89601B/BN-BHJ 802.11ac WLAN Modulation analysis 89601B/BN-B7R WLAN Modulation Analysis 89601B/BN-B7Z 802.11n WLAN Modulation Analysis 89600B VSA Software Technical Overview Key Features Support for latest WLAN formats such as 802.11ac Support for standard-specific bandwidths up to 160 MHz (both in contiguous and non-contiguous mode) Gather info on and troubleshoot PHY layer performance and errors down to bit level Analyze up to 4x4 MIMO signals with Option B7Z (802.11n) and Option BHJ (802.11ac) Gain 20:20 insight: 20 trace displays with 20 markers each, providing multiple views of important signal details
Table of Contents WLAN Modulation Analysis...2 Analysis and Troubleshooting...3 Software Features...8 Key Specifications...16 Additional Resources...19 WLAN Modulation Analysis Gain greater insight into signals using the WLAN capabilities of the 89600B VSA software, providing baseband, RF and modulation quality measurements for WLAN. Option B7R, the WLAN modulation analysis option for the 89600B Series VSA software, provides spectrum, time, and modulation quality measurements for WLAN (802.11a/b/g) signals. Options B7Z and BHJ expand upon the WLAN modulation analysis provided by Option B7R to include 802.11n (Option B7Z) and 802.11ac (Option BHJ). Option B7Z adds an advanced troubleshooting and evaluation toolset specifically designed to handle the challenge of analyzing an IEEE 802.11n MIMO signal. Option BHJ adds the capability to analyze and troubleshoot next-generation 802.11ac signals. 802.11n and 802.11ac are among over 70 signal standards and modulation types for which the 89600B VSA software creates a window into what s happening inside your complex wireless devices. The 89600B tools provide views of virtually every facet of a problem, helping you see the why? behind signal problems. Whether you re working with emerging or established standards, the 89600B VSA software helps you see through the complexity. Try before you buy! Download the 89600B software and use it free for 14 days to make measurements with your analysis hardware, or use our recorded demo signals by selecting File > Recall > Recall Demo> 802_11abgj (or 802_11n or 802_11ac) on the software toolbar. Request your free trial license today: www.agilent.com/find/89600b_trial Technology overview The IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard includes several extensions: the IEEE-802.11a/g and the older HiperLAN2 standards, both of which use burst OFDM signals, with either 20 or 40 MHz bandwidth. The IEEE 802.11b standard defines a direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) signal, with complementary code keying (CCK) modulation, plus an optional packet binary convolution code (PBCC) mode, and an optional shorter preamble. The 802.11g standard modifies the 802.11b standard, adding the ability to use 802.11a OFDM-formatted signals and an optional 802.11b-compatible DSSS-OFDM mode, plus other modifications. An additional extension, the IEEE 802.11n HT standard, adds the ability to measure and decode up to 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) WLAN signals for higher throughput. This 802.11n standard further supports mixed MIMO and legacy transmissions for backward compatibility. The next-generation 802.11ac standard will achieve throughputs approaching 1 GB/s with wider bandwidths (up to 160 MHz), higher density modulation formats (up to 256QAM) and up to 8x8 MIMO. 2
Analysis and Troubleshooting Analyze a wide range of WLAN formats Option B7R analyzes IEEE 802.11a/ g/j/p/ HiperLAN2 OFDM formats, as well as IEEE 802.11b DSSS/CCK/ PBCC, including optional PBCC modes, short preamble, and CCK preamble of the CCK-OFDM format in IEEE 802.11g. Use Option B7Z with the appropriate 2- or 4-channel front end to measure 802.11n with HT-greenfield, HT-mixed, HT-duplicate, and non HT-duplicate 20 and 40 MHz systems. Use Dynamic Help to access the Help text on the Demod Properties Format tab and learn about WLAN formats and presets available for Option B7R or Option B7Z. Detach the Dynamic Help window and move it to the side for easier viewing as it follows your menu choices. Lock it to stay on important Help data topics. Option BHJ, which requires Option B7Z, provides 802.11ac modulation analysis. Option BHJ enables you to view and troubleshoot the entire breadth of the 802.11ac modes, providing greater insight and confidence in validating chipsets and devices regardless of the 802.11ac format implemented. Support of all signal bandwidths, including 20, 40, 80 and 160 MHz. The 160 MHz bandwidth is supported in both contiguous and non-contiguous modes Support of all 802.11ac modulation formats, from BPSK up to 256QAM Support for up to 4X4 MIMO Troubleshoot and analyze 802.11ac signals with 160 MHz bandwidth and 256QAM. 3
