Keysight / Agilent E1966A Overview

The Agilent E1966A 1xEV-DO Terminal Test Application, which runs on the industry standard 8960 (E5515C) wireless communications test set, delivers comprehensive call processing and RF parametric test capability to verify the RF performance of your 1xEV-DO wireless access terminals. The E1966A is developed to meet the needs of high-volume manufacturing, wireless RF device development, and service and repair.

Based on the high performance E5515C test set, you gain the additional benefits of extremely fast measurement speed, ease of programming, accuracy, reliability, and worldwide service and support. These proven features help you shorten test development time, increase throughput, and minimize support costs. Agilent will help you protect your investment by meeting your test needs now and into the future. The E1966A is continuously updated to add test capabilities to best address the cellular device market trends, such as 1xEV-DO Release A and Release B.

The E1966A is the first to market with support for 1xEV-DO Rel B MCTAP and Optional DRC (including 64QAM). This functionality provides R&D engineers with standardized RF parametric tests for Rel B, ensuring that components are designed to handle the more stringent modulation requirements. Manufacturers can easily expand their existing 1xEV-DO production tests to include Rel B. Single carrier Rel B MCTAP functionality can be added with the E1966A-102 Rel A feature option; two or three carrier Rel B MCTAP functionality requires feature option E1966A-103.

Comprehensive Call Processing and RF Parametric Test Capability

• First to market one-box tester to support FTAP/RTAP, FETAP/RETAP, and FMCTAP/RMCTAP call processing for physical layer testing of 1xEV-DO Release 0, Release A, and Release B wireless access terminals
• Support Release B multi-carrier and optional DRC (including 64QAM) for up to 4.9 Mbps (with one test set) or 14.7 Mbps (with three test sets) forward link over FMCTAP/RMCTAP
• Support multi-carrier physical layer testing with one test set (in factory test mode) or with multiple test sets
• Reduce the risk of returns and recalls by testing Packet Error Rate at all QPSK, 8PSK, 16QAM and 64QAM forward link modulation modes supported in 1xEV-DO Release 0, Release A, and Release B standards
• Verify reverse link modulation formats including 8PSK supported in the 1xEV-DO Release A standard
• Support all commercialized bands – bands 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, and 19
• Single channel GPS source simulates one satellite for calibration of UE’s built-in GPS receiver. Requires an additional E1966A-206 license
• Other advanced capabilities are available with the E1966A(U) feature options, such as protocol logging, multi-unit synchronization, etc. See Options

Easily upgrade the 8960 (E5515C) for testing multiple technologies

• For cdma2000®/1xEV-DO dual mode device test, simply add both the E1966A 1xEV-DO test application and the E1962B cdma2000/IS-95/AMPS test application to the 8960. Or, if you do not already own an E1962B or E1966A, order the E1996A cdma2000/1xEV-DO test application suite and save!
• The 8960 can fast switch between all major 2G/3G/3.5G wireless formats for multi-format mobile device testing. See Related Software Products for other test application formats.

^{cdma2000 is a registered certification mark of the Telecommunications Industry Association.}

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