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    Features & Benefits | Test Coverage

    Iridium Test Coverage and Supported Test Cases

    The Averna Iridium PLTS supports the following test cases with in-band and wide-band options.* See also Supported Iridium Production Tests below.

    Test Case Description In-Band Wide Band
    BER % BER at a variable input level (dBm) ✓ ✓
    BER 2% Sensitivity Determines input level (dBm) required for 2% BER ✓ ✓
    BER with Interference BER with alternate and adjacent interference   ✓
    Receiver Blocking Receiver spurious rejection and blocking   ✓
    RSSI Returns UUT RSSI per input level (dBm) ✓ ✓
    FER Determines % FER based upon frames with failed synchronization to downlink ✓ ✓
    Modulation Accuracy (EVM) Measures peak and RMS EVM between 0.5 and 10% ✓ ✓
    Tx Power Tx power in dBm ✓ ✓
    Burst Ramp Time Measurements for ramp time and fall time in uS ✓ ✓
    ACCP Measures adjacent channel power in adjacent and alternate channels over specified bandwidth (43.33 kHz) ✓ ✓
    Narrow Band Spectral Mask Applies narrowband spectral mask measurements for Iridium transceivers within 1 MHz of desired channel ✓ ✓
    PRE-COMPLIANCE Wideband Spurious Emissions Measures emissions up to 3 GHz and applies appropriate regulatory limits   ✓

    * Based on 20 MHz band centered at 1621 MHz, 41.6667 KHz channel bandwidth, and 8.28mS Tx burst in 90 mS frame.

    Supported Iridium Production Tests

    Our 9603/9603N Iridium production test system supports the following:Averna's Iridium Physical Layer Test System for Production (PLTS)

    • Firmware check
    • Baseband UART digital tests
    • RX calibration
    • RX bandwidth measurements
    • RX noise-floor measurements
    • BER
    • Transmitter current
    • TX closed-loop RF power tuning
    • TX ACCP
    • TX EVM
    • GPS pass-through
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