Aeroflex : Validates High-Speed 4G with FDD-TDD Carrier Aggregation

STEVENAGE, UK, and CTIA SUPER MOBILITY WEEK, LAS VEGAS, Nev.-September 8, 2014-  Aeroflex Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aeroflex Holding Corp. (NYSE:ARX), announced today that the TM500 family of network and infrastructure test systems now supports the aggregation of component carriers (CC) of both types of LTE-A radio access-TDD and FDD. 

4G mobile operators can address customer demand for higher data rates by using carrier aggregation of TDD and FDD bands to combine spectrum allocated to the different radio access technologies. Mixed-mode TDD and FDD carrier aggregation gives network operators more flexibility by using frequency allocations in both TDD and FDD bands to maximize 4G data speeds. 

The TM500 is the industry-standard base station tester in use by infrastructure vendors across the world, and the E500-part of the TM500 family-is used by leading network operators to verify the performance of new network features.

"Since introducing carrier aggregation testing for our TM500 infrastructure customers in early 2012, we have been providing them with the tools to develop and test LTE-A carrier aggregation to the latest specifications as soon as these have been released," said Shusina Ngwa, product manager at Aeroflex. "They can already test aggregation of two or three component carriers of the same radio access technology. Now for the first time they can do this with mixed-mode component carriers. It is crucial to be able to offer this capability at an early stage. This enables TDD/FDD network performance to be tested and validated ahead of the availability of the relevant end-user terminals and handsets."

Aeroflex provides the tools for leading network infrastructure vendors and operators to roll out the high bandwidth services promised by successive releases of the 3GPP LTE-A standard.

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About Aeroflex 4G and 5G Expertise

Aeroflex's LTE market-leading product line includes a complete range of end-to-end test systems that cover R&D, performance, service, and manufacturing test applications for LTE-A TDD and FDD network equipment and terminals. Aeroflex is also a founding member of the 5GIC (5G Innovation Centre) technology research program led by the University of Surrey in the UK.

The TM500 Test Mobile family is in use with almost every base station manufacturer across the world, and can be regarded as the de facto standard for eNodeB development and testing. The Aeroflex E500 is the only network capacity test solution that incorporates the proven Aeroflex TM500 LTE air interface.

The Aeroflex 7100 LTE Digital Radio Test Set is a complete one-box test system providing all the tools required for the measurement and characterization of user equipment (UE) chip sets and mobile terminals to 3GPP LTE standards, including optional signal fading simulation.

The PXI 3000 Series, a modular RF test system based on PXI technology, is a proven solution to accelerate throughput in manufacturing and time to market in R&D while catering to current and future RF test needs. It is particularly suited to modern cellular and wireless data communications and critical testing in a high volume manufacturing environment.

Aeroflex has engineers working in centers around the world on its LTE and LTE-Advanced test systems, to support the current and next generation of networks and devices.

Aeroflex has also joined forces with a number of the world's leading mobile network operators, infrastructure and tools providers, and the UK's communications regulator Ofcom, to participate in the specialized 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), planned to be based at the University of Surrey campus in Guildford, UK.

About Aeroflex

Aeroflex Holding Corp. is a leading global provider of high performance microelectronic components, and test and measurement equipment used by companies in the space, avionics, defense, commercial wireless communications, medical and other markets.

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