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Agilent Technologies 8960 Series 10 Wireless Communications Test Set Manual Operation: Getting Started Guide AMPS/136 Mobile Test Application E1961A Revision: A.05 cdma2000 Mobile Test Application E1962B Revision: B.02 GPRS Mobile Test Application E1964A Revision: A.02 GSM Mobile Test Application E1960A Revision: A.08 GSM_AMPS/136_GPRS Mobile Test Application (fast switching) E1985A Revision: A.02...
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS This instrument is intended for indoor use in an installation category II, pollution degree 2 environment. It is designed to operate at a maximum relative humidity of 95% and at altitudes of up to 2000 meters. Refer to the specifications tables for the ac mains voltage requirements and ambient operating temperature range.
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Manufacturer’s Declaration This statement is provided to comply with the requirements of the German Sound Emission Directive, from 18 January 1991. This product has a sound pressure emission (at the operator position) < 70 dB(A). • Sound Pressure Lp < 70 dB(A). •...
AMPS/136 Mobile Test Application AMPS/136 Mobile Test Application S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? A. Establish a call. 1. Press the blue key. SHIFT 2. Press the green key. PRESET 3. Connect the mobile to the RF IN/OUT port. 4.
How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? B. Select measurements. The gray boxes indicate that the measurement is being made, but the results are not being These black boxes indicate that adjacent channel power measurement results are being displayed in the lower measurement window, and frequency modulation measurement...
How Do I Change Measurement Setup? How Do I Change Measurement Setup? A. Select a measurement. 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight a measurement to setup (the measurement must already be enabled) and press the knob. B. Set up the measurement. 1.
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How Do I Change Measurement Setup? 2. Highlight a parameter and press the knob. 3. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. For statistical measurement results, change the Multi-Measurement NOTE Count parameter from Off to a number >1. 4.
How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight the measurement you want to turn off. 3. Press the Close Measurement ( ) key. 4. Press the Close Menu ( ) key.
How Do I Change Call Parameters? How Do I Change Call Parameters? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. On the Call Parms menu (1 of 2) press 3. Enter a value or highlight a selection and press the knob. 4.
How Do I Change Cell Parameters? How Do I Change Cell Parameters? Cell parameters specify the information sent to the mobile to identify the cell and to tell the mobile to report mobile assisted handoff (MAHO) information. 1. Press the key.
How Do I Change the MS TX Level? How Do I Change the MS TX Level? There are two ways to change the MS TX Level: A. Change level immediately B. Change level during a handoff Both are explained below. A.
How Do I Change the MS TX Level? B. Change the MS TX level during a handoff. 1. On Call Control menu, press the Call/Handoff Setup ( ) key. 2. Select and change the MS TX Level. 3. If you press the Execute Handoff ( ) key, the digital MS TX level changes.
How do I Perform a Handoff? How do I Perform a Handoff? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the Call/Handoff Setup ( ) key. 3. Select the type of channel to hand off to (AVC or DTC). 4. Change the various parameters for the AVC or DTC. 5.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? A. Configure instrument information and setup. Test Application Revision 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Instrument Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? B. Set amplitude offsets. 1. On the Configuration Summary Screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset ) key. 2. On the RF IN/OUT Amplitude Offset screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? C. Check the message log. 1. Press the Message Log ( ) key and view the message log. 2. Press theReturn to Utilities ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\is136_gen_op_overview_sys_config.fm...
How Do I End a Call? How Do I End a Call? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the End Call ( ) key, or end the call from the mobile. 3. Check for Idle in the Active Cell Status: field. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements The following step-by-step procedures explain how to perform specific measurements available on the AMPS/136 Test Application. A detailed description of each measurement is given in the Reference information on the documentation CD-ROM and at the Agilent 8960 support website (www.agilent.com/find/8960support). Setup parameters for each measurement are assumed to be set to their default (full preset) values unless otherwise stated.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Digital Transmit Power This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 1. Establish a call with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Digital Transmit Power measurement. 4.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Modulation Accuracy This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 1. Establish a call with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Modulation Accuracy measurement. 4.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Adjacent Channel Power This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 1. Establish a call with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Adjacent Channel Power measurement. 4.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Bit Error Ratio This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on a digital traffic channel in DTC Test mode. 1. Establish a call on a digital traffic channel in test mode. a. Set the test set’s Operating Mode ( ) to DTC Test.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring IQ Tuning This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on a digital traffic channel. 1. Establish a call on a digital traffic channel. If the mobile is configured in test mode, which is typically the case for this measurement, use the following steps: a.
