Rohde&Schwarz SFU
Broadcast Test System / 방송 테스트 시스템

• All-in-one compact solution
• Multistandard reference signal generator
• Realtime TV and audio broadcasting signal generation
• Analog and digital transmission standards
• Wide frequency range from 100 kHz to 3000 MHz
• Outstanding signal quality
• Transmission and interferer simulations
• Bit error ratio (BER) tester
• Internal analog and digital video and audio signal sources

The R&S SFU is the all-in-one solution for broadcast and mobile TV standards. It has been designed as a platform for various applications and is open for future options. It provides multiple instrument functionality in a cabinet of only four height units and offers unrivaled RF and baseband characteristics.

Due to its modular design, the R&S SFU can be optimally adapted to the requirements of different applications. It is an ideal research and development tool for making improvements to introduced standards and for generating new standard signals. Applications that previously required many different instruments are now fully covered by the R&S SFU. The modern, intuitive concept of the R&S SFU ensures fast and easy operation.

Multistandard reference signal generator with realtime coding
• Digital and analog TV standards for cable, satellite and terrestrial transmission
• Digital and analog audio broadcasting standards
• Realtime signal generation with selectable modulation and coding parameters
• Standards available as software options

High-precision reference signal generation over wide frequency and level range
• Frequency range from 100 kHz to 3000 MHz
• Level range from –120 dBm to +19 dBm
• Extremely short switchover times
• Low phase noise and high MER

Integrated transport stream generator, recorder, player and audio/video generator
• Transport stream generator and transport stream player for endless and seamless replay
• Transport stream and ETI recorder
• Extensive transport stream libraries from Rohde & Schwarz
• Audio/video generator with test pattern library for analog TV
• Test signal generation in line with customer specifications

Simulation of multipath propagation, single-frequency networks and cable networks
• Powerful fading simulator
• Numerous fading configurations
• Standard-compliant fading profiles
• Complex parameter sets

Flexible signal generation with arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)
• Large AWG memory, intelligent memory management and high sample rates
• Waveform libraries from Rohde & Schwarz
• Support of R&S®WinIQSIM™ and R&S®WinIQSIM2™
• Digital I/Q interface

Simulation of interferers and adjacent channel scenarios
• Interferer management
• Interferers from broadcasting and wireless communications
• Digital dividend

Receiver tests with noise sources, BER tester and power measurement
• Noise generator with AWGN, impulsive noise, phase noise
• BER measurement at transport stream or bit level
• Integrated power measurement using R&S®NRP-Zxx power sensors

Development of broadcast receivers
• Multistandard chip and tuner development for set-top boxes, TV sets and radios
• Simulation of real-life transmission conditions
• Fast and efficient generation of adjacent channel and co-channel scenarios
• Impact of wireless communications signals
• Diversity tests

Certification and logo tests of broadcast receivers in test labs
• Reference signal generation for globally used broadcast standards for research, development and type approval
• Use in test systems

Convenient graphical user interface
• 19” × 4 HU cabinet with large XVGA color display
• Intuitive user interface under Windows XP Embedded
• Context-sensitive help system
• User-definable favorites for quick access
• Remote control and remote operation via LAN and GPIB