Company will introduce and demonstrate a wide range of solutions that address the specific challenges faced by the 5G ecosystem today, including chipset and device manufacturers, network equipment manufacturers and mobile operators

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 12, 2018 — Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced today it will unveil the most comprehensive 5G New Radio (NR) signal creation and analysis software tools, designed to accelerate 5G product design development and validation, at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona.

Keysight Technologies has applied deep cellular, IP networking expertise and industry-leading Layer 1 through 7 test and measurement capabilities to develop solutions that enable customers to reduce risk in their product lifecycle transitions and get to market faster.

Keysight will be offering demonstrations focused on early research to design validation test to manufacturing, that accelerate 5G, IoT device and network innovations, providing attendees with firsthand knowledge on how to:

• Develop and verify 5G NR signals with signal creation and analysis software that fully supports the 3GPP Rel-15 Non-Standalone (NSA) specification
• Generate field measurements and quality analysis of IoT networks
• Validate base station designs in mmWave and sub-6 GHz frequency bands
• Verify automotive wireless communications
• Ensure network quality of service (QoS) with call-trace analysis
• Test converged cellular networks with a single product
• Overcome 5G air-interface challenges with 5G protocol R&D and design verification toolsets
• Test the 5G Core User Plane Function (UPF) network element at massive scale for agile development
• Test 5G and Wi-Fi together to validate multi-mode devices and deliver a better QoS
• Determine the utilization and condition of legacy and new test assets across the entire organization