Agilent/Keysight S8802A

The Keysight S8802A mmWave Base Station Fading Performance Toolset is a laboratory validation platform for optimizing, stress testing, and benchmarking millimeter-wave base stations and user equipment. It delivers end-to-end RF-to-RF testing across the full signaling stack, enabling accelerated 5G deployments through realistic channel emulation that addresses high blocking and complex propagation conditions inherent to mmWave frequencies.

– Technical Specifications

The system supports multi-probe, dual Over-The-Air (OTA) testing architectures for multiple-beam validation. Channel modeling leverages 3GPP 38.901 CDL models for FR1 and FR2 bands, alongside WINNER and SCME models. Tested environments include UMi, UMa, O2I, and I2O propagation scenarios with user-defined 3D spatial configurations.

– Key Features

• Vendor-independent KPI testing in laboratory environments
• Full mobility support and 3D beamforming validation for 5G NR mmWave deployments
• Dynamic channel modeling with variable mobile speed, multipath profiles, range delay, and base station antenna correlation
• Noise and inter-symbol interference modeling from base station signals and multipath reflections
• User-defined spatial scenarios with dynamic movement modeling
• Extensible architecture via Keysight F9860000A Channel Studio software for customer-specific channel model creation

– Typical Applications

• Performance validation of 5G NR mmWave base station deployments
• Mobile network and device testing under challenging propagation conditions
• Base station design stress testing and performance optimization
• User equipment evaluation under realistic fading scenarios

– Compatibility & Integration

The S8802A integrates within Keysight’s broader test ecosystem, complementing the S8801A MIMO Base Station Fading Performance Toolset and S8803A Massive MIMO Base Station Fading Performance Toolset. Extensibility through Channel Studio enables advanced radio channel modeling capabilities beyond standard 3GPP and vendor models.