Keysight S5040A - Understanding Software Features

Keysight S5040A Open RAN Studio Player and Capture Appliance User’s Guide 51
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Table 13 Main features in the U5040B Open RAN Studio software
Understanding software features
The U5040B Open RAN Studio software provides a test environment that
includes and integrates with Keysight tools, in both RF and Protocol
Domains, to help you completely exercise an O-RAN CUS compliant Radio
Unit (O-RU).
To ensure measurement consistency between both RF and Baseband sides
of the O-RU, Open RAN Studio software leverages the same industry
leading 5G signal generation and measurement science used in Keysight
spectrum analyzers and signal sources. This tight coupling ensures
CU-plane messages and baseband information match exactly with the
signals captured on the RF side of the Radio Unit.
Item# Feature Description
1 Menu bar The menu bar consists of various drop-down sub-menu options, which provide access to different
functions, and launch interactive GUI controls.
2 Tool bar The tool bar provides quick access to essential functions, which are accessible via the Menu bar
options; such as opening files, exporting / loading / playing / pausing / restarting stimulus,
configuring C/U-Plane Builder and Instrument, recording responses and length.
3 C-Plane Builder/Explorer/Monitor The “C-Plane Builder” tab enables you to load and modify the appropriate Signal Studio Project
(.scp) file from the system.
With the optional Open RAN Studio IQ extractor, the “Explorer” tab helps you visualize and fully
decode the captured trace and enables IQ centric extraction, which enables RF centric
measurements and vector analysis using Keysight 89600 Vector Signal Analyzer (VSA).
The “Interface Monitor” tab displays the counters and port status of the S5040A Appliance
settings.
4 Status bar The status bar displays the file name and type, based on the tab you are viewing currently, along
with the Port status and PTP state and configuration modes.