Anritsu Passes 3G Milestone by Providing the First HSUPA Conformance Test Case

Anritsu Corporation (TOKYO:6754) announces the
completion of the first 3GPP HSUPA protocol conformance test case. A
key milestone for 3G, this represents a huge step forward, enabling
the mobile industry to deliver commercially available HSUPA terminals.
HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) is a critical element in
the delivery of high speed data rates on 3G mobile networks. This
latest extension of 3G technology provides a major improvement to data
transfer rates from the mobile terminal to the network by increasing
uplink speeds from 384kbps to 5.7Mbps.
Availability of conformance test cases is critical for the
certification of terminals that is required before commercial
deployment, enabling the industry to finally deliver the range of
mobile products and applications that will meet market and consumer
expectation for the technology.
Anritsu is the first test and measurement company to submit such a
test case to the 3GPP, building on their long term reputation as a
leading supplier of W-CDMA test solutions for mobile terminals.
The company continues to work at the forefront of 3G and 3.5G
mobile test technology and has worked closely with the leading mobile
terminal equipment suppliers within the industry to deliver this test
case. Part of the 3GPP Release 6 specification, the TS34.123 test case
8.2.6.50 was submitted to the 3GPP RAN-5 working group for approval in
early September.
The test case was debugged on Anritsu's Protocol Test System (PTS)
and builds on the highly successful MD8480C W-CDMA Signalling Tester
for WCDMA/GSM/GPRS and HSDPA/HSUPA terminals launched earlier this
year.