Agilent Technologies 8960 Operating instructions

Agilent Technologies 8960 Series 10 E5515A,B Wireless Communications Test Set
Agilent Technologies E1960A GSM Mobile Test Application
Programming Guide
Test Application Revision A.04
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Contents
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Introduction
Conventions Used in This Programming Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Purpose of This Programming Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
How This Programming Guide Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
How to Use This Programming Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
About the Programming Examples Presented in This Programming Guide . . . . . . . . .16
Step 1: Set the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Overview of Active Cell Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Setting the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Step 2: Configure the Base Station Emulator (BSE)
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Configuring the Broadcast Channel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Configuring the Traffic Channel Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Things That Can Go Wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Step 3: Configure the Measurement Execution Parameters
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Configuring Measurement Averaging Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Configuring Measurement Triggering Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Configuring the Burst Synchronization Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Configuring Measurement Timeout Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Configuring Measurement Specific Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Step 4: Establish an Active Link with Mobile Station
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Process for Making a Base Station Originated Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Process for Making a Mobile Station Originated Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Step 5: Set the Mobile Station’s Operating Conditions
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Step 6: Make Measurements
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Things That Can Go Wrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Step 6a: Start Set Of Concurrent Measurements
Starting Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

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Step 6b: Determine if a Measurement Is Done
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Step 6c: Obtain a Set of Measurement Results
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Step 7: Perform an Intra-Cell Handover
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Performing an Intra-Cell Handover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Performing a Dual-Band Handover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Step 8: Disconnect the Mobile Station from the BSE
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Terminating an Active Call from the Base Station Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Terminating an Active Call from the Mobile Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Comprehensive Program Example
Example Program With Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Example Program Without Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Programming the Agilent Technologies 8960 Series 10 for GSM Mobile Testing in Active Cell Operating Mode
Programming the Agilent Technologies 8960
Series 10 for GSM Mobile Testing in Active Cell
Operating Mode

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Programming the Agilent Technologies 8960 Series 10 for GSM Mobile Testing in Active Cell Operating Mode
Introduction
Introduction
Conventions Used in This Programming Guide
Throughout this Programming Guide the term “test set” refers to an Agilent Technologies 8960 Series 10
wireless communications test set with the E1960A GSM mobile test application installed.
Purpose of This Programming Guide
The test set represents state-of-the-art technology in one-box-testers and contains many powerful test
capabilities which are accessible through easy-to-use GPIB programming commands. The purpose of this
Programming Guide is to teach you how to write a basic control program, using the test set’s GPIB command
set. This program will perform fundamental manufacturing tests on a GSM mobile station with the test set
operating in active cell mode.
How This Programming Guide Is Organized
The Programming Guide is organized around a typical set of tasks a control program would normally perform
when testing a GSM mobile station in a manufacturing environment. The set of tasks is shown in “Figure 1.
Typical Flow of Tasks Performed by Control Program” on page 15.
Typically in a manufacturing environment, steps 1, 2, and 3 are done once each time a production run is
started, steps 4 and 8 are done once for each mobile station tested during the production run, and steps 5, 6,
and 7 are done iteratively for each mobile station tested during the production run. The number of iterations
for steps 5, 6, and 7 is dependent upon how many mobile station operating conditions are being tested (that is,
number of channels, number of power levels, and so fourth).

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Introduction
Figure 1. Typical Flow of Tasks Performed by Control Program
Step 5:
Set mobile station
operating conditions.
Step 4:
Establish active link
with mobile station.
No
Stop
No
Step 1:
Set test set’s operating
mode to active cell.
Step 2:
Configure base station
emulator (BSE).
Start
Step 7:
Perform
intra-cell handover.
Step 8:
Disconnect mobile
station from BSE.
Step 6c:
Obtain set of
measurement results.
Step 6b:
Determine if a
measurement
is done.
Step 3:
Configure measurement
execution parameters.
Step 6: Make measurements.
Step 6a:
Start set of concurrent
measurements.
Assign
mobile station
to new TCH?
All measurements done.
Yes
Yes

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Introduction
How to Use This Programming Guide
This Programming Guide is divided into 9 sections. Sections 1 through 8 (step 1 through 8) should be read in
sequence. Each section, in order, discusses one of the tasks to be performed by the control program, showing
how to accomplish that task using the test set’s GPIB command set. As you progress through each section your
understanding of how the test set’s GPIB interface operates will increase as you see the control program
evolve.
The last section of the Programming Guide presents a “Comprehensive Program Example” on page 63 which
uses all of the topics discussed in sections 1 through 8 together in one program to give the programmer a sense
of how to tie everything together.
About the Programming Examples Presented in This Programming Guide
Programming Language:
Programming examples presented in this Programming Guide are written in the Rocky Mountain BASIC
programming language, also known as RMB.
Syntax Used in Programming Examples:
1. Programming examples use the shortened form of the command syntax to minimize GPIB bus transactions.
The shortened form of a command is defined by use of capital letters in the command syntax.
Example 1. Command Syntax:
CALL:STATus:TCHannel:TSLot?
Example 2. Shortened Form:
CALL:STAT:TCH:TSL?
2. Programming examples do not include default nodes. Default nodes in the command syntax are defined by
enclosing the node inside the [ ] brackets.
Example 3. Command Syntax:
CALL[:CELL[1]]:ACTivated[:STATe]<ON|1|OFF|0>
Example 4. Command Syntax without Default Nodes:
CALL:ACT <ON|1|OFF|0>
3. Programming examples make extensive use of compound commands using the ; and the ;: separators. Refer
to the test set’s reference information for information on the definition and use of these command
separators.