Easy set-up with complete parameter control Quickly set up measurements with standard presets, while maintaining the ability to adjust a wide range of signal parameters for troubleshooting. For example, with OFDM systems, you can modify sub-carrier spacing, symbol times, synchronization reference, pilot tracking, equalizer training sequence and more. For IEEE 802.11b/g signals, you can adjust the clock timing and track phase, and you can select the descramble mode. Automatically detect, despread, descramble and demodulate payload data for IEEE 802.11b/g WLAN- DSSS/CCK/PBCC formats. For MIMO systems, Option B7Z or Option BHJ lets you adjust a wide range of parameters such as subcarrier spacing, symbol timing, pilot tracking, tracking mode, and equalizer training to highlight potential error sources. Each option lets you adjust many format-specific parameters using the Advanced tab, providing greater insight into your signal under different conditions, and uncovering anomalies you won t see any other way. Here the Advanced tab was used to select a single carrier. The constellation, EVM and symbols/ error table all show results for only the chosen carrier. 4
Evaluate modulation quality down to the bit level Make EVM measurements at the level needed: overall burst, per symbol, or per each subcarrier in a symbol. Examine the symbols and error table for information on average EVM, peak EVM and its location, demodulated bits, detected header information and more. For MIMO systems, Option B7Z and Option BHJ provide detected stream bits, a MIMO channel matrix, data burst information, multiple data streams, cross channel inputs, plus NxN channel matrix values. Automatically determine spatial mapping matrix, subcarrier modulation format, burst length and more. The 89600B MIMO error traces are available for the physical input channels and the logical streams. Cross channel measurement traces specifi c to MIMO are also available. View key 802.11ac MIMO parameters such as multiple spectrums, error summary and frequency response for up to 4 transmit streams simultaneously. 5
Powerful error measurements let you look at signal performance in detail Error vector spectrum, error vector time, channel frequency response, correction, common pilot error per symbol, and more, are available for 802.11g formats. Compound constellation displays let you determine and display all modulation formats in the burst. Option B7Z and Option BHJ add channel, stream, and cross channel data, providing the most complete and robust signal and error characterization in the industry. The 89600B lets you view up to 20 simultaneous traces, showing data transmitted in the preambles and headers of the 802.11b/g signal, as well as EVM over frequency and time, IQ errors, correction spectrum and more. Additional MIMO data is available with Option B7Z. Option B7Z provides error summary tables, calculated matrix values, and information detected from the bursts themselves, such as burst structure and HT-SIG info. Scroll bars make accessing the table data easier. 6
Troubleshoot with insightful tools Powerful display modes include cumulative history, spectrogram, and digital persistence. Use signal capture to capture and record transient events, or share the signal for collaborative analysis with remote colleagues. Additional tools, like overlap processing, let you effectively slow down the apparent measurement for more in-depth analysis. All 3 displays show the spectrum of this WLAN signal recorded using signal capture. Digital persistence (lower left) highlights the signal s amplitude behavior over a short time period. The spectrogram (right) provides information on frequency behavior over time. The cumulative history (upper left) provides statistical analysis details on the signal s amplitude and frequency behavior over very long times. 7
