This ITS laboratory provides an environment to simulate wireless systems and channels for performance prediction of data, and compressed or uncompressed speech and images. Real-time link bit error generator models are available for each simulation used to study the effects of the link conditions on various sources and may also be employed as a link model in wireless network simulation. These capabilities are useful in determining predicted performance of proposed wireless systems and standards and may be used to determine design and deployment specifications for these systems. Link software simulation packages and a generic channel simulator software package are available to perform wireless simulations, predict performance, predict spectrum requirements, and perform signal processing.
Laboratory hardware consists of workstations to run simulation and signal processing software.
A programmable 6-MHz bandwidth hardware channel simulator is also available for testing transmitters and receivers.