Channel Power (CPOW) Measurement Description

Last Updated: August 29, 2007

This topic describes the Channel Power measurement. Channel Power is a measurement in the RF Channel measurement suite.

• How is a Channel Power Measurement Made?

• Channel Power Measurement Parameters

• Channel Power Measurement Results

• Channel Power Input Signal Requirements

How is a Channel Power Measurement Made?

The Channel Power measurement measures the filtered average and peak envelope power over the measurement interval you specify.

Channel Power Measurement Parameters

Channel Power is a measurement in the RF Channel measurement suite. See RF Channel Measurement Suite Measurement Parameters for details of the parameters that apply to all measurements in the suite.

Channel Power Measurement Results

Integrity Indicator

This result provides the integrity indicator for the RF Channel measurement suite. Normal indicates that the measurement suite completed successfully without error and the result is accurate. For details of other integrity indicators, see Measurement Integrity Indicator.

GPIB command: FETCh:RFCHannel:INTegrity?

Average Channel Power

This result provides the average channel power in dBm.

GPIB commands: FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:ALL?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:AVERage?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:AVERage:ALL?  

Peak Channel Power

This result provides the average channel power in dBm.

GPIB commands: FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:ALL?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:PEAK?, FETCh:RFCHannel:CPOWer:PEAK:ALL?  

Channel Power Input Signal Requirements

Channel Power is a measurement in the RF Channel measurement suite. See RF Channel Input Signal Requirements for details of the input signal requirements that apply to all measurements in the suite.