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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
uenc
y S
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