Spectrum

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)

Anechoic Faraday Chambers

Our two drive-in Anechoic Faraday Chambers are suitable for all bands and applications.

Equipment: Channel Sounding FR1

Determines the fundamental, over-the-air performance characteristics of a 5G NR transceiver pair. It can be vehicle-mounted. It operates at 3GPP Release 15 (All numerologies and channel bandwidths).

Our List of Equipment in this category includes the latest equipment from Rohde and Shwartz

• SMBV100B Vector Signal Generator capable of generating 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.

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).

Our List of Equipment in this category 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.

Equipment: Open Air Interface 4G EPC Core

Based on Open Air Interface. Fully Scalable EPC capability

• 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 collision, 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

Equipment: Spirent Stand Alone 5G Core (Landslide)

Spirent Landslide with fully scalable Stand Alone capability (Release 16)

• 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

Equipment: Spirent 5G NR gNodeB

Spirent Stand Alone 5G NR Transmitter (Release 15) with an upgrade to Release 16 shortly

• 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

Equipment: NI 5G NR Non-Standalone Test User Equipment

NI Stand Alone 5G NR UE (Release 15) with upgrade to Release 16 shortly.

• 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.

Equipment: National Instruments 5GNR mmWave Transmitter

• 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

Equipment: National Instruments 5GNR mmWave Receiver

• Verizon 5G specifications
• Unidirectional, payload capable
• Achieved communication range: 200 m Line-of-Sight
• Maximum data rate: 2.867 Gb/s