N9080EM3E NB-IoT and eMTC Measurement Application

Release Date

March 2024

S/W Version Date

2024.0301

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.38.01_Win10.exe

Note: A.37.00 and above will only support multi-touch GUI X-apps programs inside the installer for bench-top X-Series analyzers. Traditional GUI X-apps are not included, and software licenses of traditional GUI X-apps are not recognized.

Note: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

  • Fixed issue which caused the PRACH EVN part of results to not be cleared in error summary table (XSA-42059)

Release Date

September 2023

S/W Version Date

2023.0801

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.36.21_Win10.exe

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system

  • Added support for recalling O-RAN Studio waveform file format (*.orb)

Release Date

August 2023

S/W Version Date

2023.0801

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.36.04_Win10.exe

NOTE: This release contains a defect related to Noise Floor Extension (NFE) that is fixed with A.36.07

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

  • In SEM measurement, support Non-Contiguous Outer and Inner offset measurements at once (2023.0801)

  • In Modulation Analysis measurement, added support for NPDSCH CRC decoding for Tx Diversity (2x1) configuration (2023.0801)

  • Fixed issue in Modulation Analysis measurement that caused Sync failure with NRS on Antenna Port 1 for 2Tx transmission when NPSS/NSSS are configured to be transmitted on Antenna Port 2000 (XSA-33371)

Release Date

March 2023

S/W Version Date

2023.0301

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.35.03_Win10.exe

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

  • In EVM measurement, removed unnecessary information from download decode info trace that was from previous measurement (XSA-33333)

  • Corrected the Auto Scaling behavior in Modulation Analysis measurement for the Error Vector Spectrum trace (XSA-32593)

  • Fixed issue causing NSSS EVM fails when testing frequency offset of 7.5 kHz from NB-IoT center frequency (XSA-33370)

Release Date

July 2022

S/W Version Date

2022.0801

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.33.03_Win10.exe

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

NOTE: This release includes support of the N9067C and N9067EM0E Pulse measurement application

  • Added support for SCPI Recorder

Release Date

July 2021

S/W Version Date

2021.0701

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.30.05.exe

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

  • Fixed issue that caused the CALC:EVM:DATA table queries to return unexpected results for the Error Summary table when using NB-IoT. Regular LTE measurements are OK. (XSA-18178)

Release Date

July 2020

S/W Version Date

2020.0701

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.27.02.exe

NOTE: This release does not support the Windows 7 operating system.

  • Fixed issue causing “Hardware Missing” error to occur on some X-Series signal analyzers with Opt P03 but without Opt EA3 (XSA-6230)

  • Fixed issue causing MPDCCH from being decoded properly when using multiple Tx antennas (XSA-6119)

Release Date

December 2019

S/W Version Date

2019.1107

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.25.05.exe

  • Added support for EUTRA carrier cell ID in the In-Band Different PCI mode

Release Date

July 2018

S/W Version Date

2018.0629

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 10

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.21.04.exe

  • NB-IoT:

    • In Modulation Analysis (multi-touch only) and Conformance EVM measurements:

      • Added support for Downlink NPRS (NB-IoT Positioning RS) demod

      • Added support for Downlink NPBCH decoding

      • Added support for Downlink and Uplink Freq Error per Slot traces

      • Updated Uplink Resource Unit auto detection for Single or multi-tones

  • eMTC (Cat-M):

    • In Modulation Analysis (multi-touch only) and Conformance EVM measurements:

      • Added support for Downlink MPDCCH decoding, and decoded DCI-based RB auto detection

      • Added support for Uplink BL/CE PUCCH decoding

      • Updated Uplink BL/CE PUSCH decoding for multiple-repetition case

Release Date

April 2018

S/W Version Date

2017.1221

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7

Installer File Name

XSA_Installer_A.20.22.exe

NOTE:

A.20.22 fixes the defect found in instrument software versions A.20.03 and A.20.04 that caused measurement accuracy issues. Any analyzer running A.20.03 or A.20.04 should be upgraded to A.20.22 or later.

NEW

  • For NB-IoT Downlink:

    • Modulation Analysis (multi-touch only) and Conformance EVM:

      • Power auto scaling update for NPSS channel for following 3GPP standard definition

      • UE In-Band Emissions update: NPRACH in-band emissions support

      • NPUSCH decoding support

      • NPUSCH single-tone auto-detection:

        • NPUSCH format 1 or 2

        • Subcarrier spacer 3.75 kHz or 15 kHz

        • Mod Scheme pi/2-BPSK or pi/4-QPSK

        • Subcarrier offset in RB (n-sc)

      • NPUSCH multi-tone frequency error estimation algorithm improvement

  • For eMTC Uplink:

    • Modulation Analysis (multi-touch only) and Conformance EVM:

      • BL/CE PUSCH decoding with no repetition case onlu

      • PL/CE PRACH demodulation