CHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PAR- the exclusive authority by which the U.S. TICULAR PURPOSE. KEYSIGHT SHALL NOT government may use, modify, distribute, or BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS OR FOR INCIDEN- Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Signal Generator for Sinusoidal Interference Signal Generator for System Clock Lightwave Measurement System DCA-X Oscilloscope DCA-M Oscilloscope Clock Recovery Equipment Configuration Recommended Setup using DCA-M Recommended Setup using DCA-X Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Set Result file Parameter Details Running the Jitter Conformance Test Jitter Performance Test Set Result file Parameter Details Running the Jitter Performance Test Fully Automated Jitter Tolerance Testing Index Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide Overview Optical Receiver Stress Test Solution for CPRI Fronthaul Networks — At a Glance System Description...
CPRI Fronthaul environment that are compliant with the following standards: Test Name Reference Standard 10GBASE-LR/ER/SR IEEE 802.3 2018 Clause 52 40GBASE-LR4/ER4 IEEE 802.3 2018 Clause 87 100GBASE-LR4/ER4 IEEE 802.3 2018 Clause 88 CPRI Specification V7.0 Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
BERT to generate electrical signal • an electrical-optical converter that modulates the optical signal from a fixed or tunable laser • a digital sampling oscilloscope required for calibration of the stressed Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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(random, BUJ and sinusoidal timing jitter, ISI and sinusoidal amplitude interference) at the data signal output. It uses a combination of built-in stress sources along with an external generator. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Additionally CPRI fronthaul networks generally run at slightly different line rates, e.g. CPRI option 10 bit rate is 24.33024 Gb/s instead of 25.78125 Gb/s. The N4917CPCA lets the user adjust the bit rate prior to a stressed eye calibration. Once you achieve the calibrated stressed eye, proceed to test an actual device (DUT).
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Overview Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide System Requirements For N4917CPCA Hardware and Software Requirements / 12 Supported Equipment / 14 Equipment Configuration / 18...
M8070A version 5.1 or later • M8070B version 6.0 or later N1010A FlexDCA Remote Access System • A.06.02 or later PC Interfaces • • Instrument Firmware Requirements M8020A J-BERT Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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• M8070A/B System Software as specified earlier 86100D DCA-X • FlexDCA version A.06.02 or later 8164B LMS • Ver.V5.25 or later 81490A/81491A Ref Tx • Ver.5.01 or later Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
E8257D PSG Analog Signal Generator up to 67 GHz or • N5173B EXG X-series Microwave Analog Signal Generator up to 40 GHz or • N5183B MXG X-series Microwave Analog Signal Generator up to 40 GHz or Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
The N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test recommended configurations are described below. For assistance with other variants of equipment configuration, contact your local Keysight technical support. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
System Requirements for N4917CPCA Recommended Setup using DCA-M Connect the equipment and cabling as shown in Figure Figure 2 Optical Receiver Stress Test Calibration with DCA-M Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
System Requirements for N4917CPCA Recommended Setup using DCA-X Connect the equipment and cabling as shown in Figure Figure 3 Optical Receiver Stress Test Calibration with DCA-X Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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8157xA • using an external tunable or fixed wavelength laser • using LAN connections to the pulse function generator and LMS mainframe Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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System Requirements for N4917CPCA Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test User Guide Concepts and Features of N4917CPCA Software Software concept and flow of Optical Receiver Test / 24 Parameter files / 30...
Jitter Conformance Test and the Jitter Performance Test. Reference Result file Stressed Eye Jitter Conformance Jitter Performance Measurement Test Test Figure 5 Using the Stressed Eye Calibration Results as reference Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
GUI prior to running the Stressed Eye Calibration. Stressed Eye Calibration This feature of the N4917CPCA software creates a stressed eye, based on the applicable standards, for stressed receiver sensitivity testing. Table 4 lists the setting and measurement parameters for Stressed Eye Calibration.