Software Features Option B7R 802.11a/b/g OFDM modulation analysis 1 Signal acquisition Supported standards Modulation format Search length Minimum Maximum Result length Triggering Measurement region Signal playback IEEE 802.11a, HiperLAN2, and IEEE 802.11g (OFDM) BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (auto detect or manual override) Maximum values. Actual value hardware dependent. Result length + 6 symbol times (24 µs) 6,800 symbol times Auto detect or adjustable from 1 to 1367 symbol times maximum; actual value hardware dependent. Single/continuous, free-run/channel/external Length and offset adjustable within result length Result length Capture length (gap-free analysis at 0% overlap; at 31.25 MHz span) Adjustable OFDM format parameters Auto detect or adjustable from 1 to 1,367 symbol times maximum; actual value hardware dependent. Capture length is hardware dependent. See hardware specifications for more information. Single button presets Data subcarrier modulation format Guard interval Adjustable OFDM time parameters Search length Result length selection Measurement offset Measurement interval Advanced OFDM parameters I-Q normalize Mirror frequency spectrum Sub-carrier spacing Symbol timing adjust Subcarrier selection Synchronization reference Pilot tracking Equalizer training IEEE 802.11a/g/OFDM, HiperLAN2, IEEE 802.11g DSSS-OFDM, IEEE 802.11a/g turbo mode, IEEE 802.11p DSRC, IEEE 802.11j 10 MHz Automatic, or manual: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM 1/4, 1/8 (HiperLAN2 only), adjustable between 0 and 1 in 1/64 increments Specifies the length of time to acquire the input signal (in seconds) over which pulse search is performed Automatic, manual Determines the start position of the Measurement Interval with respect to first Symbol-time within the Result Length Specifies the time length of Result Length data that is used for computing and displaying the trace data results Turns normalization on or off Allows correct demodulation of frequency spectrums that are mirrored (flipped) about the center frequency Continuously adjustable Adjustable between 0 and guard interval Analyze all, single, or pilots Choose short training sequence or channel estimation sequence Track any/all of amplitude, phase, timing Preamble only, preamble & data 1. Not compatible with all supported hardware. 8
OFDM measurement results CCDF CDF Equalizer impulse response Channel frequency response Common pilot error Correction Error vector spectrum Error vector time I-Q measured I-Q reference Marker data PDF Preamble error Preamble frequency error RMS error vector Symbol table and error summary Time Spectrum Search time Complementary cumulative distribution function for selected input channel Cumulative distribution function for selected input channel Computed from preamble Computed from preamble Phase, magnitude Correction curve used to correct for the frequency response of the input hardware and input digital filtering Error values for each symbol time plotted for each carrier Error values for each carrier plotted for each symbol time All carriers over all symbol times All carriers over all symbol times (reference computed from detected symbols) Detailed summary tables for ACP or OBW markers on a given trace Probability density function Correlation between segments of the measured preamble signal with the ideal preamble signal Difference between the measured center frequency of the transmitted signal and the 89600B center frequency Time, spectrum EVM, pilot EVM, CPE (common pilot error), IQ (origin) offset, frequency error, symbol clock error, sync correlation, number of symbols, modulation format, code rate, bit rate, IQ gain imbalance, IQ quadrature skew Instantaneous, averaged, raw main time before resampling and filtering Instantaneous, averaged Acquired time data used to search for the pulse (or burst) 9