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Step 1: Set the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell
Step 1: Set the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell
Background
The test set contains a GSM base station emulator (BSE). The BSE’s primary purpose is to provide the GSM
call processing necessary for parametric measurements on the RF and audio signals of a GSM mobile station
(MS).
An important characteristic of the test set’s BSE is its operating mode. The operating mode sets the way in
which the BSE interacts with the mobile station. The BSE has two operating modes; active cell mode and test
mode.
Active cell mode is used when emulating a normal GSM cell. Test mode is used when it is not possible, or not
desired, to communicate with the MS via over-the-air signaling, but downlink stimulus and uplink
measurements are still needed.
This Programming Guide focuses on programming the test set’s BSE in active cell operating mode.
Overview of Active Cell Operating Mode
Active cell is the default operating mode of the test set’s BSE and is used when emulating a normal GSM cell
(that is, active signaling between the MS and the BSE).
Active Cell Features
The basic features provided by the BSE when the operating mode is set to active cell are:
• Generation of a BCH (broadcast channel) without TCH (traffic channel).
• Support for location updating.
• Call setup, both MS and BSE originated.
• Changing TCH parameters during a call using over-the-air signaling.
• BSE initiated and MS initiated call disconnection.
• All measurements supported in the test application are available.
• The BSE automatically controls the test set’s demodulation receiver.

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Step 1: Set the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell
Setting the Test Set’s Operating Mode to Active Cell
The test set’s operating mode is set using the CALL:OPERating:MODE command.
Example 1. Command Syntax:
CALL:OPERating:MODE <CELL|TEST>
Example 2. Programming Example:
!**********************************************************************
! Step 1: Set Test Set Operating Mode To Active Cell
!**********************************************************************
!
OUTPUT Test_set;”CALL:OPER:MODE CELL

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Step 2: Configure the Base Station Emulator (BSE)
Step 2: Configure the Base Station Emulator (BSE)
Background
The test set contains a GSM base station emulator (BSE). In active cell operating mode the BSE, using the
test set’s GMSK modulated source, generates a downlink (BSE to MS direction) broadcast channel (BCH)
which represents a cell. The MS can camp to this signal, just as it would camp to a cell on a real network. The
BSE can then page the MS on the BCH and listen to the response of the MS on the uplink (MS to BSE
direction), using the test set’s demodulating receiver. Calls can then be set up with the establishment of a
traffic channel (TCH) in both the downlink and uplink directions. Measurements can be made, using the
BSE’s measuring receiver, under essentially identical conditions to that which the MS would experience on a
real network.
The BS Emulator can emulate a cell in any one of the following GSM frequency bands:
• PGSM - Primary (band) GSM, also known as GSM900
• EGSM - Extension (band) GSM (includes PGSM)
• DCS - Also known as DCS1800
• PCS - Also known as PCS1900
NOTE The term GSM is used to refer to any combination of, or all of, the supported bands. It is not used
as a shortened term for PGSM.
The task of configuring the BSE consists of configuring the BCH and the TCH. There are numerous
parameters that can be configured for both the BCH and the TCH. It may not be necessary to configure all the
parameters all the time. The test set’s default settings should allow a properly functioning MS to successfully
camp on the cell under most circumstances.
In a manufacturing environment it may be desirable to explicitly configure the BCH and TCH parameters to
ensure that the settings have not been corrupted by someone setting a parameter’s value through the test set’s
front panel.

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Step 2: Configure the Base Station Emulator (BSE)
Configuring the Broadcast Channel Parameters
The broadcast channel parameters are configured using the CALL processing subsystem commands shown in
the following table.
Table 1. Broadcast Channel Settable Parameters
Parameter Command Syntax Footnote
Broadcast Band CALL[:CELL[1]]:BAND <PGSM|EGSM|DCS|PCS> 1
Cell Power CALL[:CELL[1]]:POWer[:AMPlitude]<numeric value>[<suffix>]
Cell Power State CALL[:CELL[1]]:POWer:STATe <ON|1|OFF|0>
Cell Power and State CALL[:CELL[1]]:POWer[:SAMPlitude]<numeric value>[<suffix>] 2
Cell BCH Number CALL[:CELL[1]]:BCHannel[:ARFCn][:SELected]<numeric value>
OR
CALL[:CELL[1]]:BCHannel[:ARFCn]:<PGSM|EGSM|DCS|PCS>
<numeric value>
3
Mobile Country Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:MCCode <numeric value> 4
PCS Mobile Country Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:PMNCode:VALue <numeric value> 4
Use PCS MNC CALL[:CELL[1]]:PMNCode:STATe <ON|1|OFF|0> 4
PCS Mobile Country Code
and Use PCS NMC State CALL[:CELL[1]]:PMNCode[:SVALue] <numeric value> 4, 5
Mobile Network Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:MNCode <numeric value> 4
Location Area Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:LACode <numeric value> 4
Network Color Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:NCCode <numeric value> 4
Base Station Color Code CALL[:CELL[1]]:BCCode <numeric value> 4
Paging IMSI CALL:PAGing:IMSI <string>
Repeat Paging State CALL:PAGing:REPeat[:STATe] <ON|1|OFF|0>
Paging Mode CALL:PAGing:MODE <NORMal | REORg> 7
Paging Multiframes CALL:PAGing:MFRames <numeric value>
Auto IMEI Request CALL:IMEI:AUTO <ON|1|OFF|0>
BA Table Entries CALL[:CELL[1]]:BA:TABle[:SELected][<numeric value>{,<numeric
value>}]
OR
CALL[:CELL[1]]:BA:TABle:<PGSM|EGSM|DCS|PCS> [<numeric
value>{,<numeric value>}]
6
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