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Solving Your IoT Wireless Design and Test Challenges

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The Internet of Things (IoT) and its adoptions will continue to evolve in a very fast

pace, with Gartner1 forecasting that endpoint devices will grow at 31% to reach

20.4B units in year 2020. IoT is going to have major impact in our life. It will make

our world a better place to live in, improve our health and improve business and daily

operational efficiencies. The fundamental of this growth is the connectivity behind all

these devices, which need to be properly tested to ensure robust connectivity in their

intended operating environments.

Many wireless standards and technologies have emerged to support a wide variety

of IoT applications. These range from connecting simple wearable devices to a cell

phone via Bluetooth®, to mission-critical services that require constant, reliable, and

secure connections. Wearable and smart home applications centered around the

smartphone often use Bluetooth, ZigBee® and Z-Wave, which offer a robust and

low-power mesh network. Low power wide area networks (LPWAN) are growing to

support a greater number of connected devices over longer distances with very low

power consumption. LPWAN technologies such as LoRa®, NB-IoT or Cat-M1 are

ideal for smart city or industrial IoT applications whereby a large number of devices or

sensors in a wide area can be connected cost-effectively.

IoT markets Smart home Wearables Smart City

Industrial Automation Smart Energy

Connected Car

Applications • Security alarm

• Lighting control

• HVAC control

• Remote control

• Energy efficiency

• Entertainment

• Appliances

• Health monitor

• Fitness tracker

• Smart watch

• Smart glass

• E-textile

• Hearing aid

• Traffic management

• Smart metering

• Waste management

• Smart lighting

• Security

• Smart parking

• Smart machine

• Surveillance camera

• Factory automation

• Asset tracking

• Logistics and supply chain

• Generation and transmission

• Distribution and metering

• Storage

• Services

• V2V, V2X, V2I communications

• eCall

• Infotainment

• Traffic control

• Navigation

• Autonomous drive

Enabling technologies

• Bluetooth

• WLAN

• ZigBee

• Z-Wave

• Bluetooth

• WLAN

• NFC

• EMV

• NB-IoT

• LTE Cat-M1

• LoRa

• NB-IoT

• LTE Cat-M1

• LoRa

• NB-IoT

• LTE Cat-M1

• ZigBee

• Wi-SUN

• WLAN

• C-V2X

1. Source: Gartner (January 2017)

Your Challenge: Ensure IoT device wireless performance while maintaining low cost-of-testBillions of devices will be connected over many different and emerging wireless

technologies, causing manufacturers to face constant challenges. These include

ensuring the performance of the product and interoperability, meeting throughput,

fulfilling power and range requirements, and addressing how to run the required tests

quickly and inexpensively given the high volume and low market cost expectation.

With many wireless technologies using the same unlicensed spectrum, manufacturers

also need to verify that co-channel and adjacent-channel interferences are not

adversely affecting their device performance.

This also presents challenges to designers as the design and test of devices becomes

more complex, time consuming, and expensive. It is important to choose a test

solution that is able to meet your requirements. Tradeoffs must be made between

what you want to test and what you can afford to test to ensure the quality and

reliability of the device while maintaining a low cost-of-test.

Design and Test Challenges for Wireless Connectivity

Performance Interference Cost-of-test Time-to-market

How to ensure product meets throughput, power and range requirements?

How to ensure the device works properly in dense signal environment?

How to run the required set of tests quickly and inexpensively?

How to speed up design validation and compliance test of emerging wireless technologies?

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Test Your IoT Devices More EfficientlyKeysight can help. From our founding in Hewlett and Packard’s garage over 75 years

ago, we’ve kept an unwavering focus on solving complex measurement challenges for

engineers around the world. Keysight offers a wide range of wireless test solutions,

from cost-effective bench solutions to high-performance signal generators and signal

analyzers for comprehensive frequency domain, time domain and modulation analysis.

Keysight wireless connectivity solutions cover all your testing needs from R&D to

design verification to compliance testing to high-volume manufacturing.

Benchtop Modular One-Box Tester

Basic Wireless Test

X-Series Signal Analyzer X-Series Signal Generator M9421A/M9410A/M9411AVXT PXIe Vector Transceiver

E6640A EXM Wireless Test Set

Signal Studio

Low Cost Spectrum Analyzer

X-Series Measurement Applications 89600 VSA Software

RF Signal Generator and Waveform Generator

• Most advanced signal generation and analysis solution for design and verification test

• High throughput for manufacturing test• High test density and reduced footprint with PXIe module

• Ultimate scalability and port density• High throughput and yield for manufacturing test

• Vector signal creation• Format specific and flexible • Bluetooth, ZigBee, WLAN, Z-Wave, WiSUN, LoRA, NB-IoT/eMTC and V2X etc.

• One-button setups• Format specific and flexible• Bluetooth, WLAN, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Wi-Sun, LoRa, NB-IoT/eTMC and V2X etc.

