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News Release from: Aeroflex | Subject: 6401 AIME
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 October 2005
Protocol tester checks enhanced uplink
compliance
Aeroflex has added a High Speed Uplink Packet Access test capability to its 6401 air interface monitor emulator 3G mobile protocol test system.
Aeroflex has added a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) test capability to its 6401 air interface monitor emulator (AIME) 3G mobile protocol test system The new capability is initially targeted at engineers with a development test requirement for higher uplink datarates provided by HSUPA
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The launch of our HSUPA development test capability not only confirms Aeroflex's leadership in the mobile communications test industry but also further demonstrates our ability to respond quickly to the need for advanced test tools for rapidly emerging UMTS feature requirements", said Phil Medd, Product Manager for Aeroflex UMTS test systems.
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HSUPA (also referred to as enhanced uplink) is a 3GPP Release 6 feature that provides higher uplink datarates and is expected to be offered in parallel with HSDPA.
This combination of HSUPA and HSDPA will offer the user bidirectional high-speed, low latency data links that are well suited for services such as VoIP (voice over Internet protocol).
HSUPA, as with HSDPA, can be offered at a range of datarates to suit the capability of the mobile device, as well as the prevailing radio conditions.
HSUPA devices are grouped in the 3GPP standards in six categories, providing uplink datarates from 729.6Kbit/s to 5.76Mbit/s.
Having a range of datarates provides network operators the opportunity to offer their customers different subscriptions, as with wired broadband services.
The new HSUPA development test suite runs on Aeroflex's existing 3G mobile protocol test system, the 6401 AIME test system, which is already well established in the market and used by most of the world's top test labs and major mobile handset manufacturers.
The flexible system design of the 6401 AIME allows existing users to upgrade their development test systems to include the new HSUPA capability without the need for additional hardware.
The Aeroflex 6401 AIME test system is a highly configurable system with many features and options.
The 6401 AIME test systems are available for order today.
Availability of the new HSUPA development test capability is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2005.
The price of adding the HSUPA capability to the 6401 AIME test system starts at US $45,000.
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