User`s guide

1.0 Introduction
The Agilent Technologies E6701A
lab application (LA) shortens the
GPRS wireless appliance design
cycle with a one-box solution for
parametric and signaling design
validation.
The E6701A LA is an option for the
Agilent 8960 Series 10 (E5515B or
E5515C) wireless communications
test set. With this option, R&D inte-
gration engineers working on func-
tional verification of GPRS wireless
appliance firmware and hardware
now have access to a flexible, com-
prehensive, and easy-to-use one-box
solution for quickly and accurately
validating a product’s parametric
and signaling design requirements.
The Agilent 8960 test set, an
industry-standard product for
testing cellular handsets, now
accommodates many requirements
of GPRS wireless appliance R&D
engineers. The platform’s new
E6701A software retains the meas-
urement and call processing capabil-
ity of the E1964A GPRS mobile test
application, which establishes a vital
link between design and manufac-
turing. The ability to use the same
equipment in R&D and production
allows for a rapid and smooth tran-
sition from one phase in the product
lifecycle to the next, as well as
improves troubleshooting processes.
The test set’s protocol logging
capabilities facilitate testing and
troubleshooting of new signaling
features and data channels, so engi-
neers can extract better information
about their designs. Two-way IP
data communication, when set up
between a device and a network,
provides real data flow on a real
data channel, enabling R&D integra-
tion engineers to test more of the
data handling performance of a
GPRS device. Users of the E6701A
can set timing advance and cell
parameters, which allows for testing
and troubleshooting issues related
to timing and base station
configuration.
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