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Keysight Signal Optimizer Overview

The Keysight Signal Optimizer is the world’s first integrated signal generation, signal analysis, and calibration software for 5G.

Key Benefits

Available Licenses

Supported Signals

Supported Hardware

Guided Calibration

Key Benefits

The Signal Optimizer:

• Takes the pain out of 5G RF and mmWave calibration and measurement with simple, integrated task based graphical software user interface
• Helps make complicated task of performing system calibration easier and simpler than ever with step-by-step guided calibrations
• Provides block diagram-based user menu to configure the signal, source, analyzer and measurement easily and quickly
• Automatically couples measurement settings with the selected signal format
• Automatically couples analyzer with source hardware settings
• Save and Recall for automation and for one-button setup of favorite system states
• Provides a .NET API for automation

Available Licenses

The Keysight Signal Optimizer offers several licenses that add signal generation and analysis capability to the basic K3101A calibration license. See Licensing for information on available license types, redeeming purchased licenses, and installing software licenses in your controlling PC.

• K3101A (required) - Includes calibration, multitone signal generation and analysis/measurement. Source and analyzer hardware support are also included (see Supported Hardware for more information).

• K3102A - Includes Digital Demodulation signal generation and analysis/measurement.

• K3104A - Includes 5G Candidate Custom OFDM signal generation and analysis/measurement.

Supported Signals

The Keysight Signal Optimizer offers several signal generation/analysis capability options in addition to calibration and standard multitone generation and analysis.

• Custom IQ (Requires K3102A)

  • For single-carrier digitally modulated signals

  • Edits signal configuration in familiar and simplified Signal Studio N7608B user dialog

  • Imports Custom IQ setup files from Signal Studio, N7608B

  • Automatically couples the common signal and measurement parameters to save time and complexity
  • Provides EVM and measurement data

• Custom OFDM (Requires K3104A)

  • Edits signal configuration in familiar and simplified Signal Studio N7608B user dialog
  • Imports setup files from Signal Studio N7608B-FFP/GFP Custom OFDM (and 5G candidate)

  • Imports Custom OFDM or 5G candidate setup files from Signal Studio, N7608B

  • Automatically couples the common signal and measurement parameters to save time and complexity
  • Provides EVM and measurement data
  • Customizable filter, subcarrier/resource allocation, Pilot, Preamble, Data channels

  • Variable guard interval length (symbol by symbol), and variable time gap (symbol by symbol)

  • SCMA, NOMA multiple access

• 5G Candidate (requires K3104A)

  • FBMC, F-OFDM (signal generation and analysis)
  • UFMC, GFDM (signal generation)
  • Customizable filter, subcarrier/resource allocation, Pilot, Preamble, Data channels

  • Variable guard interval length (symbol by symbol), and variable time gap (symbol by symbol)

• Multitone (Included with base K3101A)

  • Edits signal generation and measurement configuration in basic multitone editors
  • Automatically couples the common signal and measurement parameters to save time and complexity
  • Provides spectrum, frequency response, and summary measurement data

• File Import (Included with base K3101A)

  • Imports an externally created waveform from a variety of formats and sources
    • CSV file
    • LabVIEW CSV file
    • MATLAB HDF file
    • N5110A (Baseband Studio) waveform file
    • M8190A DUC IQBIN file
    • WFM (Signal Studio) file (A valid Signal Studio license must be installed on the signal generator to play back imported waveforms)
  • Imports a VSA .setx file (settings file for measurement configuration)

Supported Hardware

The Keysight Signal Optimizer supports a variety of Keysight signal generation and analysis/measurement hardware. See the System Requirements installation topic for more information.

Source Hardware Configurations

• MXG

• EXG

• M8190 + PSG

• M8190 DUC x3

• M8190 DUC x12

• M8190 DUC x24

• M8190 DUC x48

Analyzer Hardware Configurations

• X-Series Signal Analyzers

• Infiniium Oscilloscopes

• Z9070B Wideband Signal Analysis Solution

Guided Calibration

The Signal Optimizer's integrated Calibration Wizard steps you through calibration of receiver and transmitter test environments so you can measure your component devices with ease and confidence.

Step 1. Analyzer (Rx) System Calibration

The first step connects the comb generator with the test fixture for receiver hardware (signal analyzer shown) calibration. By running this calibration, we can establish the calibrated signal analyzer with the reference plane at the signal analyzer’s input.

Step 2. Source (Tx) System Calibration

With the calibrated signal analyzer from step 1, step 2 performs transmit hardware calibration with a signal source or generator.

The Signal Optimizer can run the source system calibration by applying the channel response, creating a reference plane at the signal source output.

Step 3. Use Calibrated Source and Analyzer System to Measure Component DUT

The calibrated transmit and receiver hardware are ready to measure true DUT performance.

The Signal Optimizer can generate and analyze 5G candidate and custom waveforms within the same software. With integrated system calibration, the Signal Optimizer is a simple, powerful and essential 5G solution.