VIAVI Talk Eric Banks

Fiber monitoring systems are becoming more critical to wireless network operators as service disruptions become more frequent and more catastrophic. VIAVI has a robust system that allows providers to save precious time in locating issues and getting them resolved.

Learn some of the things to look out for when testing 5GNR, specify DSS. Sharing spectrum with LTE poses some unique challenges to the test engineers out there.

Our guest John Waddell joins us to talk about the importance of timing testing on 5G architecture. Troubleshoot timing issues can be time-consuming (pun intended) but with the right approach and equipment, can be done in almost no time (ouch.)

The VIAVI gang talk about how to quickly determine whether poor performance is due to the 5G integrated radio itself vs backhaul. Layer 3-4 testing will quickly show if the backhaul circuit is robust enough while the CellAdvisor 5G shows whether all the PCI and beam information is present.

Eric and Shane talk about the importance of basic fiber testing, making sure the train tracks are sound, then discuss how many regions are using the T-BERD 5800 to integrate new 5G radios.