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E6701I GSM/GPRS and

E6704A EGPRS Lab Applications
For the 8960 (E5515C/E) Wireless
Communications Test Set

Technical Overview

Combining the benefits of GSM/GPRS/EGPRS network

emulation with Agilent’s global leadership in analysis
technologies, the E5515C/E test set and the E6701I lab
application provide mobile development engineers with
a single desktop instrument – helping you get better
devices to market sooner.
Develop, integrate, and
validate high data rate EGPRS
UE’s
With the E6701I/E6704A GSM/GPRS/
EGPRS lab application, developers have
the only instrument available providing
a systematic approach to root-cause
analysis of high throughput issues
in the mobile protocol stack; from
decoded L1 to IP.

Test all the critical RF

parameters
The E6701I provides flexible
measurements including:
• Transmit power (TxP)
• Power vs time (PvT),
• Phase and amplitude vs time (PAvT)
• RF output spectrum (ORFS)
• Error vector magnitude (EVM)
• Bad frame indicator (BFI)
• FACCH frame erasure rate (FER)
• All the connections types required
to fully analyze and debug your
mobile device RF characteristics

Quick-turn just about any design

change
With support for voice, video, short mes-
sage service (SMS), multi-media messag-
ing service (MMS), cell broadcast SMS
(CBSMS), circuit-switched data, packet
data call connections, DTM, multiple and
secondary PDP contexts, design changes
in anything from RF to TCP can be quickly
validated with a complete regression test
of mobile functions right at your desk.

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Helping You Get Your Job Done Faster
Fast and flexible signaling –
with you in control of net-
work operations
Our network emulation is designed to
make connecting calls fast and simple
– and give you choices. We have pulled
some of the most commonly requested
parameters up from the protocol stack,
providing many different connection
scenarios without requiring you to
fully understand the 3GPP stack and a
complex scripting language. The E6701I
delivers the control you need to get
your job done faster.

The world’s wireless

applications brought right to
your fingertips
Agilent lab applications bring testing
and tuning end-user applications right
to your desk – without limiting how far
your device may search when looking
for real content. With our industry-
leading SMS/MMS/cell broadcast
messaging capabilities, push-to-talk
over cellular, and blazing fast packet
connections to the Internet over RF,
you have the capability to test most
mobile applications fully without
leaving your office.

Developing more than just

GSM/GPRS/EGPRS devices?
Just hook it up and go!
If your development needs go beyond
GSM/GPRS/EGPRS, with additional
firmware that same box on your desk
can connect calls from AMPS to HSPA+
and everything in between. What’s more,
Agilent leads the industry in support of
2G and 3G solutions for 1xEV-DO and
W-CDMA/HSPA. Contact your Agilent
sales engineer to learn how the E5515C/E
test set gives you the flexibility to adapt
quickly to emerging standards and
technologies.

Get started with the GSM/GPRS/EGPRS

lab applications today at;
www.agilent.com/find/8960manuals
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Find Design Issues Earlier, Resolve Them Faster
Functional test analysis
Reduce development and verification
cycle time by systematically engaging
mobile device layers “up the stack” to
find design problems early―before they
are found by your customers.
Validate a phone’s data throughput
capability while using SMS, MMS, data
transfer, video, PoC, WAP, email, or
other services.
Drive down defect resolution cost by
finding complex hardware, protocol,
and application related issues that are
specific to how the phone will function
on the network, early in the design cycle.

All this for a price that is significantly

less than traditional script-based test
equipment.

Base station emulation

From basic network settings like
country code and cell ID, lab application
variables for network emulation extend
into such things as network operating
mode, TMSI assignment, authentication,
neighbor list management, and PDP
context rejection, giving you the
flexibility you need.

The pulse of mobile/network

interactions
Wireless protocol advisor software gives
you all messages for the mobile and
network from MAC layer all the way to
IP! Triggering and filtering functionality
lets you set up troublesome scenarios,
such as intermittent failures. That means
you can begin the scenario on Friday and
come back Monday morning to a bounded
and focused protocol log of exactly what
happened surrounding the particular
issue.

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E6701 Family of Lab Supplemental characteristics are
intended to provide typical, but non-
Electrical safety:
Complies with CAN/CSA 22.2 No.
Applications warranted, performance parameters 61010-1-04, UL Std. 61010-1 (2nd
that may be useful in applying the Edition), and IEC 61010-1 (2nd Edition)
E6701I is our latest application release instrument. These characteristics
for the industry leading call box and are shown in italics and labeled as EMI:
the right choice for R&D engineers “typical” or “supplemental.” All units Conducted and radiated interference
needing world-class functionality in a shipped form the factory meet these meets CISPR-11, susceptibility meets
single instrument. The E6701I added typical numbers at +25 °C ambient IEC 1000-4-2, 1000-4-3, and 1000-4-4
several new capabilities including temperature without including
LTE/2G interRAT handover. measurement uncertainty. Radiated leakage due to RF generator:
Typically < 2.5 µV induced in a resonant
E6701I with E6720A-001 is our dipole antenna one inch from any
emerging high-performance application. surface except the underside and
This is designed for engineers who rear panel at set RF generator output
need early access to leading-edge General Specifications frequency and output level of -40 dBm
technologies.
Dimensions: Spurious leakage:
This application also supports (H x W x D): 8.75 x 16.75 x 24.63 inches Typically < 5 µV induced in a resonant
baseband fading with the N5106A (222 x 426 x 625 mm), 7 rack spaces high dipole antenna one inch from any
PXB baseband generator and channel surface except the underside and rear
Weight: panel at frequencies other than the RF
emulator. This functionality requires 66 lbs (30 kg)
hardware options E5515E-004, or generator output frequency and output
E5515C-003 and 004. Display: level of -40 dBm
10.5 inches (26.7 cm), active matrix, Power consumption:
For a complete comparison of our color, liquid crystal Typically 400 to 450 W continuous
8960 GSM/GPRS/EGPRS products
please see http://wireless.agilent. Manual user interface:
com/rfcomms/news/files/E1968A_ Traditional front panel type or remote
E6701x_Feature%20Comparison- computer driven with graphical UI
current.pdf
LAN (local area network) port:
LAN 1 port (for firmware upgrades
only): RJ-45 connector, 100 Mbps

Technical Specifications LAN 2 port (for high data throughput):

RJ-45 connector, 100 Mbps (for
These specifications apply to an E5515 E5515C) or 1000 Mbps (for E5515E)
mainframe with Option 002 installed
when used with the latest shipping LAN 3 port (for future use): RJ-45
version of the E6701I lab application. connector, 1000 Mbps

The above application also includes Operating conditions:

functionality described within the 0 to +55 °C, 30 g/m3 absolute humidity
latest shipping version of E1968A (95%/+32 °C, 28%/+55 °C relative
GSM/GPRS/EGPRS test application humidity)
with firmware. Please refer to the
E1968A data sheet for details and Storage conditions:
specifications for all functionality -20 to +70 °C, 50 g/m3 absolute humidity,
covered within the E1968A at non-condensing (90 %/+65 °C relative
humidity)
http://www.agilent.com/find/E1968A
Power:
Specifications describe the test set’s 88 to 135 Vac, 193 to 269 Vac, 50 to
warranted performance and are valid 60 Hz, typically 550 VA maximum
for the unit’s operation within the
Calibration interval:
stated environmental ranges unless
2 years
otherwise noted.

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Published in USA, March 5, 2012
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