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AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements 9. Change the settings on the mobile to transmit a repeating pattern of 10 (10, 10, 10,...). The results are displayed on the IQ Tuning screen. Notice that when the mobile is transmitting a repeating pattern of 10 the carrier offset is at -3037.50 Hz. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\is136_man_measurements.fm...
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Analog Transmit Power This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on an analog voice channel (AVC). 1. Establish a call with the mobile on an analog voice channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Frequency Stability This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on an analog voice channel (AVC). 1. Establish a call with the mobile on an analog voice channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Frequency Stability measurement. 4.
AMPS/136 Mobile Measurements Measuring Frequency Modulation This measurement can only be performed with the mobile on an analog voice channel (AVC). 1. Establish a call with the mobile on an analog voice channel. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Frequency Modulation measurement. 4.
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How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile Station? How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile Station? A. Establish a call. 1. Connect the mobile station to the Test Set. 2. Make a call (see “How Do I Set Up a Call?” on page 52).
How Do I Change the Measurement Setup? How Do I Change the Measurement Setup? A. Select a measurement. 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight a measurement to set up and press the knob. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I Change the Measurement Setup? B. Set up the measurement. 1. Press the key. MEASUREMENT 2. Press the Control ( ) key to display the measurement’s setup menu. 3. Highlight a parameter and press the knob. 4. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. NOTE For statistical measurement results, highlight the Multi-Measurement Count parameter and press the ON key.
How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Use the knob to highlight the measurement you want to turn off. 3. Press Close Measurement ( 4. Press Close Menu ( S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I Set Up a Call? How Do I Set Up a Call? • “How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call?” on page 52 • “How Do I Set Up an IS-95 Call?” on page 54 How Do I Set Up an IS-2000 Call? The Call Parms keys and Call Control keys provide access to the parameters needed to set up a call.
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How Do I Set Up a Call? 6. Press the FCH Service Option Setup ( ) key and set the service option for the radio configurations you plan on testing. SO55 (Service Option 55) is not supported by some mobile stations. If NOTE your mobile station does not support SO55 calls cannot be connected, and you will need to select one of the other loopback or echo service...
How Do I Set Up a Call? How Do I Set Up an IS-95 Call? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the Operating Mode ( ) key and set the operating mode to Active Cell. 3. Press the System Type ( ) key and select IS-95.
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How Do I Set Up a Call? 11.Make a mobile station originated call (by entering a phone number and pressing SEND on the mobile station handset), or wait for the mobile station to perform a power up registration and press the Originate Call ( ) key.
How Do I Change Call Parameters? How Do I Change Call Parameters? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. On the Call Parms menu (1 of 2) press any key. 3. Highlight a selection and press the knob. Enter a value. 4.
How Do I Change Cell Information? How Do I Change Cell Information? There are three types of cell information: cell parameters, access parameters, and registration parameters. A. Set cell parameters. 1. Select the Cell Parameters menu. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2.
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How Do I Change Cell Information? 2. Set a cell parameter. 1. Turn the knob to highlight a parameter and then press the knob. 2. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. 3. Press the Close Menu ( ) key.
How Do I Change Cell Information? B. Set access parameters. 1. Select the Access Parameters menu. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the key. More 3. Press the Cell Info ( ) key. 4. Press the Access Parameters ( ) key.
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How Do I Change Cell Information? 2. Set an access parameter. 1. Turn the knob to highlight a parameter and then press the knob. 2. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. 3. Press the Close Menu ( ) key.
How Do I Change Cell Information? C. Set registration parameters. 1. Select the Registration Parameters menu. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the key. More 3. Press the Cell Info ( ) key. 4. Press the Registration Parameters ( ) key.
