The Keysight PROPSIM F32 is a benchtop channel emulator for testing wireless communication systems across LTE-Advanced, MIMO OTA, MANET, and emerging standards. It simulates complex radio propagation conditions in controlled laboratory environments, enabling realistic performance validation of devices and networks without field deployment.
Technical Specifications
RF Performance
• Frequency range: 30 MHz to 2700 MHz; 350 MHz to 6000 MHz
• Instantaneous bandwidth: 40 MHz or 80 MHz
• RF interface channels: 8, 16, 24, or 32 (up to 32 bi- and unidirectional)
• Internal channels: 128 for multi-link scenario testing
• Input power: −50 dBm to 25 dBm; −40 dBm to 25 dBm
• Output power: −14 dBm to −120 dBm; peak 6 dBm to 16 dBm
• Output power resolution: 0.1 dB
• Output noise floor: −165 dBm/Hz typical (output RMS < −40 dBm)
• Residual EVM: <−45 dB typical (OFDMA 20 MHz BW)
• Maximum delay: 3000 µs
MIMO Capability
• Configurations: 2×2, 4×2, 4×4, 8×2, 8×4, 8×8, 10×10, 16×8, up to 64×4, up to 64×8
• MU-MIMO testing (10 UE + 2 eNB; 4 UE + 4 eNB)
• Uplink MIMO and 3D beamforming (16×8-Bi or up to 64×4-Bi)
MANET Support
• Chain topology: up to 32 radios
• Full mesh topology: up to 11 radios
Channel Modeling
Constant, Rayleigh, Rice, Nakagami, Lognormal, Suzuki, Pure Doppler, flat, rounded, Gaussian, Jakes, Butterworth, and user-defined fading profiles.
– Key Features
• Standards support: LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE Carrier Aggregation (8 CC bands, 40 MHz each), WCDMA, GSM, TETRA, 3G, WLAN, DVB-T/H, HSPA, V2X, Device-to-Device (D2D)
• MIMO OTA testing compliant with draft CTIA specifications
• LTE-Advanced validated performance testing
• Flexible multi-link and multi-user emulation
– Interfaces and Control
• ATE remote control: GPIB and LAN
• Script compatibility with other Propsim products for test automation
– Typical Applications
• LTE-Advanced device and network performance validation
• MIMO OTA transmission mode testing
• V2X and D2D protocol emulation
• MANET topology simulation
• Multi-carrier and multi-user scenario testing
