Enhanced facilities for service, repair, calibration and engineering support of test equipment are now available to Rohde & Schwarz customers in Japan at a new, larger office in Osaki. This location, which replaces the original one in Shinjuku, also provides more space for hosting customer events.
One of its key uses is demonstrations of technology solutions with R&S partners. For example, a test system that combines EMC receivers and automation software from Rohde & Schwarz with the AIP EMC Chassis Dynamometer enables vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1s to evaluate the EMC performance of their designs under realistic operational conditions. AIP has enhanced this system with R&S radar target simulators to also provide vehicle-in-the-loop testing of radars in a controlled environment. The Osaki office is near AIP’s new facility, enabling fast servicing and turnaround time for AIP.
Rohde & Schwarz is expanding its collaboration with Granite River Labs (GRL) and Analog Devices (ADI) to support in-vehicle network compliance testing in Japan. GRL, a provider of compliance testing and certification services for standards such as multigigabit ethernet and the Automotive SerDes Alliance, has a long history of using Rohde & Schwarz test equipment. ADI, a global semiconductor supplier, is working closely with Rohde & Schwarz worldwide to promote adoption of the emerging OpenGMSL standard through the OpenGMSL Association.
The collaboration is supported by Rohde & Schwarz Japan’s expanded facilities and the availability of leading-edge oscilloscopes and vector network analyzers, designed to ensure fast and reliable standards-compliant testing, including solutions tailored for the Japanese market. This will accelerate testing processes and facilitate the building and delivery of OpenGMSL-based solutions. The availability of local expertise and instruments is considered critical in supporting the global automotive ecosystem.
In another partnership, IPG Automotive is working with Rohde & Schwarz to integrate automotive radar hardware-in-the-loop testing from the proving ground into the development lab. The collaboration combines IPG Automotive’s CarMaker simulation software with Rohde & Schwarz’s scalable AREG800A radar target simulator, the R&S QAT100 advanced antenna array and the compact R&S RadEsT target simulator.
This combination provides OEMs and Tier 1s with the ability to simulate ADAS/AD scenarios, including those defined in Euro NCAP, in a controlled, safe, time-efficient and cost-reducing environment. In the newly established office, both companies jointly set up and demonstrate their HIL systems alongside the development of local traffic scenario simulations specific to Japan.
The automotive industry is actively exploring non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) to provide ubiquitous wireless connectivity for always-connected vehicles. The capabilities of chipset developer MediaTek’s latest NR-NTN device have been demonstrated using the Rohde & Schwarz CMX500 radiocommunication tester, a versatile solution for testing various NTN technologies including NR-NTN, NB-NTN and Direct-To-Cell (D2C, DTC). The CMX500 offers multiband and multi-orbit support, along with a dedicated NTN workspace for visualizing deployed networks and their parameters.
Rohde & Schwarz leverages its wireless and automotive expertise to help navigate the challenges associated with NTN, identify key vehicle components and explain the role of testing in creating NTN-enabled vehicles. With the opening of the hub, the global partnership between MediaTek and Rohde & Schwarz, which already covered Europe, North America and China, has now been expanded to include Japan.
The office in Osaki will facilitate a greater number of projects for Japanese automotive partners, including faster support for local NTN projects with MediaTek. The R&S CMX500 empowers customers in Japan to test and optimize the entire NTN integration chain – from chipsets and modules to antennas, TCUs and vehicles – and validates NTN vehicle connectivity tailored to the Japanese market.
Naoshi Saito, general manager of Rohde & Schwarz Japan, commented, “We are very proud of our new facility in Osaki, and we invite the Japanese automotive community to make the most of this resource and the talented staff who work here.”
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