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How Do I Change Cell Information? 2. Set a registration parameter. 1. Turn the knob to highlight a parameter and then press the knob. 2. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. 3. Press the Close Menu ( ) key.
How Do I Change Code Channel Levels? How Do I Change Code Channel Levels? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the key. More 3. Press the Generator Info ( ) key. 4. Press the Code Channel Parameters ) key. 5.
How Do I Perform a Handoff? How Do I Perform a Handoff? 1. On the Call Setup screen, press the Call/Handoff Setup ( ) key. 2. Highlight the Handoff System Type parameter and select the desired system. 3. Highlight the Handoff Cell Band parameter and select the desired band. 4.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? A. Configure instrument information and setup. Test Application Revision 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Instrument Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? B. Set amplitude offsets. 1. On the Configuration Summary screen (not shown), press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset ( ) key. 2. On the RF IN/OUT Amplitude Offset screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? C. Check message log. 1. From any System Config screen, press the Message Log ( ) key and view the message log. 2. Press the Return ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I End a Call? How Do I End a Call? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the End Call ( ) key, or end the call from the mobile. 3. Check for Idle in the Active Cell status field. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures cdma2000 Measurement Procedures The following step-by-step procedures explain how to manually perform specific measurements available on the cdma2000 Test Application. A detailed description of each measurement is given in the Reference information on the documentation CD-ROM and at the Agilent 8960 support website (http://www.agilent.com/find/8960support/).
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Waveform Quality Each waveform quality measurement returns a number of measurements which includes rho. 1. Select the Waveform Quality/Code Domain measurement (see “B. Select measurements.” on page 48). A typical display is shown below. 2. Set up the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation (see “B.
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Handoff Waveform Quality Each waveform quality measurement returns a number of measurements which includes rho. These measurements can be made only when one of the following radio configurations (see “How Do I Set Up a Call?” on page 52) is selected: •...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Digital Average Power 1. Select the Digital Average Power measurement (see “B. Select measurements.” on page 48). A typical display is shown below. 2. Press the Digital Average Power Setup ( ) key. 3. Set up the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation (see “B.
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Channel Power 1. Select the Channel Power measurement (see “B. Select measurements.” on page 48). A typical display is shown below. 2. Set up the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation (see “B. Set up the measurement.” on page S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Access Probe Power 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the End Call key ( 3. Select the Access Probe Power measurement (see “B. Select measurements.” on page 48). 4. Press the Register Mobile key ( ).
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cdma2000 Measurement Procedures 10.Press the Originate Call key ( ). Wait for the Access Probe call status indication in the Active Cell field below the measurement window. A typical display is shown below. 11.Turn off call limiting. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Frame Error Rate (FER) 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Select the Frame Error Rate measurement. 3. Press the Frame Error Rate Setup ( ) key. A typical display is shown below. 4. Set up the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring TDSO (Test Data Service Option) Frame Error Rate (FER) 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. If a call is currently connected, press the End Call key ( 3. Press the Radio Config key ( 4. Select one of the following radio configurations: •...
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cdma2000 Measurement Procedures 14.Press the TDSO FER Setup ( ) key. 15.Set up the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\cdma2000_gen_op_overview_man_measurements.fm...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Code Domain Power and Code Domain Power + Noise These measurements can be made only when one of the following radio configurations (see “How Do I Set Up a Call?” on page 52) is selected: • (Fwd3, Rvs3) •...
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cdma2000 Measurement Procedures 2. Press the Code Domain Power ( ) key. A typical display is shown below. The red bars indicate power levels The yellow bars indicate noise levels 3. Press the Graph Control key ( ). Change the value in the Limit field. Note that both green lines, indicating the I and Q channel noise limits, move together.
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cdma2000 Measurement Procedures The red bars indicate power levels The yellow bars indicate noise levels 6. Return to the numeric Rho display at any time by pressing the Numeric Rho key S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Code Channel Time/Phase Error These measurements can be made only when one of the following radio configurations (see “How Do I Set Up a Call?” on page 52) is selected: • (Fwd3, Rvs3) • (Fwd4, Rvs3) •...
