General Information : TD-LTE Signal Analyzer : TD-LTE Modulation Measurements

TD-LTE Modulation Measurements
The following parameters are measured in the Modulation Measurement mode.
Constellation
This measurement displays the constellation of the demodulated symbols over the first sub-frame.
Ref Signal (RS) Power
Reference Signal power displayed in dBm or Watts. The reference signal is used for downlink channel estimation.
EVM (rms)
The RMS (%) of all the error vectors, between the reconstructed ideal signals and the received signals, divided by the RMS value of the ideal signals.
Freq Error
The difference between the measured carrier frequency and the specified carrier frequency is the frequency error. This number is only as accurate as the frequency reference that is used, and is typically only useful with a good external frequency reference or GPS.
Carrier Frequency
Carrier Frequency is the measured transmitter operating center frequency.
Sync Signal (SS) Power
Sync signal power displayed in dBm or Watts.
EVM (pk)
The peak (%) of all the error vectors, between the reconstructed ideal signals and the received signals, divided by the RMS value of the ideal signals.
Freq Error (ppm)
Freq Error displayed in parts per million (ppm).
Cell ID
Cell identifying information sent by the transmitter in the sync signal.
Control Channel Power
This measurement shows the power levels of key physical layer Control Channels.
Ref Signal (RS) Power
Reference Signal power displayed in dBm. The reference signal is used for downlink channel estimation.
P-SS Power
Primary Sync Signal power displayed in dBm or Watts. The primary sync signal is used to obtain slot synchronization. It contains information needed for cell search.
S-SS Power
Secondary Sync Signal power displayed in dBm or Watts. The secondary sync signal is used to obtain frame synchronization and cell identity. It contains information needed for cell search.
 
PBCH Power
Physical Broadcast Channel Power. This physical channel carries system information for user equipment (UE) requiring access to the network.
PCFICH Power
Physical Control Format Indicator Channel Power. This channel provides information to enable the UE to decode the PDCCH and PDSCH channels.
Modulation Summary
Modulation Summary displays the Ref Signal (RS) Power, Sync Signal (SS) Power, EVM (rms), Freq Error (Hz and ppm), Cell ID and PBCH Power in a table format. Refer to individual Modulation measurement descriptions for additional detail on each measurement.
Modulation Measurement Setups
Constellation
1.
Press the Measurements main menu key.
2.
Press the Modulation submenu key.
3.
Press the Constellation submenu key to activate the Constellation measurement view (Figure: “Constellation Measurement View”). Press the Constellation submenu key again to list the Constellation menu to setup the reference points and data legend.
a.
Press the Reference Points submenu key to turn the reference points (small white circles) on or off.
b.
Press the Data Legend submenu key to turn the data legend on or off.
4.
Press the Back submenu key again to return to the Modulation menu.
 
Control Channel Power
1.
Press the Measurements main menu key.
2.
Press the Modulation submenu key.
3.
4.
Press the Back submenu key to return to the Measurements menu.
 
Modulation Summary
1.
Press the Measurements main menu key.
2.
Press the Modulation submenu key.
3.
Press the Modulation Summary submenu key to activate and display the modulation measurements in table format (Figure: “Modulation Summary”).
4.
Press the Back submenu key to return to the Measurements menu.
 

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