Stereo System User Manual
Chapter 10  137
GSM/EDGE Measurement Application
Measurements
e. The accuracy specification applies when the Burst Sync is set to Training Sequence, and Trigger is set 
to External Trigger.
Description Specifications Supplemental Information
Power vs. Time
and
EDGE Power vs. Time
GMSK modulation (GSM) 
3π/8 shifted 8PSK modulation, 3π/4 shifted 
QPSK, π/4 shifted 16QAM, –π/4 shifted 
32QAM modulation in NSR/HSR (EDGE)
Measures mean transmitted RF carrier power 
during the useful part of the burst (GSM 
method) and the power vs. time ramping. 510 
kHz RBW
Minimum carrier power at RF Input for 
GSM and EDGE
−35 dBm (nominal)
Absolute power accuracy for in-band 
signal (excluding mismatch error)
a
a. The power versus time measurement uses a resolution bandwidth of about 510 kHz. This is not wide 
enough to pass all the transmitter power unattenuated, leading the consistent error shown in addition to 
the uncertainty. A wider RBW would allow smaller errors in the carrier measurement, but would allow 
more noise to reduce the dynamic range of the low-level measurements. The measurement floor will 
change by 10 × log(RBW/510 kHz). The average amplitude error will be about −0.11 dB × 
((510 kHz/RBW)
2
). Therefore, the consistent part of the amplitude error can be eliminated by using a 
wider RBW.
−0.11 ±0.27 dB (95th percentile)
Power Ramp Relative Accuracy Referenced to mean transmitted power
Accuracy ±0.16 dB  
 Measurement floor −87 dBm