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring Gated Power These measurements can be made only when one of the following radio configurations (see “How Do I Set Up a Call?” on page 52) is selected: • (Fwd1, Rvs1) • (Fwd2, Rvs2) 1. Select the Gated Power measurement (see “B.
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Measuring TX Spurious Emissions 1. Select the Tx Spurious Emissions measurement (see “B. Select measurements.” on page 48). A typical display is shown below. 2. Press the Graph ( ) key. NOTE Press the Numeric ( ) key if you want to return to Tx Spurious Emissions measurement results displayed in tables.
cdma2000 Measurement Procedures Related Topics Refer to Product Note 5988-1989EN Multi-Coded Waveform Quality and Code Domain Measurements for cdma2000 for more information about Code Domain Power measurements. This is located on the web or CDROM under Technical notes. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
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GPRS Mobile Test Application GPRS Mobile Test Application S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\ch_GPRS.fm...
How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? A. Establish a data connection. 1. Press the blue key. SHIFT 2. Press the green key. Preset 3. Connect the mobile. 4. Turn the mobile on and wait for Attached in the Active Cell: field. NOTE For mobiles that don’t perform GPRS attach automatically, set the mobile to data mode.
How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? B. Select measurements. The gray boxes indicate that the measurement is being made, but the results are not being displayed. These black boxes indicate that phase and frequency error measurement results are being displayed in the lower measurement window, and bit error measurement results...
How Do I Change Measurement Setup? How Do I Change Measurement Setup? A. Select a measurement. 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight a measurement to set up and press the knob. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\GPRS_gen_op_overview_meas_setup.fm...
How Do I Change Measurement Setup? B. Set up the measurement. 1. Press the measurement’s setup ( ) key. 2. Highlight a parameter and press the knob. 3. Enter a value or make a selection and press the knob. NOTE For Statistical measurement results, change the Multi-Measurement Count parameter from Off to a number >1.
How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight the measurement you want to turn off. 3. Press the Close Measurement ( ) key. 4. Press the Close Menu ( ) key.
How Do I Change Call Parameters? How Do I Change Call Parameters? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP When the mobile is transferring data (Active Cell: field is NOTE Transferring) some call parameters cannot be changed. 2. On the Call Parms menu (1 of 4) press 3.
How Do I Change Cell Parameters? How Do I Change Cell Parameters? NOTE You can only change two cell parameters - 3 Digit MNC for PCS1900 and Guard Period Length. Other cell parameters such as MCC, MNC, and LAC are fixed. To change the 3 digit MNC for PCS1900 the cell must be set to off by pressing the key, then Operating CALL SETUP...
How Do I Change Cell Parameters? B. Set a cell parameter. 1. Highlight a parameter and press the knob. 2. Enter a value or selection and press the knob. 3. Press the Close Menu ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I Perform a Handover? How Do I Perform a Handover? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the Handover Setup ( ) key. 3. Change the various parameters, for example Traffic Band. 4. Press the Handover Execute ( ) key to complete the handover, or press the Close Menu ( ) key to abort the handover.
How Do I Change the MS TX Level? How Do I Change the MS TX Level? There are two ways to change the MS TX Level: A. Change the level immediately B. Change the level during a handover Both are explained below. A.
How Do I Change the MS TX Level? B. Change the MS TX level during a handover. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. On Control menu, press the Handover Setup ( ) key. 3. Select and change the MS TX Level. 4.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? A. Configure instrument information and setup. Test Application Revision 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Instrument Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? B. Set amplitude offsets. 1. On the Configuration Summary screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset ( key. 2. On the RF IN/OUT Amplitude Offset screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? C. Check the message log. 1. Press the Message Log ( ) key and view the message log. 2. Press the Return ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
How Do I End the Data Connection? How Do I End the Data Connection? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the End Data Connection ( ) key, or end the data connection from the mobile. 3. To ensure the data connection has ended check for Attached in the Active Cell: field.
GPRS Mobile Measurements GPRS Mobile Measurements The following step-by-step procedures explain how to perform specific measurements available on the GPRS Test Application. A detailed description of each measurement is given in the Reference information on the documentation CD-ROM and at the Agilent 8960 support website (http://www.agilent.com/find/8960support/).
