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i.Scan's Upgrade for Faster GSM Processing

i.Scan Digital Scanner
The only drive test receiver you may ever need now supports LTE and 700 MHz

Quick, Easy, Cost-efficient
As you adopt new transmission standards or add frequencies, simply exchange down converters or flash in the new software license and you're done.

A Better Way Forward
You took the 2G plunge in the late 90s. TDMA, CDMA, GSM, it didn't matter. It was expensive. Drive test receivers alone ran upwards of $12,000 each. A few years later 2.5G came along with HSCSD, GPRS, and EDGE. New technologies, new receivers. This time the price tag was pushing $17,000 a piece. Before you even settled in to your new standard, they unleashed 3G. CDMA2000, WCDMA, EV-DO.

More Receivers. More Costs.
Now you’re evaluating LTE, HSDPA, and WiMAX. The intervals between upgrades are becoming shorter and the cost is becoming greater. Again, you are faced with yet another choice. Continue to react to every new technology or rise above with something a bit more intelligent. At Andrew Solutions, we've elected to take the high road and invite you to join us.

The Price of Progress
Wireless technologies are being developed and introduced at an accelerating rate. The industry has gone from 2G to 4G in less than a decade. Each new generation is more powerful than the last. Each spawns multiple standards for signal delivery and band frequency. Today, the airwaves are like an alphabet soup. At the same time they are becoming increasingly crowded, prompting a higher degree of frequency reuse and the allocation of new bands. On one hand, the new standards enable unheard of data rates, broadband applications, and life-saving mobile location solutions. With each new introduction we redefine what is possible.

But at a price.

Each new standard, every new frequency, creates another layer of complexity and cost. The larger the network, the higher the price. The smaller the network, the more difficult it is to justify the upgrade. The picture is getting more clouded, especially when it comes to selecting drive test solutions.

i.Scan™ Standards & Frequencies

i.Scan ™ Standards & Frequencies — Now Supports LTE and 700 MHz A critical component of network monitoring, drive te...

i.Scan^™ Standards & Frequencies—Now Supports LTE and 700 MHz

A critical component of network monitoring, drive test receivers are especially sensitive to the evolution of wireless technologies. Historically, receivers were standard-specific, designed to detect, decode, and measure a specific signal type broadcast at a specific frequency. As long as the options were limited and the changes were far between, carriers could afford to upgrade their receivers every so often.

Not anymore.

Now, instead of evolving over the course of years, change is occurring, it seems, by the month. And that changes everything. Each time a network is upgraded, the receiver must be replaced or, at the very least, refurbished and recalibrated. This requires added capital expense and additional training, not to mention costly downtime. The result? Total cost of ownership is fast becoming prohibitive.

So, at Andrew Solutions, we set out to re-think the entire solution.

The answer is elegantly simple...i.Scan.

No matter what technology path you’re on, Andrew Solutions is committed to making it a path of least resistance. That means developing network solutions that are innovative enough to evolve as you evolve. And supporting it with global resources you can count on now and well into the future. The i.Scan™Digital Scanner is just one example of thinking that is elegantly simple. Scalable, upgradable, and delivering the lowest total cost of ownership, it’s a measure of stability in an otherwise frenetic field.

i.Scan drive test receiver from Andrew Solutions

The industry’s first modular receiver, it’s based on the principle that less is more.

More flexible
More productive
More cost-effective

With a unique design that allows you to easily upgrade receiving capabilities in the field, i.Scan is the most cost-effective drive test receiver available. And as part of the extensive Invex.NxG suite of measurement tools, it is also the most powerful.

Scalable, fast, and accurate. i.Scan may be the only test drive receiver you will ever need.

i.Scan™—Increase Productivity & Lower TCO

i.Scan™ Increase Productivity & Lower TCO i.Scan™—Evolves as your Network Evolve s i.Scan represents a radical depar...

i.Scan™
Increase Productivity & Lower TCO

i.Scan™—Evolves as your Network Evolves

i.Scan represents a radical departure in test receiver design. Each portable unit features two RF down converters that plug in to the back of the receiver. As your network adopts new transmission standards and adds bands you simply plug in a new down converter or just flash in the new software license.

It’s that simple.

The DSP processing in the i.Scan actually does the decoding for the various technologies. The down converters determine the frequency bands that can be received. The flexible signal processing engine in i.Scan enables you to decode and read CDMA, EVDO, GSM, WCDMA, HSDPA, and LTE with WiMAX, soon to follow. The Andrew Solutions goal is to keep pace with emerging technologies by developing and releasing firmware upgrades to support new generations of wireless standards.

i.Scan delivers the same flexibility and scalability across frequency bands, whether already in use or on the drawing board. Current bands supported include 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz, and 2100 MHz downlink, and 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 1700 MHz, and 1900 MHz uplink. Additional bands available in the future include 450 MHz, 2.5 GHz, and 3.5 GHz.

Increase Drive Test Productivity Now.
More than a smart investment for the future, i.Scan™ delivers proven results from day one.

Speed
With two resident down converters, each i.Scan can test of up to six different bands, providing accurate, reliable high-speed RF measurements no matter what protocol you deploy. i.Scan also delivers among the fastest scanning speeds available. So you maximize your time in the field while minimizing potential downtime.

Accuracy
Conventional practice dictates that receivers—whether functioning within spec or not—be shipped to the manufacturer periodically to ensure the system is properly calibrated. The required downtime is costly and, in many cases, entirely unnecessary. So we designed i.Scan with an internal calibration check routine that runs each time you power up. Unless the system alerts you that the i.Scan is operating out of spec and suggests you send it to the factory, you are good to go.

Ease of Use
Financial concerns are forcing more and more wireless carriers to rely on non-skilled technicians to conduct drive test. So ease of use matters. With i.Scan, no special drivers are required. Simply plug in to the 100BASE-T Ethernet port and the built-in hub provides fast, secure connections with PCs, laptops, handsets and more. Finally, the i.Scan receiver is small, portable and light weight. It accepts nominal 12 Vdc power with an optional ac power supply, allowing you to use it in virtually an.

Keeps Your TCO Low and Your Options Open.

Total cost of ownership is a financial benchmark that reflects all the costs involved with owning a piece of hardware or software. Purchase price, upgrades, service, training, and inventory costs to name a few. It is a more precise measure of how much a network truly costs. In developing the industrys first modular drive test receiver, weve dramatically lowered the cost of ownership by:

Eliminating the need to replace or refurbish receivers
Reducing costs associated with stocking excess inventory
Decreasing the costs to re-train workers to perform drive tests
Minimizing network disruptions that can result from a technical upgrade

At the same time, weve left your options wide open. No matter what upgrade path you choose, your i.Scan will upgrade right along with you. Its a little extra peace of mind at no extra charge.

At Andrew Solutions, our holistic approach to design permeates everything we do, and is at the core of the new i.Scan test drive receiver.

We believe:

Network solutions should be flexible and scalable, capable of evolving as your network evolves
Ease of use will become more important as operators use more unskilled workers.
Total cost of ownership should be a key factor in any purchase.
The faster the industry evolves, the greater the need for simplicity in design.

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