Tektronix and LitePoint Team Up to Support Latest LTE Standard
SUNNYVALE, CA, April 30, 2008
Tektronix, a worldwide provider of
test, measurement, and monitoring instrumentation, and
LitePoint, a provider of wireless test system solutions,
announced their collaborative solution to LTE product
development.
LitePoint’s RSALTE Software is designed
to run on Tektronix RSA3000A/B and RSA6100A real-time
spectrum analyzers and offers 3.9G compliance support for
designers of UMTS-Long-Term Evolution (LTE) systems. “This software
enables our customers to analyze the latest LTE signals with
both our mid-range and high-performance RTSAs,” explained
Elaine May, Tektronix marketing director.
“The RSALTE-based solution with real-time technologies like DPX and Frequency Mask Trigger
also captures intermittent or random events that other
solutions may miss,” added Onno Harms, LitePoint RSALTE
product manager. “That helps engineering teams detect, diagnose, and resolve
design errors more quickly.” In addition, R&D and production
teams can share common test algorithms and data formats,
reducing production ramp-up time in manufacturing.
Bolsters LTE Development
In the battle to provide broadband
wireless connectivity that supports voice, data, and
multimedia, WiMAX and LTE are the prime contenders. The
WiMAX standard is further along than LTE, but infrastructure
delays have hampered strong market entry.
LTE, slated for market entry in 2009,
is favored by most cellular operators. The LTE standard is
still evolving but the latest version, RP-39, version 8.20,
3/20/2008, is advanced enough to enable system development
to progress. The LitePoint/Tektronix solution is a major
step forward in bolstering that early LTE development.
Price and Availability
The new RSALTE software now is
available from Tektronix and LitePoint. It is priced at
$9,000 MSRP.
About Tektronix
Tektronix supplies test, measurement,
and monitoring products; solutions; and services for the
communications, computer, and semiconductor industries as
well as military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education,
and a range of other industries worldwide. With 60 years of
experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design,
build, deploy, and manage next-generation global
communications networks, computing, and advanced
technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, OR, Tektronix has
operations in 19 countries worldwide.
www.tektronix.com
About LitePoint
LitePoint, based in Sunnyvale, CA,
designs, develops, markets, and supports advanced wireless
test solutions for developers and marketers of branded
wireless products, consumer electronics and contract
manufacturers, and wireless IC designers. Through its
in-house expertise in the design of wireless systems and
ICs, LitePoint has developed test solutions to assure
products conform to specifications, interoperate with other
compliant products, and perform as described. LitePoint's
test products address both development and high-volume
production. For more information, visit LitePoint at
www.litepoint.com.