E300 VSA Software for ThinkRF R5500

The ThinkRF E300 Enabler software allows full connection of the low-cost, portable ThinkRF R5500 spectrum analyzer with industry-leading Keysight 89600 VSA software. The combined solution provides an integrated and easy-to-use platform that supports over 75 modulation types, enables greater insight into captured signals, as well as complete vector signal analysis for various research, deployment, and monitoring applications.  The low-cost, flexible, and remotely deployable ThinkRF R5500 real-time spectrum analyzer feeding Keysight’s VSA software provides an economical solution for investigating RF signals in the time, frequency, and modulation domains, that can also identify unexpected interactions.

Keysight’s popular 89600 VSA software enables the analysis of proprietary signals as well as more than 75 signal standards and modulation types for cellular, wireless-connectivity, aerospace, defense and other applications,  including 5G, LTE-Advanced, LTE, WLAN 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11a/b/g, WiMAXTM, Bluetooth®, RFID AM, FM, PM, BPSK, QPSK, etc.  Keysight’s VSA software provides the industry’s first multi-measurement capability that can configure, execute, and display multiple measurements simultaneously. Powerful display tools enable the comparison and correlation of results from different measurements, allowing users to connect to multiple analyzers at the same time for deeper analysis.

The combination of the ThinkRF real-time R5500 spectrum analyzer with VSA software allows RF monitoring from almost any location.  Featuring a standard GigE interface, streaming rates of 360Mbit/s, a sweep rate of 28GHz/s at 10kHz RBW and 40MHz IBW, real-time acquisition memory and advanced trigger capabilities, the R5500 with VSA solution, powered by the ThinkRF E300 Enabler, is ideal for spectrum monitoring in complex and difficult environments.

Keysight VSA Features and Benefits

• Enable complete vector signal analysis in a low-cost and flexible solution
• Make consistent measurements across signals, deployments, and applications with more than 75 signal standards and modulation types
• Monitor complex waveforms in more locations with the PC-driven and remotely deployable ThinkRFR5500 analyzer

With today’s faster data rates and a more crowded spectral environment, spectrum analysis has become more complex. Achieving the clarity required to pinpoint a signal problem is a difficult challenge. The combination of the ThinkRF R5500 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer and the leading Keysight 89600 VSA software, powered by the ThinkRFE300 Enabler, allows users, for the first time, to perform robust and powerful analysis for all forms of signals. The ThinkRF R5500 Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer has the best price-performance ratio available, and gives users more flexibility and greater coverage. The R5500 analyzer serves as the ideal spectrum monitoring and analysis platform having wide bandwidth, deep dynamic range, and 27GHz frequency range in a small, one-box platform designed for distributed deployment. Combined with the Keysight 89600 VSA software, users can reach deeper into signals in time, frequency, and modulation domains, view multiple signals at once, and isolate unexpected interactions with powerful vector signal analysis.

ThinkRF R5500 is the first real-time spectrum analyzer to be certified by Keysight for operation with their VSA software. This is especially attractive to customers such as universities and research institutions who already own VSA licenses.  This combination delivers a new price-point for Software-Defined Spectrum Analysis solutions that monitor and analyze complex RF waveforms in today’s rapidly evolving wireless landscape.