Ron HarrisonProduct Marketing Manager

RF & Communications

NI RF and Communications PlatformHardware and Software

Evolving Wireless Standards

RFID

GSM

802.15.1

EDGE

GPRS

1990 1995 20052000 2010

802.11

802.11a

802.11u

802.11j

802.11i

802.11k

802.11j

802.11h

802.11g

802.11f

802.11e802.11d

802.11b

WiMAX – 802.16-2004

UWB

TD-SCDMA

UMTS

cdma2000

HSDPA

802.22

WiMAX – 802.16e

802.20AMPS

IS95

IS136

IS54

ZigBee

802.11n

GSM Tester

WLAN Tester

Spectrum

Radio Tester

Power Meter

RFID Tester

All in onePXI Platform! Multi-

Protocol UUT

Virtual InstrumentationA Flexible, Reusable Approach to Test with Modular Hardware, Intuitive Software

• Lower cost• Higher performance• Smaller size• Flexible• Easily upgraded• User-defined

• 132 MB/s PCI in an industrial form factor• Standard Windows software• Integrated timing and trigging

– Trigger bus with 8 lines– Star Trigger with low-skew– 10 MHz reference clock

• Open, multiple vendor standard

PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation ( )

Performance BenchmarksNI PXI-5660 2.7 GHz RF Signal Analyzer

Power in band: 30–200 times improvement

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

160 kHz

320 kHz

800 kHz

Freq

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pan

Measurements per second

Traditional Instrumentation NI RFSA

Traditional Solution: $82,9726.12 ft3 (.1734 m3)

NI Solution: $39,545.67 ft3 (.019 m3)

PXI vs. GPIB

Reduce system size by 90% and increase wallet size by 100% with the NI modular instrumentation.

Traditional Solution: $6,8800.71 ft3 (20,037 cm3)

NI Solution: $2,999.02 ft3 (562 cm3)

PXI vs. GPIB

Reduce system size by 97% and increase wallet size by 130% with the NI modular instrumentation.

Graphical Programming with NI LabVIEW

• Fast development with interactive configuration and graphical programming• Tight integration of real-world I/O, measurement analysis, and data presentation• Highly flexible engineering tool from desktop to RF manufacturing test

• AM, FM, PM• ASK, FSK, MSK, GMSK, PAM, PSK, QAM,…• OFDM• BER, burst timing, frequency deviation, MER,

EVM, ρ(rho)

Wireless Communication and Modulation•A communication system comprises 3 components•LabVIEW can be used to develop a communication system using the Modulation Toolkit

• Data compression• Digital filters• Custom VIs• M-Script• Custom dlls

• Hamming, Golay, Reed-Solomon, Bose-Chaudhari-Hocquenghem (BCH), Convolutional, Spreading

• Interleavers, Puncturing• Equalization

Source CodingSource Coding Channel CodingChannel Coding ModulationModulationBits IQBit

GenerationBit

Generation Bits Bits

• Galois PN• Fibonacci PN

ModulationModulation

Wireless Communication and Modulation•Software-Defined Radio (SDR) = Software-defined communications on reconfigurable HW

•LabVIEW can be used to develop any SDR

Source CodingSource Coding Channel CodingChannel Coding ModulationModulationBits IQBit

GenerationBit

Generation Bits BitsSource CodingSource Coding Channel CodingChannel Coding ModulationModulationBits IQBit

GenerationBit

Generation Bits Bits

DAB Emission Block Diagram

*Final Draft ETSI EN 300 401 v1.4.1 (2006-01)

ModulationSource Coding Channel Coding

Channel CodingModulation

Source Coding

LabVIEW DAB Emission Block Diagram

Software-Defined Communication Applications

MIMO

Tire Pressure

Monitoring

SeaSolve

SeaSolve

SeaSolveAmFax

AmFaxAmFax

MindReady MindReadyVI Service Network

WinemanTechnologies

Alphautomazione/Lyocom

Alphautomazione/Lyocom

DAQTron

NI PXI RF Hardware

NI LabVIEW Communication Software

NI Instrumentation Platform for RF & CommunicationsRF and Microwave Hardware• RF Vector Signal Analyzer

2.7 GHz, 20 MHz RTB• RF Vector Signal Generators

2.7 GHz, 20 MHz RTB• Analog RF Signal Generators

6.6 GHz CW w/ analog modulation• RF Preamplifier

3 GHz, 30 dB programmable gain• RF & Microwave Switches

Up to 26.5 GHz, MUX, GP Relays

IF / Baseband Hardware• High-Speed Digitizers

Up to 24 bit, Up to 1 GS/s• Signal Generators

Up to 16 bit, Up to 300 MS/s • High-Speed Digital I/O

Up to 32 ch, 400 MbpsRF & Communications Software• NI Modulation Toolkit

Communications signal generation, analysis and test• NI Spectral Measurements Toolkit

Power in-band, ACPR, spectral analysis,...

Generation with NI RF Vector Signal Generators

Protocol

ModulatedWaveform

Download to AWG

Generate IF

UpconvertTo RF

ZigBee Transmitter Testing and Analysis

RF Measurements• Power Spectral Density • Occupied Bandwidth • Power in Upper and Lower Bands• Power in band (total power)

Baseband Measurements• IQ Plots• Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) • Constellation diagram• Eye Diagram• CCDF• Data bits

Analyzer is Capable of capturing signals, performing symbol synchronization, frequency synchronization and neutralizing front end non idealities

Signal Analysis Set Up

Signal Analysis setup to test and analyze the transmitter characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4/ ZigBee device

ZigBee Receiver Testing and Analysis

Measurements• IQ Plot ( First 100 Samples)• Complete IQ Plot• Constellation (Before & After Pulse Shaping)• Power Spectrum plot • Eye DiagramData patterns – 5 typesMode of Transmission• Continuous mode • Burst mode Frame Types • Data Frame• Beacon Frame• MAC Command Frame• Acknowledgement Frame

Signal Generation Set Up

Signal generation setup to test and analyze the receiver characteristics of IEEE 802.15.4/ ZigBee device

Conclusion

• LabVIEW and PXI-based modular instruments for flexible, software-defined communication design and test

LabVIEW modules for RF & CommunicationsSpectral

Measurements Modulation ToolkitAdvanced Signal

Processing ToolkitDigital Filter

Design Toolkit