02 Special Release (E6703T) - April 2006 .
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The E6703T can only be loaded onto an E5515C with Special High Data Rate Hardware (or a test set with the equivalent hardware upgrades). Loading the E6703T onto an E5515B or E5515C without the appropriate hardware upgrades will cause the test set to lock up.
Note, the Special High Data Rate Hardware required to support the E6703T meets the E6703D measurement parametric specifications in a temperature range of 25 °C +/- 5 °C, and has an operating temperature range of 0 to 35 °C.
The features and functionality offered in this release are identical to those offered in the D.00.03 Subscription Release (E6703D) - April 2006 , with the following key exceptions:
128k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
or 384k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
.For information on how to use these E6703T features, see the "E6703T User Documentation" topic in the following CHM Help File (this CHM Help File also includes information on how to use the features that are common to the E6703D and E6703T):
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E6703D_D0003.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The following E6703D known issues have been resolved in the E6703T:
OTA
graph results contain the MAC-hs throughput.User
Defined
, the test set will assert._____________________________________________________________________________________________________
This is a Subscription Release of the E6703D application. In order to provide early access to new features, this subscription release has been partially qualified. The new features present in this release have been bench-tested to verify their performance. The previously existing features in this release have undergone a shortened software qualification cycle to verify that they have not been negatively affected by the new features.
You must have a current W-CDMA/HSDPA Lab Application Annual Contract to obtain this Subscription Release. Contact your Keysight Sales Representative for more information.
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E6703D_D0003.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
Manual
Uplink DPCH Bc
and RB
Test Mode TCR Manual Uplink DPCH Bc
parameters can be set to 1, and a value
of 1 is signalled to the UE. However,
the underlying functionality to support
this configuration is not fully implemented
in the test set. As a result, connections
made in this configuration are unstable.Current
Service Type
is reported as
PS Data
rather than PS
Data - HSDPA
(and the CALL:STATus:SERVice:TYPe?
query returns GPRS
rather than PSDH
).Current
Sum of
Active HS-PDSCHs
value present
on the Generator
Information
screen is not updated.Conn
Desired
values on the Generator Information
screen always show a value of Off
, regardless of the HSDPA
Connected DL Channel Levels
.CQI Value
), throughput may drop to zero. If
ending and re-establishing the connection
does not solve the problem, you must
change your configuration so as to
lower HSDPA BLER.User
Defined
, the test set will assert.
If your UE does not report a UE category
upon registering with the test set, set
UE HS-DSCH Category Control
to Manual
and set Manual UE HS-DSCH
Category to your UE's category before
originating an HSDPA connection.NOTE |
CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel
have changed due to changes in 3GPP TS
25.101. Some channels are no longer available.
See the Requirements information at CALL:CHANnel and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel:CHANnel
for more information.
64k
UL/HSDPA DL PS
.PS
Data - HSDPA
.HSDPA
DPCH 15 ksps (OVSF 256) Channelization
Code
setting (see HSDPA/HSPA DL Channel
Codes ).NOTE |
CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel
have changed due to changes
in 3GPP TS 25.101. Some channels
are no longer available. See
the Requirements information
at CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel:CHANnel
for more information.
Uplink
Separation (Band)
setting).Handoff
Uplink Separation (Band)
setting)FDD
Test
operating mode (previously,
you could use the Default
DPCH Offset (DOFF)
setting
to control the DPCH Frame Offset in
FDD Test
mode; Default
DPCH Offset (DOFF)
is now only
available in active cell operating
mode).Network
Mode of Operation
is 1, which
is different from the fixed value
previously sent by the test set.Trigger
Source
is set to HS-DPCCH
, many new settings and results are
available.
Trigger
Source
range now includes
HS-DPCCH
.Transient
Period
setting.HS-DPCCH
Trigger Subframe Alignment
setting.HS-DPCCH
Trigger Slot Alignment
setting.HS-DPCCH
Trigger Subslot Alignment
setting.HS-DPCCH
Measurement Interval
setting.Thermal
Power Null Adjust
user calibration.
This calibration only affects the
Thermal
Power
measurement. Perform
this calibration once a month if you
are using the Thermal
Power
measurement.SYSTem:INSTrument:THERmal:POWer:NULL:ADJust?