DSSS modulation analysis Signal acquisition Pulse search length Result length Triggering Measurement region Signal playback Result length Capture length (gap free analysis at 0% overlap; 34.375 MHz span) Adjustable DSSS formats Formats Preset to standard Data modulation format detection Adjustable DSSS filter parameters Adjustable between result length and 25 ms maximum; actual value hardware dependent Auto detect or adjust between 1 and 275,000 chips (25 ms) maximum; actual value hardware dependent Single/continuous, free-run, channel, external Interval and offset adjustable within result length Auto detect or adjustable between 1 and 275,000 chips (25 ms) maximum; actual value hardware dependent Capture length is dependent on hardware. See hardware specifications for more information IEEE 802.11b including optional short preamble and optional PBCC modes; IEEE 802.11g including PBCC22 and PBCC33 modes DSSS/CCK/PBCC Auto detect or manual override: Barker1, Barker2, CCK5.5, CCK11, PBCC5.5, PBCC11, PBCC22, PBCC33 Reference filter Rectangular, Gaussian, root raised cosine Filter BT 0.05 to 100 Adjustable DSSS time parameters Search length Result length Measurement offset Measurement interval Advanced DSSS parameters IQ normalize Mirror frequency spectrum Chip rate Clock adjust Track phase Equalizer Equalizer filter length Descrambler mode Length of time over which the pulse search is performed Specifies the total number of chips included in the acquired and demodulated data: automatic or manual Determines the start position of the measurement interval with respect to the first chip of the PLCP preamble Interval (segment) of the result length data to be demodulated and analyzed On/off On/off Continuously adjustable Continuously adjustable between ±0.5 chips On/off; removes phase drift error from the demodulated trace data results On/Off 3 to 99 chips On/off, preamble only, preamble & header only 10
DSSS measurement results CCDF CDF Channel frequency response Correction Equalizer impulse response Error vector spectrum Error vector time Header symbols Instantaneous error vector spectrum Instantaneous IQ measured spectrum Instantaneous IQ reference spectrum Instantaneous spectrum IQ magnitude error IQ measured spectrum IQ measured time IQ phase error IQ reference spectrum IQ reference time PDF Preamble symbols Raw main time Search time Spectrum Symbol and error table summary Time Marker data Complementary cumulative distribution function for selected input channel Cumulative distribution function for selected input channel Frequency response of the channel for which the equalizer is correcting Correction curve used to correct for the frequency response of the input hardware and input digital filtering Computed from preamble Error values for each symbol time plotted for each carrier Error values for each carrier plotted for each symbol time 802.11b PLCP Header data bits Unaveraged error values for each symbol time plotted for each carrier Non-averaged IQ measured spectrum trace data Non-averaged IQ reference spectrum trace data Non-averaged spectrum trace data Magnitude error between the I/Q measured and the I/Q reference signals at each demodulated chip time Frequency spectrum of the IQ measured time trace data Demodulated time data results sampled at the chip times Error between the I/Q measured and the I/Q reference signals at each demodulated chip time Frequency spectrum of the IQ reference time trace data Ideal reference time data generated by the VSA from data acquired from the measured signal Probability density function for the selected input channel 802.11b PLCP preamble data bits Raw data read from the input hardware or playback file Time-data before pulse search and demodulation Averaged spectrum derived from pre-demodulated time data IEEE 802.11b 1,000-chip peak EVM, EVM, magnitude error, phase error, IQ offset, frequency error, sync correlation, burst type, bit rate, number of data octets, data length Time record before digital demodulation and after pulse search Detailed summary tables for ACP or OBW markers on a given trace 11
