Anritsu establishes LTE leadership in test equipment industry

Component manufacturers for LTE terminals need to prove that devices conform to the 3GPP LTE specifications and the development of LTE conformance test cases requires intensive engineering work by test equipment manufacturers. At the latest quarterly GCF meeting in London, Anritsu submitted a record number of new protocol test cases and now has more validated protocol conformance test cases across all bands than any other test equipment vendor. The company's LTE protocol test cases are written for the ME7834 mobile device test platform, which is based on the MD8430A (LTE) and MD8480C (UTRAN/GERAN) signalling testers. Anritsu now has the most validated protocol test cases in Band 1, Band 4, Band 5, Band 13, and Band 20. These bands are deployed by major operators in North America, Europe, Japan and Korea. Mike Lee, director of R&D at Anritsu, said: "Any LTE terminal equipment manufacturer or network operator which wants to get to market quickly and successfully with LTE products or services can have total confidence in Anritsu as its partner for test programmes. Not only is Anritsu leading the test industry in coverage of protocol and rf conformance test cases, we also have outstanding expertise, so that we can help our customers be successful in their implementation of our test equipment."