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As a prerequisite, you must run the Stressed Eye Calibration prior to running the Jitter Conformance Test. Table 2 lists the Setting and Measurement Parameters for Jitter Conformance Test: Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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As a prerequisite, you must run the Stressed Eye Calibration prior to running the Jitter Performance Test. Table 3 lists the Setting and Measurement Parameters for Jitter Performance Test: Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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SJ stop frequency (kHz) SJ number of frequency points Setting Parameters SJ amplitude (UI) Optical power (dBm) Data Polarity User entered BER Measurement Parameters User entered pass/fail (GO/NoGO) Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Parameter files. There are sub-folders for each supported standard: • 10GBASE • 40GBASE • 100GBASE Each sub-folder contains default parameters for each data lane/ wavelength/ reach. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Concepts and Features of N4917CPCA Software Stressed Receiver Sensitivity Specifications For reference, Table 4 lists the salient conditions required for stressed receiver sensitivity test. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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1311 1311 Lane L3 Nominal Wavelength 1309.14 1309.14 1331 1331 Stressed receiver sensitivity, OMA -6.8 -17.9 -9.6 -16.8 -10.3 -11.3 -7.5 Aggressor lane OMA -1.3 -13.4 -2.1 -9.8 Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
ERDelta[dB], 0.25 according to standard. ERAdj, True InitialVECPTgt[dB], InitialVECPDelta[dB], InitialVECPAdj, True VECPTgt[dB], VECPDelta[dB], VECPAdj, True J2Tgt[UIpp], J2Delta[UIpp], 0.01 J2Adj, True J9Tgt[UIpp], 0.47 J9Delta[UIpp], 0.04 J9Adj, True FinalOMA[dBm], -6.8 Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Sinusoidal interference input gain DCA_offset[dB], Offset for DCA average power measurement J2SignalType, J2 stressor signal PJ2Freq[MHz], 100.7 Frequency of 2nd periodic jitter PJ2AmpDef[UIpp], Starting value of PJ2 amplitude Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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1 = let DCA automatically set reference receiver bandwidth to ~ 75% of data bit rate RefRcvrBw[GHz], 19.34 DCA reference receiver bandwidth Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Concepts and Features of N4917CPCA Software Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test User Guide Using the N4917CPCA Software Starting the System Software / 38 Main GUI / 48 Stressed Eye Calibration / 50 Jitter Conformance Test / 67 Jitter Performance Test / 73 Fully Automated Jitter Tolerance Testing...
To launch the N4917CPCA Test Solution software, click Start. From the Start menu, click All Programs>Keysight N4917CPCA>Keysight N4917CPCA. The main window of the N4917CPCA software is displayed (see Figure Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Selecting a Standard for Optical Receiver Stress Test The N4917CPCA software supports different standards for optical receiver stress testing. Select the required standard from the Mode Selection drop-down list. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Figure 7 N4917CPCA Mode Selection Connecting to Equipment From the Setting menu select System Connection Check to enter the remote control addresses for each instrument to be controlled. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 8 N4917CPCA System Connection Check Instruments may need to be connected or discovered with Keysight IO NOTE Libraries Connection Expert before running the N4917CPCA Software. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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If either "w/o control" (i.e. manual control of instrument) or "not use" is selected then the contents of the VISA address box are not used and it can be left blank. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Start button to test the connections. Connection to each instrument will be verified and either shown as a pass or fail with error information. Figure 10 Successful System Connection Check Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Using the N4917CPCA Software System Performance Check Prior to running the N4917CPCA Test Solution software for the first time, or whenever equipment is re-configured, it is recommended to verify the intrinsic system performance. The System Performance Check ensures that all connections are correct and that the basic system performance is sufficient before running a stressed eye calibration.
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40GBASE/10GBASE configurations usually 0 to -0.5 dB of Post-cursor 1 is sufficient. Select the appropriate de-emphasis values and click the Set button to send to the hardware; observe the resulting optical waveform on the DCA. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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J9 results than the J2 results, since the J9 parameter is most sensitive to the addition of the other eye impairments. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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In the example shown below, the J2 margin: 300 mUI - J2 (mUI) [76 mUI] is less than the J9 margin: 470 mUI - J9 (mUI) [160 mUI]. Figure 13 Results of a System Performance Check Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Eye, Jitter Conformance and Jitter Performance—that define the functions performed by the software. Switch tabs to access each function. Figure 14 Parameter settings and Results area on main window Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Under each tab, you will commonly find that the left side of the window is an area to set parameters for measurements and the right side is an area that displays information and measurements results in the end. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Using the N4917CPCA Software Stressed Eye Calibration Set Parameter file and Result file Figure 15 Setting Parameter and Result file locations Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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The choice between PJ2 sinusoidal or RJ random jitter and BUJ, as well as the bit rate and DCA reference receiver bandwidth, can all be defined in the parameter file. There are default parameter files for each optical lane Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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25.78125 Gb/s or 18.25 GHz for 24.33024 Gb/s. If Ref Rcvr BW Coupling is set to OFF, then initially, the value from the last loaded parameter file will be used, and the user can edit this value in the N4917CPCA GUI prior to starting a stressed eye calibration.
