2013 GSDAA Finalist: Averna Expands and Accelerates Cable Device Testing Using the NI Vector Signal Transceiver and LabVIEW FPGA

[Christina.Hadly]

2013 RF/Communications Finalist

Averna Expands and Accelerates Cable Device Testing Using the NI Vector Signal Transceiver and LabVIEW FPGA

Author: Andy Brown, Averna Technologies

Challenge: Meeting the cable industry’s needs to properly validate, measure, and certify cable-modem termination systems (CMTSs) and customer-premises equipment (CPE) in highly realistic laboratory conditions.

Solution: Using the NI vector signal transceiver, NI LabVIEW system design software, and the LabVIEW FPGA Module to develop an FPGA-based channel emulator that simulates and synchronizes a full-featured cable network while applying a host of channel impairments to test the performance of broadband devices.

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