Accelerating Connectivity and Communications Technologies
Working with you to configure our capabilities around your needs
Facilities
Unique access to a configurable combination of real and synthetic environments and systems to enable testing, prediction, and analysis of devices, subsystems and the emergent behaviors of systems-of-systems in a way that is scalable, efficient in the use of resources, and controllably repeatable.
Spectrum
Our facilities continuum allows for a broad spectrum access across licensed and unlicensed bands. If necessary, we can extend our facilities to include features and operating procedures which take account of both security and privacy sensitivities.
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Our Campus and indoor workshops are licensed by Ofcom:
- 3.54 - 3.58 GHz (non-commercial)
- 4.1 - 4.2 GHz (shared access)
- 25 - 27 GHz (non-commercial)
- 27.5 - 29.5 GHz (non-commercial)
- ISM (2.4 - 2.5 GHz, 24 - 24.25 GHz, 61 - 61.5 GHz)
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Our two drive-in Anechoic Faraday Chambers are suitable for all bands and applications
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Equipment: Channel Sounding FR1
Determines the fundamental, over-the-air, performance characteristics of a 5G NR transceiver pair. Can be vehicle-mounted. Currently operating at 3GPP Release 15 (All numerologies and channel bandwidths).
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Our List of Equipment in this catafory includes the latest equipment from Rohde and Shwartz
- SMBV100B Vector Signal Generator capable to generate 5G NR waveforms, uplink and downlink, up to 6 GHz, 240 MHz bandwidth
- FSV3007 Signal and Spectrum Analyser operating up to 7.5 GHz, analysis applications include 5G NR waveforms, uplink and downlink
- BBA150 15 Watt Broadband Amplifier, extending the OTA transmit path to 300 m. Pathway to extend if required
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Equipment: Channel Sounding FR2
Determines the fundamental, over-the-air, performance characteristics of a 5G NR transceiver pair. Can be vehicle-mounted. Currently operating at 3GPP Release 15 (All numerologies and channel bandwidths).
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Our List of Equipment in this catafory includes the latest equipment from Rohde and Shwartz
- SMW200A Vector Signal Generator operating up to 40 GHz, 2 GHz bandwidth
- SMZ90 Frequency Multiplier for signal generation in the 60 - 90 GHz range
- FSW85 Signal and Spectrum Analyser operating up to 85 GHz
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Equipment: Open Air Interface 4G EPC Core
Based on Open Air Interface. Fully Scalable EPC capability
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- Functional Blocks - MME, SGW, PGW, HSS
- Exposed Interfaces - X2, ,S10, S11, S1-MME,S1-U, S6a, S5, S8, SGi
- SDN flow management Priority / VPN / Bandwidth Control e.g. UL/DL limit.
- Traffic monitoring software for detecting traffic collusion, Block/Bit Error Rate/CRC, network protocols such as GTP, PDCP, RLC, RRC.
- Support of eNB, NSA gNB, COTS UE, COTS SIM and eSIM
- Custom SIM and SIM databases
- MEC Ready via Ethernet to the core
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Equipment: Spirent Stand Alone 5G Core (Landslide)
Spirent Landslide with fully scalable Stand Alone capability (Release 16)
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- Functional Blocks – AMF, SMF, UPF, and AUSF emulation in AMF
- Emulated 5G UE and gNB
- Include SDN flow management, Priority / VPN /Bandwidth Control e.g. UL/DL limit
- Exposed Interface N1,N1-U, N2, N3,N6, N11 (a.k.a. nausf)
- Built in UE traffic generator
- Traffic monitoring software for detecting traffic collusion,
- Block/Bit Error Rate/CRC, network protocols such as GTPv2, NAS,NG-AP,SCTP,L2,L1
- eSIM emulation on UE and AMF
- MEC Ready via 10Gb Ethernet to the core.
- Dedicated Cisco 9300 Series Switch with 40Gb to Wider Network
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Equipment: Open Air Interface 4G eNodeB
Based on Open Air Interface
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- 3GPP Release 14 OTA compliant, capable of supporting a full attach.
- Bidirectional, data payload capable and usable.
- Supports up to LTE Advanced Pro - SISO 100 MHz (a.k.a. 5G Experience)
- User-selectable across all LTE Bands + non-standard ISM bands
- 10Gb Ethernet interface for network deployment
- Access to Control Plane and User Plane
- Can be used as LTE anchor in 5G NSA for options 3x and 3a
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Equipment: Open Air Interface 5G NR gNodeB
Based on Open Air Interface.
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- 3GPP Release 15 NSA-compliant software capable of completing a full attach
- Bidirectional, payload capable and usable
- Full 5G NR numerology supports up to:
- 2x2 MIMO
- Each channel up to 100 MHz BW, i.e. 275 PRBs TDD or FDD
- User-selectable bands in the FR1 allocation
- 10Gb Ethernet interface for network deployment
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Equipment: Spirent 5G NR gNodeB
Spirent Stand Alone 5G NR Transmitter (Release 15) with upgrade to Release 16 shortly
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- 3GPP Release 15 NSA-compliant SW/HW capable of completing a full attach
- 2x2 MIMO for LTE anchor in 5G NSA mode
- User-selectable bands for the LTE anchor
- Full 5G NR numerology supports:
- 2x2 MIMO
- each channel up to 100 MHz BW
- user-selectable bands in the FR1
- bidirectional, payload capable
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Equipment: NI 5G NR Non-Standalone Test User Equipment
NI Stand Alone 5G NR UE (Release 15) with upgrade to Release 16 shortly.
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- Fully 3GPP Release 15 NSA-compliant software capable of completing a full attach
- Bidirectional, payload capable and usable
- Interface: Ethernet protocol (currently we use UDP)
- SIM-card allows usage on compliant networks (currently MFM)
- Physical connector to the UE is mini-SAS HD
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Equipment: National Instruments 5GNR mmWave Transmitter
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- Verizon 5G specifications
- Unidirectional, payload capable
- Achieved communication range: 200 m Line-of-Sight
- Maximum data rate: 2.867 Gb/s
- Infrastructure and vehicle mountable
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Equipment: National Instruments 5GNR mmWave Receiver
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- Verizon 5G specifications
- Unidirectional, payload capable
- Achieved communication range: 200 m Line-of-Sight
- Maximum data rate: 2.867 Gb/s
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Vehicles and Devices for Test
We have ownership and access to a range of vehicles (autonomous and/or human controlled).
