Spirent Communications has made available the Virtual Drive Test and Fading Lab functionality on its SR5500 Wireless Channel Emulator, allowing rapid re-creation of RF conditions to bring real-world field testing of mobile devices into the lab.
Fading Lab enables the creation or replay of highly-detailed, advanced radio environments from a wide range of data sources.
"Virtual Drive Test reduces the amount of physical field testing required in a product\'s life cycle, resulting in significant cost savings," said Rob VanBrunt, vice president of Spirent\'s CDMA and Physical Layer market segment.
Virtual Drive Test generates a set of controlled dynamic RF channels based on channel parameter data, allowing the creation of complex radio mobility scenarios without deploying scores of vans.