GPRS Mobile Measurements Measuring Transmit Power 1. Connect the mobile. 2. Turn the mobile on and wait for Attached in the Active Cell: field. Note: For mobiles that don’t perform a GPRS attach automatically, set the mobile to data mode. 3.
GPRS Mobile Measurements Measuring Power versus Time This measurement procedure assumes that your mobile supports two NOTE adjacent uplink timeslots. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the key (bottom right) to obtain the Call Parms (3 of 4) screen. More 3.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements 14.Press the Close Menu ( ) key. A typical summary results screen is shown above. 15.Press the Return ( ) key. 16.Press the Change View ( ) key. 17.Press the Burst 1 numeric Results ( ) key to view the offset measurement results for burst 1.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements A typical numeric measurement results screen for offsets is shown above. 18.Press the Burst 2 numeric Results ( ) key to view the offset measurement results for burst 2. 19.Press the Graph ( ) key to access the full graph view of the two adjacent uplink bursts.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Pass/Fail indicators for each section of the uplink bursts Overall Pass/Fail indicator A typical full graph view of two adjacent uplink bursts is shown above. Two types of pass/fail results are provided: • An overall measurement pass/fail indicator is positioned in the bottom left corner of the display: —...
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GPRS Mobile Measurements • Individual pass/fail indicators are provided for each section of the mask. On the display, text labels corresponding to the following sections change color to indicate a pass or fail (green indicates a pass; red indicates a fail): —...
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GPRS Mobile Measurements control a marker or change axis values by pressing the Graph Control ( ) key. Marker signal level and position along the x-axis Marker indicator A typical graph view of the falling edge of burst 2 is shown above. You can access this view by pressing the Burst 2 Views ( ) key then the Falling Edge ( key.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Power versus Time Graph Menus (one uplink burst) S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Power versus Time Graph Menus (two uplink bursts) S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gprs_man_measurements.fm...
GPRS Mobile Measurements Measuring Phase and Frequency Error 1. Connect the mobile. 2. Turn the mobile on and wait for Attached in the Active Cell: field. Note: For mobiles that don’t perform a GPRS attach automatically, set the mobile to data mode. 3.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements 9. Press the Graph ( ) key to access the peak phase error graph. A typical peak phase error graph is shown above. The marker can be turned on by pressing the Graph Control ( ) key then the Marker Position ( ) key.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Phase and Frequency Error Graph Menus S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
GPRS Mobile Measurements Measuring Output RF Spectrum 1. Connect the mobile. 2. Turn the mobile on and wait for Attached in the Active Cell: field. Note: For mobiles that don’t perform a GPRS attach automatically, set the mobile to data mode. 3.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements The measurement results for the first eight positions in the ORFS due to modulation table are displayed. You can view the results for the remaining 14 positions by pressing the Modulation Numeric 2 of 3 ( ) key or the Modulation Numeric 3 of 3 ( ) key.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements 16.Press the Graph ( ) key then the Modulation ( ) key to access the ORFS due to modulation bar graph. Center frequency Frequency offsets A typical ORFS due to modulation graph is shown above. On the display, the bar representing each offset is shown in yellow and the center frequency is indicated by a red vertical line.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements In this case, the marker is turned on and positioned at the 600 kHz offset. The signal level and frequency of the offset where the marker is positioned, are shown at the top of the display above the graph. The marker can be turned on by pressing the Graph Control ( ) key then the Marker Position (...
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Output RF Spectrum Graph Menus S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gprs_man_measurements.fm...
GPRS Mobile Measurements Measuring Bit Error To make bit error measurements your mobile must be fitted with a Test NOTE SIM card and have ETSI Type B connection capability. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the key (bottom right) to obtain the Call Parms (3 of 4) screen. More 3.
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GPRS Mobile Measurements Measurement Timeout = 13.0 s Observe how reducing the cell power affects the bit error ratio. A typical bit error ratio measurement result is shown above. To see the effect of cell power on the bit error ratio, press the Cell Power ( ) key on the Call Parms (1 of 3) screen and slowly reduce the power while observing the Bit Error display.