Option B7Z (802.11n modulation analysis) and Option BHJ (802.11ac modulation analysis) Signal acquisition Standards supported Operating modes supported Data sub-carrier modulation formats supported Adjustable format parameters Standard presets Data sub-carrier modulation detect Spatial streams supported Spatial streams detect Guard interval Guard interval detect Channel usage Adjustable time parameters Search length Result length Measurement interval Measurement offset Advanced parameters Compensate IQ mismatch IQ normalize Mirror frequency spectrum Remove equalizer phase ramp Subcarrier spacing Symbol time adjust Subcarrier select Pilot tracking Tracking mode Equalizer training FFT length Note that not all supported hardware is compatible with all bandwidths and channel configurations Option B7Z: IEEE P802.11n HT (20 MHz, 40 MHz) Option BHJ (requires Option B7Z): 802.11ac (20 Mhz, 40 Mhz, 80 Mhz, 160 Mhz) HT-greenfield, HT-mixed, Non-HT duplicate, HT duplicate, VHT (only Option BHJ) BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM 802.11n HT (20 MHz, 40 MHz)/802.11ac (20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz in both contiguous and non-contiguous bands) Auto-detect, manual override, or read from HT-SIG (Option B7Z) VHT-SIG (Option BHJ) 1-4, equivalent to the number of channels being analyzed Auto-detect, manual override, or read from HT-SIG 1/8; 1/4; user-settable or detected from HT-SIG Auto-detect, manual override, or read from HT-SIG Channel 1 through 4 individually; 2x2; 3x3; 4x4 MIMO Adjustable; default 1 ms; minimum must be longer than maximum result length Number of OFDM data symbols after the preamble to analyze. May be auto-detected, manually specified, or read from the HT-SIG. Max is 20,000 symbols Adjustable; must be less than or equal to the maximum result length Adjustable; specifies the portion of the result length to analyze and display Allows removal of IQ mismatch from EVM calculation so as to better understand EVM performance for systems where the IQ mismatch may be removed later On/off; determines whether to normalize IQ meas, IQ ref, error vector time, and error vector spectrum displays On/off; determines whether to do a frequency inversion before synchronizing and demodulating signal Allows visibility of the phase profile of other channels and data streams that may be masked by the cyclic delay that is normally applied to the other data streams Specifies spacing between OFDM subcarriers, in Hz Allows user-adjust of the symbol timing used when demodulating Specifies which OFDM carriers are analyzed; user can select all, pilots only, or choose a single subcarrier Phase, amplitude, timing Pre-equalizer, post-equalizer Train on channel estimation sequence, or channel estimation sequence plus data 64/128 (Option B7Z), 64/128/256/512 (Option BHJ) 12
Measurement results Channel results CCDF CDF Correction Instantaneous spectrum PDF Raw main time Search time Spectrum Time Stream results Common pilot error Error vector spectrum Error vector time IQ measured IQ reference RMS error vector spectrum RMS error vector time Symbols/Errs Table Stream EVM Stream EVM Pk Stream Pilot EVM CPE Stream Data EVM Stream results per channel Equalizer channel frequency response Equalizer impulse response Instantaneous equalizer channel The following results are available for each input channel Complementary cumulative distribution function of the time trace Cumulative distribution function of the time trace Shows frequency domain correction applied to the raw measured time data to ensure that the input hardware has a flat frequency response Frequency spectrum of the current time trace, with no averaging Probability density function of the time trace Block data acquired by the hardware, before any software time-domain corrections or any software re-zooming or re-sampling Shows block of data that was acquired and searched through for an RF burst Frequency spectrum of the time trace, including averaging, if any Block of data detected by pulse search; serves as input to demodulation analysis These results are available for each spatial stream Shows the common pilot error (phase and magnitude), with one point per OFDM symbol Shows the error vector by subcarrier for every OFDM symbol time analyzed Shows the error vector by OFDM symbol time for every