OCTOBOX Pal-6E and STApal-6E

OCTOBOX Pal-6E and STApal-6E

OCTOBOX chamber with built in Pal-6 or STApals

Spirent’s Wi-Fi 6E testbeds incorporate RF chambers and instruments controlled by an integrated server with a browser-based UI and a complete API for test automation. The OCTOBOX Pals function as Wi-Fi 6E traffic endpoints or OCTOBOX synchroSniffer® probes for performance testing and expert analysis of Wi-Fi devices and systems. This document describes the OCTOBOX Pal-6E®, and OCTOBOX STApal-6E™ subsystems shown below and the OCTOBOX personal testbeds that incorporate them

 

 

• 802.11ax up to 8×8 MIMO-OTA transmission

• 2.4 and 5 GHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax radios

• Pal-6E and STApal-6E support 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E

• palBox-6E with up to 16 OFDMA STAs and 576 vSTAs; radios configurable for sniffing

• OCTOBOX Wireshark synchroSniffer™ with sniffer probes on 4 Pal-6E and 16 STApal-6E radios

• smartBox and smartBox-STA housing real devices with integrated Pal instruments

• multiperf® multi-point to multipoint traffic with managed traffic endpoints

• Complete isolation from outside interference

• REST API for test automation Benefits

• Verify 6GHz using the Pal-6E

• Quickly and easily verify emerging 802.11ax and legacy Wi-Fi devices in the ideal MIMO-OTA environment that supports MU-MIMO

• Use multipoint-multipoint traffic while automatically recovering from dropped links during long test sequences

• Test OFDMA and MU-MIMO simultaneously using a compact OCTOBOX personal testbed

• Use one or more palBoxes to scale to dozens of OFDMA stations in the testbed

• Use a smartBox to combine off-the-shelf devices with the built-in Pals

• Perform root cause analysis of issues using built-in multi-probe synchroSniffing

 

• Verify 6GHz using the Pal-6E

• Quickly and easily verify emerging 802.11ax and legacy Wi-Fi devices in the ideal MIMO-OTA environment that supports MU-MIMO

• Use multipoint-multipoint traffic while automatically recovering from dropped links during long test sequences

• Test OFDMA and MU-MIMO simultaneously using a compact OCTOBOX personal testbed

• Use one or more palBoxes to scale to dozens of OFDMA stations in the testbed

• Use a smartBox to combine off-the-shelf devices with the built-in Pals

• Perform root cause analysis of issues using built-in multi-probe OCTOBOX synchroSniffing

• Pal-6E and STApal-6E can both function as traffic endpoints or synchroSniffer probes. Pal-6E also implements 576 vSTAs. Both Pal-6E and STApal-6Es come stand-alone or built into an OCTOBOX chamber, making that chamber a smartBox. The STApal-6E open and Pal-6E open form factors can be used with an antenna system for testing in open air or in a walk-in test chamber.

• Pal-6E, and STApal-6E support all the Wi-Fi protocols: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax. Pal-6E and the STApal-6E support also the new Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz frequency band. Pal-6E supports STA (station) and AP (access point) modes. STApal-6E is an OFDMA capabile STA.