ANRITSU INTRODUCES NEW UNIVERSAL WIRELESS TEST SET

Anritsu Corporation has extended its range of test solutions for manufacturing wireless communications devices.

The MT8870A/MT8872A has excellent test features for manufacturing inspection of various wireless communications equipment, modules, etc., while also supporting all prior Wi-Fi TRX test standards (IEEE 802.11b/g/a/n/ac/ax).

These MX887034A and MV887034A add test features for the latest WLAN IEEE 802.11be Wi-Fi 7 standard to the MT8870A/MT8872A. These software options facilitate Wi-Fi 7 TRX testing without changing the manufacturing software and production line configurations. By releasing these software options, Anritsu helps customers to optimize the efficiency of their equipment investment.

Development Background
Along with smartphones and tablets, all kinds of things such as home appliances, automobiles and factory equipment are connected to the network, and future numbers of IoT devices are expected to increase. Network data traffic is also likely to continue increasing due to the increase in the number of IoT devices and amounts of rich content. On the other hand, the capacity of cellular communication networks, mainly used for mobile phones, is limited. Therefore, offloading mobile data to the WLAN network is important to reduce traffic congestion.

The latest Wi-Fi 7 WLAN standard uses a wider channel bandwidth and higher-order modulation to increase data-traffic capacity. Furthermore, Wi-Fi 7 has a multi-link feature to improve the stability of even congested networks. The introduction of Wi-Fi 7 helps implement a more robust communications environment, which is expected to drive further demand for Wi-Fi 7 devices.

Consequently, Anritsu has developed these MX887034A and MV887034A options to efficiently add Wi-Fi 7 test features to the customer test environment.

Product Outline
The Universal Wireless Test Set MT8870A/MT8872A series is designed for developing and manufacturing various wireless communication equipment, modules, etc. Installing up to four high-performance test units in the main unit supports a seamless frequency band of up to 7.3 GHz with a 200 MHz bandwidth.

Each unit measures test parameters independently in parallel, enabling the MT8870A to quickly and simultaneously evaluate multiple wireless communications devices.