subcarrier IQ measured data, with one point per subcarrier per analyzed OFDM symbol time; includes multiple modulation formats if present IQ reference data, with one point per subcarrier per analyzed OFDM symbol time; includes multiple modulation formats if present RMS averaged error vector, shown with one point per subcarrier, calculated for current scan only RMS averaged error vector, shown with one point per OFDM symbol analyzed Shows raw OFDM detected symbols plus error measurements db, or %rms db, or %rms db %rms db For each stream, the following traces are available for each channel Reciprocal of the equalizer response; one point per subcarrier Result length = 4 x FFT length Non-averaged version of the equalizer channel frequency response trace frequency response 13
Cross channel measurement results OFDM error summary table Frequency error Symbol clock error CPE EVM EVM peak Pilot EVM Data EVM IQ offset IQ quadrature error IQ gain imbalance IQ time skew Cross power Sync correlation OFDM data burst info Symbols detected Data provided The following cross-channel measurements are available Each input channel (1-4) has a column containing the following measurement results, plus an additional column with averaged data Average, Hz Average, ppm Average, % rms RMS level of the error vector, averaged overall subcarriers and all analyzed OFDM symbols; in db Peak EVM, averaged over all subcarriers and all analyzed OFDM symbols; in db RMS level of the error vector computed just at the pilot subcarriers, averaged over all OFDM symbols; in db RMS EVM of just the data subcarriers, averaged overall OFDM symbols; in db Carrier leakage, as measured during the HT-LTF portion of the preamble; in unitless power ratio Quadrature skew, in degrees Ratio of the gain of the in-phase portion of the signal to the gain of the quadrature phase portion of the signal; in db Time difference between the I and Q branches of the signal Average of the power level of the err1 terms (leakage of stream 1 into transmitter 2), and of the err2 terms (leakage of stream 2 into transmitter 1), for all subcarriers 802.11n Multi Mode: L-LTF symbols 802.11n GF: HT-LTF1 symbols (2 symbols) 802.11ac: L-LTF symbols Listing of data burst type and fields found in the L-SIG and HT-SIG symbols (OptionB7Z) L-SIG, VHG-SIG (Option BHJ) L-LTF, HT-GF-STF, L-SIG, HT-SIG, HT-STF, HT-LTF, HT-Data, HT-SIG CRC pass/fail (Option B7Z) VHT-STF, VHT-LTF, VHT, LSIG, L-STF, L-LTF VHT-SIG A/B (Option BHJ) Modulation format, length (in symbols), power (dbm), EVM (db); total information for length, power, EVM, format detected, HT-SIG, L-SIG, VHT-SIG (Option BHJ only) 14
Cross channel measurement results, continued OFDM HT-SIG information Decoded bits for HT-SIG and L-SIG, if present Modulation & coding scheme Index value CBW 20 MHz or 40 MHz Length Number of bytes in frame Reserved ones Verify all values = 1 Aggregation Yes if PPDU in data portion of packet contains an A-MPDU; No, otherwise STBC Indicates the difference between the number of transmit chains used and the number of spatial stream indicated by the MCS FEC coding Yes = FEC coding; No = BCC Short GI Indicates that the short GI is used after the HT training Number of extension spatial streams 0 to 3 CRC CRC of bits 0 to 23 in HT-SIG1 and bits 0 to 9 in HT-SIG2 Tail bits Verify 0 value (used to terminate the trellis of the convolutional coder) Smooth Indicates whether channel estimate smoothing is allowed; yes/no NotSnd Indicates if the packet is not a sounding packet; yes/no L-SIG length Length field of the L-SIG symbol; tells legacy device number of octets in legacy burst L-SIG parity Parity bit in the L-SIG symbol L-SIG rate Rate field of the L-SIG symbol; tells legacy device data rate to expect L-SIG reserved Reserved bit in the L-SIG symbol L-SIG tail Signal tail bits of the L-SIG symbol; normally set to 0 OFDM Eq MIMO condition number Ratio of equalizer channel response matrix max singular value to min singular value MIMO channel matrix Complex value matrix of channel vs. stream showing linear average over all subcarriers of the equalizer channel frequency response for the corresponding input channel and data stream MIMO channel frequency response Overlaid traces of equalizer channel frequency response traces Preamble frequency error The difference between the measured center frequency of the transmitted signal and the 89600 VSA center frequency 15
