Keysight OB5AP7XA Octobox Stack-Max
Highlights
- Isolates devices under test (DUT) from outside interference for repeatable throughput and performance measurements
- Supports Wi-Fi standards 802.11b/g/a/n/ac/ax/be - including Wi-Fi 7 and the 6 GHz band - with the Pal-7 test instrument
- Built-in turntable, multipath emulator, interference generator, and internal antennas
- Tri-band max throughput (AP-7 and STA-7 configurations); quad-band throughput (Mesh) - the only Stack tier supporting tri-band
- Multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) over-the-air (OTA) testing across all configuration families, including 4x4 MU-MIMO OTA (Mesh and STA-7)
- Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) testing across all configuration families - up to 16 STAs (Mesh and STA-7)
- Up to 24 station partners (AP-7 configuration), 20 real STAs (Mesh), or 28 real STA partners (STA-7) - the highest capacity across all Stack tiers
- synchroSniffer probes for synchronized packet capture - 20 (AP-7 and Mesh configurations) or 24 (STA-7)
- Multiple simultaneous test locations relative to the DUT - up to 4 (AP-7), 5 (Mesh), or 2 + 2 (STA-7)
- Band steering (AP-7 and Mesh configurations); access point (AP) steering, roaming, co-channel and adjacent channel emulation, and Tracker motion capture playback (Mesh and STA-7)
- Inline sniffing across all configuration families
- Automation server with browser user interface (UI), REST application programming interface (API), MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js
- Available in three configuration options: Stack-AP-7-Max (access point testing, 24 station partners, 320 MHz single-user MIMO [SU-MIMO] OTA), Stack-Mesh-Max (mesh network testing, 4 nodes, 20 real STAs), and Stack-STA-7-Max (station testing, 2 AP partners, 28 real STA partners)
- Rate versus range (RvR), RvRvO, RvOvR, and RvRwR testing across all configurations
- Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) testing with optional iGen; multipath testing with optional multipath emulator (MPE)
Software packages (sold separately):
- Tracker - plays back motion captures recorded in real-world environments for roaming, steering, and mesh load-balancing scenarios
- TR-398 Automation Package - executes Broadband Forum TR-398 test cases for AP performance benchmarking
- RFC 2544 Automation Package - runs Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 2544 benchmark tests for throughput, latency, frame loss rate, and back-to-back frames
- Mesh Automation Package - characterizes mesh network performance using black-box testing with simulated real-world home environments
Octobox testbeds come fully integrated with a built-in turntable, multipath emulator, interference generator, internal antennas, and programmable RF attenuators, and arrive ready to test MIMO throughput, roaming, and other wireless performance characteristics. The Octobox series enables service providers, device manufacturers, and chipset vendors to optimize wireless service reliability and capacity thanks to the ease and speed of automated repeatable testing. It is available in four standard configurations and can be customized based on individual needs.
With the addition of the Octobox Pal-7 test instrument, Octobox testbeds are ready to verify the operation and performance of devices supporting any Wi-Fi standards: 802.11b/g/a/n/ac/ax/be, including the new 6GHz band. The Pal-7 and STApal-7s function as a traffic partner, sniffer, virtual station emulator, and a load generator for testing throughput, capacity, roaming, band steering, and more characteristics.
Octobox testbeds come fully integrated with a built-in turntable, multipath emulator, interference generator, internal antennas, and programmable RF attenuators, and arrive ready to test MIMO throughput, roaming, and other wireless performance characteristics. The Octobox series enables service providers, device manufacturers, and chipset vendors to optimize wireless service reliability and capacity thanks to the ease and speed of automated repeatable testing. It is available in four standard configurations and can be customized based on individual needs.
With the addition of the Octobox Pal-7 test instrument, Octobox testbeds are ready to verify the operation and performance of devices supporting any Wi-Fi standards: 802.11b/g/a/n/ac/ax/be, including the new 6GHz band. The Pal-7 and STApal-7s function as a traffic partner, sniffer, virtual station emulator, and a load generator for testing throughput, capacity, roaming, band steering, and more characteristics.
