University of Wuppertal works on 6G with Tektronix

Next-generation communication technologies will be developed at the University of Wuppertal, Germany, supported by Tektronix expertise and instrumentation

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L'University of Wuppertal in Germany has announced that it has chosen the equipment of Tektronixwith the help of which it will be able to develop innovative and efficient technologies that will form the basis of future sixth-generation (6G) networks.

The German university's project aims to develop components capable of transmitting more data (data throughput) over 6G networks, while reducing network latency, to support applications such as autonomous driving and remote surgery with a haptic interface.

The project team, led by Prof. Dr. Ullrich Pfeiffer, was looking for instrumentation that provided the highest vertical resolution and most accurate residual EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) measurements, had ample memory resources, and was capable of synchronizing multiple instruments. All of which Tektronix solutions met.

At the University of Wuppertal, Tektronix supplied six 70GHz DPO77001SX oscilloscopes, six AWG70001B 50 GSa/s arbitrary waveform generators, three AWG synchronisation hubs, three licenses of SignalVuPC software for vector signal analysis (VSA), three licenses of SourceXpress software for waveform generation: the equipment is rounded off by two 19" water-cooled racks supplied by the system integrator ATV (Automatisierungstechnik Voigt GmbH) used to reduce acoustic noise and improve thermal stability.

In addition to the quality of the instruments, Tektronix was chosen for the engineering support it is able to offer through its specialists. "Weare very pleased to have chosen Tektronix because the ability to interact with their technical experts made us feel cared for and well supported . In particular,the ability to extend the system by synchronising multiple instruments is of particular importance for research into MIMO communications operating at THz frequencies," said Pfeiffer.

"Engineering the Future is our motto," said Maria Heriz, Vice President Commercial Operations EMEAI at Tektronix, "and every day we enable our customers to develop new technologies. We are proud, through this agreement with the University of Wuppertal, to support Prof. Dr. Pfeiffer and his team in their work to develop advanced 6G technology that will pervade every aspect of our society both socially and commercially: autonomous driving, remote rescue, medical applications requiring 360° video transmissions with the highest possible resolution, IoT devices with ever-increasing data throughput, and smart cities. Such advanced research aimed at developing new underlying technologies requires complex, fast and reliable measurement and testing equipment specifically designed to support the developments that will make the next wireless communications reality. We wish this research team every success and Tektronix will continue to support them.


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