Key Specifi cations 1 This technical overview provides nominal performance specifi cations for the software when making measurements with the specifi ed platform. Nominal values indicate expected performance, or describe product performance that is useful in the application of the product, but is not covered by the product warranty. For a complete list of specifi cations, refer to the measurement platform literature. Option B7R 802.11a/b/g X-Series signal analyzers IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM Signal playback PXA MXA includes Option BBA as noted EXA with Option B25 Result length Auto detect or adjustable from 1 to 1367 symbol times Capture length Gap free analysis at 0% 31.25 MHz span (Option B40) 25 MHz span (Option B25) 25 MHz span 6.7 sec 44 msec With Option BBA and Option B25 or S40 (BBIQ only); 6.7 sec IEEE 802.11a/g OFDM, 13.4 sec IEEE 11p DSRC Accuracy 20 averages, input range 30 dbm and within 2 db of full scale, input range 20 dbm for freq > 3.6 GHz Center frequency 2.4 GHz, 5.8 GHz Residual EVM Equalizer training = 47 db 45 db 46 db chan. est. seq. and data 46 db (Option B25) 44 db (Option BBA) Equalizer training = 45 db 43 db 44 db chan. est. seq. 44 db (Option B25) 41 db (Option BBA) Frequency error Carrier spacing 312 khz 1.4 MHz max, user settable Lock range ±624 khz ±2 x sub-carrier spacing Frequency accuracy ±8 Hz 1. Data subject to change 16
IEEE 802.11b/g DSSS Signal playback PXA MXA includes Option BBA as noted EXA with Option B25 Result length Auto detect or adjustable from 1 to 269,000 chips (24.4 ms) Auto detect or adjustable from 1 to 370741 chips (33.7037 ms) Capture length Gap free analysis at 0% 34.375 MHz span (Option B40) 25 MHz span (Option B25) 6.1 sec 44 msec Accuracy Total power within 2 db of full scale Center frequency 2.4 GHz Residual EVM 1.0% 1.5% 1 0.5% with equalizer enabled; all modulation formats, 10 averages, reference filter = transmits filter = Gaussian with BT = 0.5 0.5% 1 with equalizer enabled; reference filter = transmit filter = Gaussian with BT = 0.5 Frequency error Relative to frequency standard Lock range ±2.5 MHz Frequency accuracy ±8 Hz 1 1. Results also apply to MXA with Option BBA. 17
Option B7Z 802.11n, Option BHJ 802.11ac Infiniium oscilloscopes 80000, 90000 Series Models Measurement inputs Signal playback Result length Capture length Accuracy Equalizer training = chan. est. seq. only Equalizer training = chan. est. seq. and data Frequency lock range Frequency accuracy For a complete listing of supported models, see Infiniium Oscilloscopes with 89600B VSA Software, literature part number 5990-6819EN. 1, 2, 3, or 4 channel Auto-detect or manually adjustable Depends on model, memory option, and sampling mode. Infiniium Oscilloscopes with 89600B VSA Software, literature part number 5990-6819EN. Input range within 2 db of full scale on all input channels. RMS averaging with average count = 20. At least 16 data symbols analyzed in each burst. Analyzer span set to default. 2.4 GHz center frequency (User rate mode = 10 GHz) 5.8 GHz center frequency (User rate mode = 20 GHz) 20 MHz (31.25 MHz span) Signal BW 40 MHz (62.5 MHz span) 41 db 40 db 38 db 37 db 2.4 GHz center frequency 43 db 42 db (User rate mode = 10 GHz) 5.8 GHz center frequency (User rate mode = 20 GHz) 41 db 40 db ±2 x Subcarrier Spacing = ±625 khz at default subcarrier spacing ±1 khz 1. Data subject to change Keep your 89600B VSA up-to-date With rapidly evolving standards and continuous advancements in signal analysis, the 89601BU/BNU software update and subscription service offers you the advantage of immediate access to the latest features and enhancements available for the 89600B VSA software. www.agilent.com/find/89600b You can upgrade! UP All 89600B options can be added after your initial purchase and are license-key enabled. For more information GRADE please refer to www.agilent.com/find/89600b_upgrades 18
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