89601BHTC: IoT Modulation Analysis

• VSA 2025 (Build 29.00)

  Release Date: October 2024

  License Version: 2024.1001 required

  • Split limit lines for Baseband Pulse Mask and Transmit Mask traces into multiple segments to allow showing margin (Y Delta in Markers window) per segment

  • Added Y Delta (margin) to the Markers window for Real trace format to support the Baseband Pulse Mask

• VSA 2024 Update 1.0 (Build 28.40)

  Release Date: December 2023

  License Version: 2023.1201 required

  • IEEE802.15.4ab UWB for UWB-Only MMS (BETA)

• VSA 2023 (Build 27.00)

  Release Date: June 2022

  License Version: 2022.0601 required

  IEEE 802.15.4/4z High Rate Pulse Repetition Frequency Ultra-Wide Band (HRP UWB) Modulation Analysis

  • Frame Info results added

    • Frame check results (pass/fail) indicating whether pulse polarity/position is correct

    • MAC FCS check

    • PHR Info

  • Baseband Pulse Mask trace

    • Pulse shape computed according to Fira specifications

    • Limit lines with IEEE mask

  • Synchronization improvement when multiple frames in acquisition

  • Support for pulse amplitude average

• VSA 2022 Update 1.0 (Build 26.20)

  Release Date: December 2021

  License Version: 2021.1101 required

  • Demodulation results added

    • NRMSE (Normalized Root Mean Square Error) for each part of the frame

    • IQ Meas and IQ Ref traces

    • Error Vector Time trace

  • Parameter to exclude transmitter settling time from analysis

• VSA 2021 (Build 25.40)

  Release Date: December 2020

  License Version: 2020.1101 required

  • IEEE 802.15.4/4z HRP UWB

    • Support demodulated bits (before convolutional decoding)

    • Show PHR + PSDU decoding bits with FEC containing the bits after convolutional encoding is removed

    • Show PSDU decoding bits after Reed-Solomon decoding (if applicable)

• VSA 2020 (Build 25.00)

  Release Date: April 2020

  License Version: 2020.0301 required

  IEEE 802.15.4/4z High Rate Pulse Repetition Frequency Ultra-Wide Band (HRP UWB) Analysis

  • Three PHY modes: Non-ERDEV, ERDEV-BPRF and ERDEV-HPRF

    • Channels 0-15 with corresponding pulse bandwidths

    • Standard combinations of SHR, STS and PHR/PSDU parameters

    • Traces and Metrics

  • RRC Correlated trace and Main Lobe/Side Lobe metrics (including pass/fail indication)

  • RMARKER location relative to beginning of recording (for calculating Time of Flight)

  • Channel Impulse Response/Frequency Response

  • Transmit Mask (including pass/fail indication)

  • Frequency Error/Chip Clock Error

  • Peak/Average Power for SHR, STS, and Data (PHR/PSDU)

• VSA 2019 Update 1.0 (Build 24.20)

  Release Date: September 2019

  License Version: 2019.0901 required

  • IEEE 802.15.4 High-rate PHY Ultra Wide Band (HRP UWB) Measurement

    • Standard combinations of Code Index, Delta Length, SYNC Length, and SFD Length

    • Channels 0-15

    • Traces and Metrics

      • RRC Correlated trace and Main Lobe/Side Lobe metrics (including pass/fail indication)

      • Channel Impulse Response/Frequency Response

      • Transmit Mask (including pass/fail indication)

      • Frequency Error

      • Chip Clock Error

      • Time Offset from trigger