For the 10GBASE standards, the selection is RJ or BUJ as there is no PJ2 NOTE component in the stressed eye for 10GBASE standards. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 18 Adjustment Parameters (PJ2) Figure 19 Adjustment Parameters (BUJ) Although interdependent, Table 5 indicates which adjustment parameter has the most effect on each measurement item. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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BUJ amplitude RJ amplitude Figure 20 Other Parameters (PJ2) Figure 21 Other Parameters (BUJ) Generally, there is no need to make any changes to the remaining parameters. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Additionally, you can select the BUJ Polynomial and Filter from this dialog. Figure 23 Selecting the signal kind and BUJ parameters BUJ amplitude and BUJ data rate can be edited in the main window. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Figure 25 Selecting bit rate DCA Reference Receiver Bandwidth: Select Ref Rcvr BW Coupling ON or OFF from the Setting menu. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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The value shown in the box may be updated shortly after a stressed eye calibration is started to reflect the automatically set DCA Reference Receiver Bandwidth. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Using the N4917CPCA Software Running the Stressed Eye calibration Click Start(S) to commence the Stressed Eye calibration. Figure 28 Main window Results area (PJ2) Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 29 Main window Results area (BUJ) Figure 30 Measurement results Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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During the stressed eye calibration, current values of adjustment parameters are also shown on the GUI. When the calibration has completed, the final values of the adjustment parameters are displayed, as shown in Figure 31 Figure Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Stressed eye calibration status messages During the stressed eye calibration, the lower part of the results area shows status messages and progress of the calibration, as shown in Figure Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
When a successful stressed eye calibration is achieved, the optical attenuator is adjusted to set the OMA to the level specified for DUT measurement and the data pattern is changed to PRBS31. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 35 Main window after Stressed Eye Calibration is complete (PJ2) Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 36 Main window after Stressed Eye Calibration is complete (BUJ) Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
CPRI radio equipment lane under test, and either BER or Clock frequency stability and noise measurements are performed. Figure 37 Example CPRI setup for running a stressed receiver sensitivity testing on a Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
The Jitter Conformance Test routine sets up the jitter frequency and amplitude for each test point. You must enter the BER value and make a judgment of whether the result is a pass (GO) or fail (NoGO). Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
The N4917CPCA Test Solution software automatically loads parameters from the most recent Stressed Eye Calibration. Click the Set file button and specify a Results file. Default location for the results files is C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\N4917CPCA\ Result\ Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
.csv format, consists of a simple list of SJ frequency and amplitude values as shown in Table Table 6 An example of Manual mode jitter frequency/amplitude list Frequency (kHz) Amplitude (UI) 1000 3000 10000 30000 100000 300000 0.15 Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
For each SJ frequency/amplitude test point, a dialog box appears where you must enter the BER value, read from the DUT, and decide on selecting either GO or NoGO for the test point. See Figure Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Figure 42 GO/NoGO dialog box with BER and judgment entered Click Next to proceed to the next SJ test point, or click Exit to abort the Jitter Conformance Test. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Results of the Jitter Conformance test are saved in the specified Results file. Figure 43 Jitter Conformance window after the test is complete Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
BER result and make a judgment of whether the result is a pass (GO) or fail (NoGO). Figure 44 Jitter Performance Test Window Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Stressed Eye Calibration. Click the Set file button and specify a Results file. Default location for the Results files is C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\N4917CPCA\ Result\ Parameter Details Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
Click Start(S) to commence the Jitter Performance Measurement. For each SJ frequency test point, a dialog box appears where you must enter the desired SJ amplitude value. See Figure Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Click Next. A dialog box appears where you must enter the BER value, read from the DUT, and decide on selecting either GO or NoGO for the test point. Figure 48 GO/NoGO Dialog Box for Enter SJ Amplitude Dialog Box Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Next Freq to proceed to the next SJ frequency. Figure 50 Enter new SJ Amplitude or proceed to the next SJ Frequency Dialog Results of the Jitter Performance test are saved in the specified Results file. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software Figure 51 Jitter Performance window after the test is complete Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
DUT. It has several additional features such as a choice of search algorithm, user definable BER depth, and so on. Figure 52 Jitter Tolerance Measurement System Results within M8070A software Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...
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Using the N4917CPCA Software For more information on the M8070A/B Jitter Tolerance measurement capabilities, refer to M8070A/B System Software for M8000 Series of BER Test Solutions User Guide. Keysight N4917CPCA Optical Receiver Stress Test for CPRI Fronthaul Networks User Guide...