Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies Inc., it has demonstrated data throughput speeds in the uplink of 3.5 gigabit per second using 5G new radio dual connectivity with mmWave carrier aggregation. The milestone was achieved by combining Keysight's 5G Protocol R&D Toolset and 2D multi-probe anechoic over-the-air test chamber with a Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System. Use cases such as streaming live video content, gaming and data backup to a cloud environment depend on wireless connections that support quick and reliable uploading of high volumes of data.

Keysight's 5G Protocol R&D Toolset, part of the company's 5G network emulation solution portfolio, leverages Keysight's UXM 5G Wireless Test Platform, an integrated and compact signaling test platform with multiformat stack support, rich processing power and abundant RF resources, to emulate a 5G new radio network. The demonstration, which took place in Qualcomm Technologies' San Diego lab, used 5G NR-DC technology in 5G NR standalone mode. The milestone was achieved using one component carrier in frequency range one and four CCs in FR2.

Qualcomm Technologies uses Keysight's 5G network emulation solutions to verify 5G NR 3GPP Rel-16 protocol, RF and radio resource management test requirements using SA mode. This enables the modem vendor to capitalize on early commercial introductions of advanced 5G NR features, consequently accelerating the adoption of smart factory, industrial automation, smart city and autonomous vehicle applications.