Why EXFO for RF?
How can we make testing simpler, faster, better? At EXFO, that’s a question we’ve been asking for over 35 years. And it’s one we continue to answer with a steady stream of innovative, award-winning solutions.
Now we’re bringing fresh eyes and our field-focused expertise to the area of RF testing. Working closely with some of the world's biggest Tier 1 mobile operators and industry-leading RF technology partners, we re-imagined RF spectrum analysis to help clear the air for 5G.
- Revolutionary RF modules for FR1 and FR2, providing optimal scalability
- Smart, UX-optimized GUI designed for the way field techs should test
- Striking the right balance between portability and functionality
- Bringing intelligence to RF testing with 5G SSB blind scanner and TDD gated sweep
- Easy and efficient test methodology for mapping channel power data to identify potential interference issues at specific frequencies and geographic locations.
Designed by field techs
Current RF spectrum analyzers are complex, requiring extensive RF knowledge to operate. And with equipment from multiple vendors, each with different GUIs and processes, things can get complicated. Learning it all takes time, but 5G won’t wait.
- Do more in less time: purpose-built and automated, making it easier and quicker to detect, locate and eliminate RF issues in the RAN (i.e., interference, beam performance issues etc.)
- Field-specific features: exactly what’s required in the field—no confusing apps and features that buyers paid for, but that field techs will never use
- Compact, field portable: validate 4G/LTE and 5G RAN with a wide range of functionalities built into a small-footprint design
RF testing that scales and adapts with your network
Operators need to support, maintain and test both new and existing RF technologies (e.g., 3G/4G/LTE/5G-NR). Testing solutions that require two tools, one for 4G (mostly FR1 low bands) and a second for 5G (FR1 mid band and FR2), are both costly and inefficient. Meet those challenges head-on with EXFO's 5GPro Spectrum Analyzer:
- Go modular: a single RF spectrum testing solution that supports both FR1 (450 MHz - 6 GHz) and FR2 (24.25 GHz - 40 GHz) bands
- Built for now and later: start with FR1 testing and add FR2 as requirements change
- Test different RF frequencies plus CPRI, eCPRI and Ethernet (up to 100G), timing and sync, and fiber using a modular, future-proof design
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