Propagation Testing

•Test Facilities
–Channel-sounding
•Specific or typical clear test ranges
•Channel-sounder or the equivalent (VNA plus IFFT tool, for example.)
•Channel-Emulator
–Site-surveying
•Specific or typical real test ranges
•Golden Sample or the equivalent (VSA or any other types of monitor)
•Electromagnetic-Environment-Simulator
•Test Items
–Channel-sounding
•Mean Path Loss, Shadow Fading Loss, Angle Spread, Delay Spread, Doppler Spread
–Site-surveying
•Signal Strength, Packet-Error-Rate, Throughput, Packet-loss, Latency, Jitter