The R&S TS-RRM and R&S TS8980 test platforms were approved for every type of Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) narrowband IoT test (RF, Demod and RRM) at a recent Conformance Agreement Group meeting of the Global Certification Forum. Rohde & Schwarz said it is the only company to have activated both NTN NB-IoT radio frequency and radio resource management work items in the Forum.
This achievement allowed the Global Certification Forum to activate work item 336 in its device certification program. It also means that Rohde & Schwarz now supports the complete certification of Release 17 NB-IoT user equipment for NTNs.
The R&S TS-RRM and R&S TS8980 are conformance test systems designed to enable NB-IoT certification across LTE and other radio access technologies (RAT). The R&S TS RRM is an automated conformance test system for running RRM conformance test cases and runs 5G NR and LTE inter-RAT RRM test cases for certifying wireless devices. The R&S TS8980 is a compact full-range conformance testing solution, which supports the device certification process for RF and RRM.