Agilent Technologies E6474A User Manual 2

Agilent E6474A Wireless Network Optimization Platform

Configuration Guide

The purpose of this configuration guide is to assist you in ordering the correct system configuration for your application.

The Agilent E6474A wireless network optimization platform is used to obtain RF coverage measurements and service performance measurements for wireless communications networks. The Windows®based software runs on a PC that interfaces with an Agilent digital RF receiver and with cdmaOne, cdma2000, HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and iDEN phones. The system can be configured to include receivers and phones from one or a combination of technologies simultaneously. The system can control up to four phones.

Recommended minimum PC specifications: The Agilent E6474A system requires a PC. The PC requirements differ depending on the

hardware configuration and on which parameters are being selected.

Minimum PC specifications:

• XP Professional SP2 (inc XP for Tablet PC)

• 1.6GHz Pentium M 512MB RAM

• Parallel port or USB Port (for software key)

• PCMCIA slot or a USB connection (for multiple hardware support)

• 30 GB hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive recommended for installation

• 1024 x 768 display resolution minimum

Recommended PC specifications:

• XP Professional SP2 (inc XP for Tablet PC)

• Intel® Core™ Duo T2500 (2GHz) 2GB RAM

• Parallel port or USB Port (for software key)

• PCMCIA slot or a USB connection (for multiple hardware support)

• 50 GB hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive recommended for installation

• 1280 x 1024 display resolution minimum

The Agilent network optimization drive test solution can be ordered through part numbers E6473B, E6474A, W1314A, 86154A, 86156A, and E5643A. These part numbers are described in this document.

Configuration Process Before using this configuration guide, the following decisions need to be made:

• Which technologies are required?

• Which software measurements are required?

• Which phones and receivers are required?

• Which accessories are required?

This configuration guide is set-out to show the decision process flow you use when choosing your system.

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Part 9 shows some ordering examples.

Support and Training Options

Choose Hardware Accessory Options

Choose Mobile Voice Quality Test

Choose Phone Options

Choose Receiver Options

Choose Post-processing Options

Choose Platform Software Options

Choose Phone and Rx Software Options

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Part 1: Software Options Select which E6474A software options match your technology and measurement

requirements. Review the upgrade section for additional options.

cdma cdma W-CDMA

License Description One 2000 GSM /UMTS iDEN GPRS

Phone measurements 100 101 200 300 400 600

Receiver measurements 110 111 210 310 410

Receiver and phone measurements combination 120 121 220 320 420 620

TechTool

phone

measurements 130 131 230

TechTool L2/L3/CAI Messages 072 073

Table 1- Technology specific software options

Example: To order receiver and phone measurement combination for cdma2000 technology systems, select E6474A-121.

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• UMTS receiver software to phone and receiver Combo E6474A-315

• UMTS to HSDPA phone measurement upgrade software license E6474A-325

• UMTS to Motorola Netmon3 measurement upgrade software license3E6474A-340

• GSM/GPRS to UMTS phone measurements E6474A-625

• EDGE phone measurement upgrade E6474A-635

• cdma2000 to 1xEVDO phone measurement (Rev. 0) E6474A-135

• cdma2000 to 1xEVDO phone measurement (Rev. A) E6474A-137

• cdma2000 to 1xEVDO receiver measurement E6474A-136

• iDEN to WiDEN phone measurements E6474A-435

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• Sagem BCCH scanning measurement software license E6474A-201

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. HSDPA and EDGE measurements are enabled through their respective upgrade

licenses.

. TechTool enables low-end measurement capability at a lower price. For example, E6474A-130 and E6474A-070 will provide CDMA phone measurement view and logging only. TechTool is not available for all technologies.

. Netmon3 includes support for Motorola E1000 phone.

Each software order includes the following components:

• CD with software and documentation (training and reference)

• User’s Guide (E6474-90052) and Getting Started Guide (E6474-90085)

• USB license key (initialized with licenses)

Part 2: Platform Software Options Select which E6474A platform software option matches your system needs.

License Description Option Number

Initialized parallel license key

005

Multiple phone license 010

Indoor mapping license 030

MapX Mapping software license 040

Client data measurement software license 700

Server data measurement software license

710

Wireless Application Measurement Software 740

Video Streaming 741

Video Telephony 742

Video Streaming plus non-reference video MoS 744

WAMS Lite

745

TechTool data logging and GPS 070

TechTool alarming capabilities 071

Platform software CD only 090

Table 2 - Platform software options

The E6474A licenses are only delivered on a USB key. A parallel key must be ordered separately if required.

Refer to the Software License section below for information on the Keyless License features.

MapX is required for release 10.0 onwards to support mapping features. Release 9.x and earlier did not require

this option.

E6474A-710 is a “server” application, used with E6474A-700, and requires to be run on a separate PC platform

from the optimization software. E6474A-710 is provided with a CD containing software and documentation, a

Server Installation Guide and a Parallel port software license key. Refer to the Wireless Data Measurements

data sheet for further details (literature number 5988-1507EN).

WAMS Lite is available as a low cost entry point to basic service testing. Tests included are FTP test, PING, voice

connectivity, video connectivity, AT commands, and DOS commands only.

KKeeyylleessss SSooffttwwaarree LLiicceennssiinngg Server-based keyless software licensing is offered as an alternative to the default hardware key-based licensing. Software licensing provides the ability to maintain a pool of E6474A measurement licenses on a server and then distributes those licenses to client drive-test PCs using a check-out process. Typically only one server application is required per customer. This licensing option is aimed at customers managing more than twenty E6474A systems.

License Description Option Number

Software licensing server application E6474A-081

Software licensing option delivery E6474A-080

Hardware key to software license exchange E6474A-083

Table 2a - Software license options

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: The minimum license check-out period is seven days. Techtool options are not available under the software licensing system. An E6474A-083 purchase is required for every E6474A measurement license to be transferred.

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