The Marconi IFR Aeroflex 7100 is a digital radio test set for design, development, and performance characterization of modern wireless devices across multiple protocol layers. It validates UE chipsets and terminals against 3GPP Rel-8 through Rel-11 standards, delivering comprehensive RF testing, signal generation, and protocol analysis from the radio interface through PDCP and IMS layers. A touchscreen GUI and software-defined architecture accommodate evolving test requirements across E-UTRA bands.
Technical Specifications
RF Coverage
• Frequency range: 70 MHz to 6 GHz continuous
• RF Combiner Unit (7100-02): 380 MHz to 6 GHz
• Supports E-UTRA Bands 1–40
• Channel bandwidths: 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 MHz
• Subcarrier spacing: 7.5 kHz and 15 kHz
• UE power classes: 1–4
• Two-cell support via second RF carrier upgrade
Signal Generation
• Modulation types: Amplitude, Frequency, Phase, Pulse, FSK, FDD/TDD emulation
• Modulation oscillator: 0.01 Hz to 20 kHz, sine/triangular/square outputs; dual-tone capable
• Amplitude modulation: 0–99.9% range, 0.1% resolution, 40 dB, rise time <10 µs
• OFDMA downlink and SC-FDMA uplink
• Modulation schemes: QPSK/16QAM/64QAM downlink; QPSK/16QAM uplink
• Turbo coding: One-third rate
• Cyclic prefix: Normal and Extended
Measurement Capability
• Transmitter: Maximum output power, frequency error, occupied bandwidth, spectrum emission mask, ACLR, EVM (composite/data/pilot), CCDF, power vs. time/resource block/slot, constellation, phase/magnitude error, spectrum flatness
• Receiver: Reference sensitivity
• Protocol: Cell selection, RRC connection & release, context activation & release, location update, session establishment
– Typical Applications
Device characterization for LTE terminals and chipsets; RF conformance validation; protocol stack testing; multi-cell scenario simulation.