(0 = success, 1 = failure)._____________________________________________________________________________________________________
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A0820_E6703C_C03_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703C Release C.03.11 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.08.09 and A.08.31 (see A.08.09 Release - August 2005 and A.08.31 Release - January 2006 ). The unique features of the E6703C Lab Application are indicated below.
NOTE |
CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel
have changed. Some channels are no
longer available. See the Requirements
information at CALL:CHANnel
and CALL:UPLink:CHANnel:CHANnel
for more information.
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A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A07_E6703C_C02_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703C Release C.02.25 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.07.25 (see A.07.25 Release - May 2005 ). The unique features of the E6703C Lab Application are indicated below.
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A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A06_E6703C_C01_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703C Release C.01.17 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.06.17 (see A.06.17 Release - January 2005 ). The unique features of the E6703C Lab Application are indicated below.
Calling
Party Number
(see Calling Party Number
Parameters ).Change
Of TFC
measurement (see
Change of TFC
(Transport Format Combination)
Measurement Description ).Out-of-Synch
Handling of Output Power
measurement (see Out-of-Synch
Handling of Output Power Measurement
Description ).Supports signal fading. For details, download the:
E5515C Fading Solution Application Guide
(available at http://cp.literature.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/1000-1894.pdf ).
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The E6703B Release B.01.34 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.05.33 (see A.05.33 Release - July 2004 ). The unique features of the E6703B Lab Application are indicated below.
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A0528_E6703B_B0129_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703B Release B.01.29 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.05.28 (see A.05.28 Release - April 2004 ). The unique features of the E6703B Lab Application are indicated below.
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1963A A.05.20, E6703B B.01.20 - April 2004
The functionality present in the B.01.16 release is identical to that in the B.01.14 release (see B.01.14 Release (E6703B) - January 2004 and GPIB Changes for E1963A A.05, E6703B B.01 - December 2003 ).
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A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A05_E6703B_B01_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703B Release B.01.14 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.05.14 (see A.05.14 Release - January 2004 ). The unique features of the E6703B Lab Application are indicated below.
Summary of GPIB command changes for this release: GPIB Changes for E1963A A.05, E6703B B.01 - December 2003
64k
PS UL/384k PS DL
GPRS
DPCH RAB (see Packet Switched
Data ).Call
Setup Screen
layout:
Call
Processing Status
area
includes new Soft
Handover State , Compressed Mode
State , and RRC State
.Soft
Handoff Information
screen only (no longer available
from main Call
Setup Screen
). See
UE Reported
Measurements and How Do I Order
and Retrieve UE Reported Measurement
Results? .Handoffs
menu._____________________________________________________________________________________________________
A downloadable version of the Online User's Guide (CHM Help File) that is specific to this release is available at:
http://www.home.keysight.com/upload/cmc_upload/All/E1963A_A04_E6703A_A02_Ref_Guide.chm
NOTE: To properly view the CHM Help File, you must save it to your desktop. For Windows XP, you must also then right-click on the file and select Properties>>Unblock.
The E6703A Release A.02.10 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.04.10 (see A.04.10 Release - July 2003 ). The unique features of the E6703A Lab Application are indicated below.
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The reference guide for this release is available at the following web location. Note, this is a 12.9 MB .pdf file.
http://cp.literature.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/1000-1864.pdf
These are the original features of the Keysight E6703A.
The E6703A Release A.01.20 includes all of the features and functionality present in the E1963A W-CDMA Test Application Release A.03.20 (see A.03.20 Release - February 2003 ). The unique features of the E6703A Lab Application are indicated below.
The E6703A Lab Application enables the test set to capture the exchange of control and data information between the test set and a UE (user equipment). Captured information is forwarded to a software application that runs on a personal computer under the Windows operating system.
The software application is referred to as the WPA (Wireless Protocol Advisor). It is tailored for the capture, display, and analysis of message exchange protocols between the test set (emulating a base station), and a UE.
The data channel feature allows you to use the test set as a router while you exchange data between the UE and remote servers.
The E6703A Lab Application includes two sectors which allow you to perform a soft handoff. The lab application also supports event reporting.