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How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? A. Establish a call. 1. Press the blue key. SHIFT 2. Press the green key. Preset 3. Connect the mobile. 4. Turn on the mobile and wait for it to camp. NOTE If the mobile does not camp check that it is using the test set default PGSM cell band.
How Do I Make Measurements on a Mobile? B. Select measurements. These black boxes indicate that transmit power measurement results are being displayed in the lower measurement window, and phase and frequency error measurement results are being displayed in the upper measurement window.
How Do I Change a Measurement’s Setup? How Do I Change a Measurement’s Setup? A. Select a measurement. 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight a measurement to set up and press the knob. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gen_op_overview_meas_setup.fm...
How Do I Change a Measurement’s Setup? B. Set up the measurement. 1. Press the measurement’s setup key ( 2. Highlight a parameter and press the knob. 3. Enter a value or make a selection and press the knob. For statistical measurement results, change the Multi-Measurement NOTE Count parameter from Off to a number >1.
How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? How Do I Turn Off a Measurement? 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Highlight the measurement you want to turn off. 3. Press the Close Measurement ( ) key. 4. Press the Close Menu ( key.
How Do I Change Call Parameters? How Do I Change Call Parameters? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press , or 3. Enter a value or highlight a selection and press the knob. 4. Press the key for additional call parameters. More NOTE For a dual-band handover, change the Traffic Band selection (Call...
How Do I Change Cell Parameters? How Do I Change Cell Parameters? A. Select the Cell Parameters menu. 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the Cell Info ( ) key. 3. Press the Cell Parameters ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gen_op_overview_cell_parms.fm...
How Do I Change Cell Parameters? B. Set a cell parameter. • To change “network” cell parameters: 1. Highlight Cell Activated State and press the knob. 2. Set Cell Activated State to Off. (Highlight Off and press the knob.) 3. Set network cell parameter to the desired value. (Highlight the parameter, press the knob, enter a value, and press the knob.) 4.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? A. Configure instrument information and setup. Test Application Revision 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Instrument Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? B. Set amplitude offsets. 1. On the Configuration Summary screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset ( key. 2. On the RF IN/OUT Amplitude Offset screen, press the RF IN/OUT Amptd Offset Setup ( ) key.
How Do I Configure the Test Set for My Test System? C. Check the message log. 1. Press the Message Log ( ) key and view the message log. 2. Press the Return ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gen_op_overview_config_testset.fm...
How Do I End a Call? How Do I End a Call? 1. Press the key. CALL SETUP 2. Press the End Call ( ) key, or end the call from the mobile. 3. Check for Idle in the Active Cell Status: field. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
GSM Mobile Measurements GSM Mobile Measurements The following step-by-step procedures explain how to perform specific measurements available on the GSM Test Application. A detailed description of each measurement is given in the Reference information on the documentation CD-ROM and at the Agilent 8960 support website (http://www.agilent.com/find/8960support/).
GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Transmit Power 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Transmit Power measurement. 4. Press the Transmit Power Setup ( ) key. 5. Set the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation, including: Measurement Timeout = 5.0 s Mobile’s reported...
GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Power versus Time 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Power vs Time measurement. 4. Press the Power vs Time Setup ( )key. 5. Press the Measurement Setup ( )key.
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GSM Mobile Measurements The displayed screen shows whether the burst is within the Mask (Pass or Fail), broad-band carrier Transmit Power, the Upper Limit Margin, and the Lower Limit Margin. 10.Press the Return to PvT Control ( ) key. 11.Press the Change View ( ) key.
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GSM Mobile Measurements A typical numeric measurement results screen for offsets 1 through 6 is shown above. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gsm_man_measurements.fm...
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GSM Mobile Measurements 13.Press the Graph ( ) key to access the full graph of the uplink burst. Overall Pass/Fail indicator A typical full graph view of the burst is shown above. An overall pass/fail indicator is positioned in the bottom left corner of the display: •...
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GSM Mobile Measurements You can zoom in to individual sections of the graph by pressing the Full ( Rising Edge ( ), Falling Edge ( ), or Useful ( ) keys. In addition, you can control a marker or change axis values by pressing the Graph Control ( ) key.
