GSM/EDGE Measurement Application

Measurements

Description

Specifications

 

Supplemental Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORFS and EDGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORFS (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynamic Range,

 

 

 

5-pole sync-tuned filtersb

 

Spectrum due to

 

 

 

Methods: Direct Timec and FFTd

modulationa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Offset Frequency

GSM

EDGE

EDGE

GSM

EDGE

EDGE

 

(GMSK)

(NSR

(others)e

(GMSK)

(NSR 8PSK

(others)e

 

 

8PSK &

 

(typical)

& Narrow

(typical)

 

 

Narrow

 

 

QPSK)

 

 

 

QPSK)

 

 

(typical)

 

100 kHzf

60.7 dB

60.7 dB

60.6 dB

 

 

 

200 kHze

66.0 dB

65.9 dB

65.5 dB

 

 

 

250 kHze

67.7 dB

67.5 dB

67.0 dB

 

 

 

400 kHze

71.1 dB

70.6 dB

69.7 dB

 

 

 

600 kHz

73.8 dB

72.9 dB

71.5 dB

78.4 dB

77.7 dB

76.3 dB

1.2 MHz

77.4 dB

75.7 dB

73.2 dB

82.2 dB

80.5 dB

78.1 dB

 

 

 

 

GSM

EDGE

EDGE

 

 

 

 

(GMSK)

(NSR 8PSK

(others)

 

 

 

 

(nominal)

& Narrow

(nominal)

 

 

 

 

 

QPSK)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(nominal)

 

1.8 MHzg

76.9 dB

76.3 dB

75.2 dB

83.8 dB

83.0 dB

81.5 dB

6.0 MHzg

80.3 dB

79.1 dB

77.1 dB

85.7 dB

84.5 dB

82.5 dB

Dynamic Range,

GSM

EDGE

EDGE

5-pole sync-tuned filtersh

 

Spectrum due to

(GMSK)

(NSR

(others)e

 

 

 

switchinga

 

8PSK &

 

 

 

 

 

 

Narrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

QPSK)

 

 

 

 

Offset Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

400 kHz

68.9 dB

68.4 dB

 

 

 

600 kHz

71.2 dB

70.5 dB

 

 

 

1.2 MHz

73.9 dB

72.7 dB

 

 

 

1.8 MHz

79.8 dB

79.3 dB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a.Maximum dynamic range requires RF input power above 2 dBm for offsets of 1.2 MHz and below for GSM, and above 5 dBm for EDGE. For offsets of 1.8 MHz and above, the required RF input power for maximum dynamic range is +8 dBm for GSM signals and +5 dBm for EDGE signals.

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N9010A specifications

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