Agilent Technologies Inc and CATR (TMC) to Collaborate on TD-LTE MIMO

Agilent Technologies Inc announced a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (Telecommunication Metrology Center), or CATR (TMC). The two organizations have agreed to work together on TD-LTE MIMO over-the-air (OTA) test research. A nonprofit, public legal body under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, CATR (TMC) has a broad set of responsibilities in setting national public metrology standards and telecommunication standards. The MIMO OTA standard for TD-LTE is one of the standards that CATR (TMC) is driving for the wireless industry. standards and OTA certification test. A team of researchers from both organizations plan to develop a two-stage MIMO OTA test system in CATR(TMC)’s OTA lab and perform the measurements using the two-stage test method based on Agilent instruments. CATR (TMC) will provide support and access to their test chamber resources and expertise, providing Agilent researchers in the Beijing research lab an opportunity to develop the OTA test techniques and methods. The teams have agreed to conduct the research jointly in the CATR (TMC) test lab.