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GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Phase and Frequency Error 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Phase & Frequency Error measurement. 4. Press the Phase & Freq. Setup ( ) key. 5. Set the measurement parameters as needed for your measurement situation, including: Measurement Timeout = 10 s A typical phase and frequency error measurement result is shown above.
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GSM Mobile Measurements 7. Press the Graph ( ) key to access the peak phase error graph. Pass/Fail indicators for the peak Overall Pass/Fail indicator phase error, RMS phase error and frequency error A typical peak phase error graph is shown above. Two types of pass/fail results are provided: •...
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GSM Mobile Measurements NOTE When the Multi-Measurement Count parameter is set to a number greater than 1, it is possible for some, or all of the individual pass/fail indicators to show a pass while the overall pass/fail indicator shows a fail.
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GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Fast Bit Error To make fast bit error measurements your mobile must be fitted with a NOTE Test SIM card. 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Fast Bit Error measurement. You should hear a warbling sound from the mobile’s loudspeaker.
GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Bit Error To make bit error measurements your mobile must be fitted with a Test NOTE SIM card. 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Bit Error measurement. 4.
GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring Output RF Spectrum 1. Establish a call with the mobile. 2. Press the key. Measurement selection 3. Select the Output RF Spectrum measurement. 4. Press the ORFS Setup ( ) key. 5. Press the Measurement Setup ( ) key.
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GSM Mobile Measurements 12.Press the Modulation Numeric 1 of 3 ( ) key. The measurement results for the first eight positions in the ORFS due to modulation table are displayed. You can view the results for the remaining 14 positions by pressing the Modulation Numeric 2 of 3 ( ) key or the Modulation Numeric 3 of 3 ( ) key.
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GSM Mobile Measurements 14.Press the Graph ( ) key then the Modulation ( ) key to access the ORFS due to modulation bar graph. Center frequency Frequency offsets A typical ORFS due to modulation graph is shown above. On the display, the bar representing each offset is shown in yellow and the center frequency is indicated by a red vertical line.
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GSM Mobile Measurements In this case, the marker is turned on and positioned at the 600 kHz offset. The signal level and frequency of the offset where the marker is positioned, are shown at the top of the display above the graph. The marker can be turned on by pressing the Graph Control ( ) key then the Marker Position (...
GSM Mobile Measurements Measuring IQ Tuning This measurement can only be performed with your mobile in test mode NOTE and transmitting either all ones or all zeros. 1. Press the key. Measurement selection 2. Select the IQ Tuning measurement. 3. Press the key (bottom right) to obtain the Call Parms (3 of 4) screen.
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GSM Mobile Measurements 9. Change the settings on the mobile to transmit a series of all ones. The results are displayed on the IQ Tuning screen. Notice that when the mobile is transmitting a series of all ones the carrier offset is at -67.708 kHz. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gsm_man_measurements.fm...
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GSM Mobile Measurements 10.Press the Graph ( ) key to access the IQ Tuning bar graph. Frequency offsets Carrier frequency A typical IQ Tuning graph is shown above. On the display, the bar representing each offset and the carrier frequency (Fc) is shown in yellow. If you require details on how to navigate through the Output RF Spectrum graph menus, see “IQ Tuning Graph Menus”...
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How Do I Switch Formats? How Do I Switch Formats? A. Choose a format. 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Format Switch ( ) key. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started guide\chapters\gsm_136_fsta_gen_op_overview_switch.fm...
How Do I Switch Formats? B. Switch formats. 1. Turn the knob to highlight the desired format. 2. Press the knob to switch formats. S:\Hp8960\Generic Documents\Manual Operation Getting Started Guide\Pi_manual operation getting started...
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How Do Switch Test Applications? How Do Switch Test Applications? A. Choose a test application. 1. Press the key. SYSTEM CONFIG 2. Press the Test Application ( ) key. 3. Press the Test Application Switch ( ) key, and wait for the Test Application, Revision, License menu to appear.
How Do Switch Test Applications? 4. Turn the knob to highlight a test application name, and press the knob to select the TA. B. Switch test applications. 1. Turn the knob to highlight Yes in the Switch Now? menu. 2. Press the knob to switch test applications. 3.