IQnews Q1 2025 Newsletter
Product Updates
First availability of Wi-Fi 8 on the IQxel-MX
The industry’s reference standard for Wi-Fi 7 RF performance, the lOxel-MX integrated RF PHY MIMO test solution is ready for the next generation of Wi-Fi. Built-in signal generation
and analysis address Wi-Fi 7 and emerging Wi-Fi 8 standards from design to manufacturing. Unprecedented performance for validating products using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other essential wireless connectivity standards.
Press Releases
Advancing RAN Performance: O-RAN ALLIANCE Participants Showcase Innovative Solutions at MWC Barcelona 2025
O-RAN ALLIANCE participants will showcase 33 open and intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN) solutions throughout MWC Barcelona 2025 and at the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition.
LitePoint’s IQFR1-RU demo showcases a fully integrated test solution for 5G O-RAN Radio Units, validating RF performance and O-RAN C/U/M/S-plane functionality. Conducted over the split 7.2x interface, this demo highlights critical advancements in O-RAN architecture, ensuring interoperability and performance in real-world deployments.
Events
MWC Barcelona 2025
LitePoint showcased our latest wireless testing innovations, including solutions for Wi-Fi 7, UWB, Bluetooth and 5G O-RAN radio testing at MWC Bareclona 2025.
LitePoint – San Jose State University Collaboration
LitePoint Shadow Program
LitePoint hosted SJSU engineering students at our corporate headquarters, giving them a behind the scenes look into the wireless testing industry. Students toured our manufacturing line, saw product demos, and engaged with engineers to learn about career paths and skill development.
SJSU LitePoint Session
LitePoint’s Adam Smith joined the SJSU Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) to speak about career paths in the wireless test and engineering industry, and how LitePoint fits in.
Wi-Fi Forum 2025
LitePoint’s Khushboo Kalyani presented: Translating RF performance to real-world results in Wi-Fi 7 at the RCR Wireless News Wi-Fi Forum, and joined the panel: Roadmap to the future, what will Wi-Fi 8 enable?
Upcoming Events
Wi-Fi World Congress USA
April 28-30, 2025; Mountain View CA
Experience real-world product performance insights with LitePoint’s sophisticated PHY and MAC layer traffic sniffer, IQsniffer, designed to trouble shoot system level issues across Wi-Fi and Bluetooth®. The demo will showcase a variability in throughput measurement while supporting rate vs. range testing in end products.
Test and Measurement Forum 2025
April 29, 2025
LitePoint’s Adam Smith will join the panel: The trials, tribulations and validation of Open RAN at the RCR Wireless News Test and Measurement Forum; and Middle Wen will deliver presentation: RedCap test trends and challenges.
Electronic Design Innovation Conference (EDICON) 2025
April 23-24, 2025; Beijing, China
LitePoint’s Middle Wen will deliver presentation: Paving the Way to Wi-Fi 8: Key Features and Goals
Noteworthy
Stay on top of key commercial and technological developments in the wireless test industry with the help of LitePoint experts. Get the latest trends and knowledge sharing within 5G, UWB, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth® with this curated selection of LitePoint thought leadership.
You can find additional product documentation, articles, white papers, demo videos, webcasts—and more—from LitePoint experts in our Knowledge Base.
Visit the LitePoint blog to learn about the latest wireless technologies, their ecosystem, applications, and testing solutions.
Wi-Fi 8 builds on Wi-Fi 7’s advancements to deliver the next leap in connectivity. LitePoint’s Khushboo Kalyani explores some key features Wi-Fi 8 is targeting and how it will impact future applications.
LitePoint's Middle Wen examines how non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are reshaping global connectivity, and test considerations for NTN devices.
LitePoint's Khushboo Kalyani joined the RCR Wireless News State of Wi-Fi webinar to discuss technical considerations influencing Wi-Fi 7 adoption, including wireless test from R&D to commercial deployment.
The O-RAN open-source model helps network designers avoid supplier lock-in, accelerating 5G deployment, reducing operational costs, and simplifying maintenance - but it's not without its challenges. Find out 6 steps for streamlining 5G O-RAN Radio Testing from LitePoint's Middle Wen.
Wi-Fi 8 will be an incremental change rather than a completely new technical standard, but it will take reliability to the next level. Learn more about Wi-Fi 8's focus around Ultra High Reliability (UHR).
With Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and 7 advancing rapidly, it’s essential to take a closer look at global adoption trends, the evolving device ecosystem and the future spectrum allocations shaping connectivity.
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