Wireless Connectivity

Spirent (News - Alert) Communications, a provider of navigation, positioning and wireless test solutions, had just launched a wireless connectivity testing system -- Spirent GSS5300 --designed to address functional device testing needs of wireless devices.

Functional testing ensures the device has been correctly assembled and will operate in real world conditions. Spirent's GSS5300 allows rapid simultaneous functional testing of up to two wireless-enabled devices with multiple RF interfaces including Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Frequency Modulation (FM) and Near Field Communications (NFC) at service or repair centers.

Additionally, the robust system allows repeatable testing against full signaling conditions. It also gives users the ability to determine RF transmitter/receiver operation. The parallel testing approach allows customers to test multi-radio devices in a much shorter time, greatly improving manufacturing line throughput.

The wireless connectivity testing system also operates with the widely-used Spirent GNSS constellation simulators to test GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and QZSS technology. It can be used in conjunction with Spirent's new GSS6300M multi-GNSS simulator, which enables testing of fundamental GNSS receiver functionality including time to first fix, sensitivity and accuracy on the manufacturing line.

"We expect the GSS5300 system to be deployed on the manufacturing lines of the future to support the ever growing complexity of wireless devices," said John Pottle, marketing director at Spirent's positioning technology line of business, in a statement. "Spirent's GSS5300 provides a new approach, replacing the existing parametric method that is becoming over-complex, slow and outdated for testing wireless connectivity technologies."

In another related development in the industry, TMCnet reported that HUBER+SUHNER, a Swiss company that specializes in wireless connectivity solutions, has revealed tat its FTTA system solutions are being deployed at major North American phone giants and major vendors including Ericsson (News - Alert) and Nokia Siemens Network.

FTTA technology allows for the send-receive electronic to be installed directly below the antennas on the mast. In previous installations, the send-receive electronic was housed in cabinets on the ground.

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Edited by Jamie Epstein