Every little bit helps out those margins....
HP Lowers Cost of Servicing CDMA Cellular
and PCS Phones; Streamlined HP CDMA
Mobile-station Service Test Set Provides High
Accuracy and Automated Features
February 24, 1998
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- Hewlett-Packard Company
today announces a lower-cost version of its code-division multiple-access (CDMA)
mobile-station test set. Through a combination of measurement-accuracy, automation
and streamlined features, the new test set helps CDMA service providers and repair
centers reduce the cost of mobile-phone testing without sacrificing quality or
thoroughness.
Applications for the HP 8924E mobile-station service test set include incoming
inspection, failure verification, repair verification and customer-return testing of CDMA
cellular and (personal communications services) PCS phones. Customers also can use
the test set for trouble-shooting and verification at repair stations on manufacturing
lines.
"The HP 8924E has the accuracy and repeatability of the HP 8924C manufacturing test
set, which tests many of the CDMA/PCS mobile phones manufactured today," said Jim
Rundle, general manager of HP's Spokane Division. "With the HP 8924E, service and
repair organizations can reduce test-equipment costs yet remain confident that their
measurements will correlate with phone manufacturers' tests."
EASE OF USE
The HP 8924E's one-button features and automated test capability simplify CDMA
measurement. Complex over-the-air call processing required to make a CDMA phone call
can be initiated by pressing a single front-panel key.
Technicians can configure and run pre-selected automated tests by inserting an HP
83217A AMPS/NAMPS/CDMA tests software card into the instrument. By storing
custom specifications and test points on individual cards, users can switch easily from
testing one brand or type of phone to another.
The HP 8924E includes analog as well as CDMA cellular and optional CDMA PCS test
capabilities, enabling quick handoff of a phone call from one format to another. Using
the test set's automation software, technicians can run a suite of tests in minutes rather
than in the hours it would take to perform the tests manually.
MEASUREMENT ACCURACY
To extend battery life, mobile phones typically are set just above minimal power-level
requirements. The HP 8924E provides accurate CDMA average power measurement
(+/-5 percent, +/- 0.22dB) and low-level power measurement (+/-1.0dB absolute and
+/-0.5dB relative) to verify that phones are within specified tolerances.
Other standard features that enhance measurement accuracy include confidence-limit
testing, which allows service technicians to make accurate receiver measurements to a
specified confidence level in the shortest-possible time, and a highly accurate Additive
White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) source to enable measurement of key CDMA receiver
tests.
OPTIONAL FEATURES
The standard frequency range of the HP 8924E CDMA mobile-station service test set
(30MHz to 1,000MHz) covers CDMA cellular and analog testing. The optional HP
83236B PCS interface (1,700MHz to 2,000MHz) extends frequency coverage to North
American PCS, Korean PCS and similar international bands.
Optional spectrum-analysis capability adds tools for in-depth trouble-shooting of
CDMA and analog mobile phones.
The HP 83217A AMPS/NAMPS/CDMA tests software offers options for automating
tests for AMPS, NAMPS, TACS, JTACS and CDMA mobiles as well as U.S./Korean
CDMA PCS and U.S. AMPS mobiles.
U.S. PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The HP 8924E CDMA mobile-station service test set is available now for $33,000. The
HP 83217A AMPS/NAMPS/CDMA tests software is $2,500. Option 601, HP 83236B PCS
interface, is $8,750; Option 102, spectrum-analysis capability, is $2,140.
ABOUT HP
Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and
intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of
which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 123,300 employees
and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year.
Information about HP's test and measurement products can be found on the World
Wide Web at hp.com.
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