• Industry leading capability• Support for most modulation types• Modulation and spectrum analysis

• ASK/FSK, Bluetooth, external I/Q input for ZigBee• Bluetooth, WLAN, WiSUN FSK/OFDM, ZigBee, Z-Wave, LoRa, and NB-IoT/eMTC with CXA Signal Analyzer

• Complete TX power and RX PER test in seconds• Quantitative measurement to ensure device quality• Streamline manufacturing test processes with OTA tests

Cost-Effective Wireless Test Solutions

High Performance Multi-Format Wireless Test Solutions

X8711A IoT Device Functional Test Solution

Over-the-air Signaling Test

Selection GuideRefer to tables below for recommended Keysight wireless test solutions based on

IoT signal formats

Keysight Bluetooth Test Solutions

Type Hardware Software

Signal Generator(For RX tests)

X-Series signal generators(MXG or EXG)

+ N7606EMBC Signal Studio for Bluetooth (BR/EDR/LE4.0/4.2/BT5)

Signal Analyzer(For TX tests)

X-Series signal analyzers(PXA, MXA, EXA, CXA)

+ N9081EM0E Bluetooth Measurement Application(BR/EDR/LE4.0/4.2/BT5)

One-box-tester(For TX and RX tests in volume manufacturing)

E6640A EXM + Y9081EM0E Bluetooth Measurement Application (BR/EDR/LE4.0/4.2/BT5)

Over-the-air signaling test (For functional test)

X8711A/ZA0060A IoT device functional test solution

+ KS83301A/B BLE Signaling Measurement Suite (BLE 4.2 or 5)

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Type Hardware Software

Signal Generator(For RX tests)

X-Series signal generators(MXG or EXG)

+ N7617EMBC Signal Studio for WLAN

Signal Analyzer(For TX tests)

X-Series signal analyzers(UXA, PXA, MXA, EXA, CXA)

+ N9077EM0E & N9077EM1E WLAN Measurement Application

One-box-tester(For TX and RX tests in volume manufacturing)

E6640A EXM + Y9077EM0E & Y9077EM1E WLAN Measurement Application

PXI VSG/VSA(For MIMO and beamforming test)

M9381A/M9391A PXI VSG/VSA + N7617EMBC Signal Studio for WLANN9077EM0E & N9077EM1E WLAN Measurement Application

89601B VSA Software

Over-the-air signaling test (For functional test)

X8711A IoT device functional test solution

+ KS83302A/B WLAN Signaling Measurement Suite (802.11b/g/n only)

Keysight WLAN Test Solutions(802.11a/b/g/j/p/n/ac/ah/ax)

Keysight ZigBee, Z-Wave, Wi-SUN, LoRa Test Solutions

Type Hardware Software

Signal Generator(For RX tests)

X-Series signal generators(MXG or EXG)

+ N7610EMBC Signal Studio for IoT Signal Studio (for ZigBee/Z-Wave/Wi-SUN/LoRa)

Signal Analyzer(For TX tests)

X-Series signal analyzers(PXA, MXA, EXA, CXA)

+ N9084EM0E IoT Measurement App (for ZigBee/Z-Wave)

N9054EM0E VMA Vector Signal Analysis (for Wi-SUN FSK)

N9054EM1E VMA Vector Signal Analysis (For WiSUN OFDM)

N9063EM0E Analog Demodulation (for LoRa)

89601B VSA software option AYA

One-box-tester(For TX and RX tests in volume manufacturing)

E6640A EXM + V9064B VXA Measurement Application(For ZigBee, Z-Wave and Wi-SUN FSK)

V9063B Analog Demodulation(for LoRa)

Low cost solution(for TX and RX tests)

33600 series function generators, N9010A signal generator and N9000B CXA analyzer

+ N9084EMBC IoT Measurement Application(for ZigBee/Z-Wave)

N9063EM0E Analog Demodulation(for LoRa)

N9054EM0E/N9054EM1E VMA (For WiSUN FSK and OFDM)

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Keysight LTE NB-IoT, Cat-M1 and C-V2X Test Solutions

Type Hardware Software

Network Emulation and Signaling Test

E7515A UXM Wireless Test Set + S8890A Wireless Device Functional Test Refence Solution (Automated test based on Keysight TAP Software)

Signal Generator(For RX tests)

X-Series signal generators(MXG or EXG)

+ N7624EMBC Signal Studio for LTE/LTE-A/LTE-A Pro Signal Studio (including NB-IoT and eMTC)

N7626EMBC Signal Studio for V2X

Signal Analyzer(For TX tests)

X-Series signal analyzers(UXA, PXA, MXA, EXA, CXA)

+ N9080EM0E LTE and LTE-Advanced FDD Measurement Application

N9080EM3E NB-IoT and eMTC Measurement Application

N9080EM4E LTE V2X Measurement Application

One-box-tester(For TX and RX tests in volume manufacturing)

E6640A EXM + Y9080EM0E, Y9080B-2FP LTE and LTE-Advanced Measurement Application

Y9080EM0E NB-IoT and eMTC Measurement Application

Y9080EM4E LTE V2X Measurement Application

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Useful resources

The menu at the IoT café: A guide to IoT wireless technologies http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5992-2412EN.pdf

Maximizing battery life of IoT smart devices with Keysight solutions http://literature.cdn.keysight.com/litweb/pdf/5992-1649EN.pdf

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