New-Tech Europe | September 2016 | Digital Edition

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Tektronix Brings New HDR and WCG Support to Industry Leading Waveform Monitors Tektronix, an industry-leading innovator of video test and monitoring solutions, today announced a field-installable software upgrade for its popular WFM/WVR 8000 series of waveform monitors and rasterizers, adding new support for monitoring High Dynamic Range (HDR) and ITU-R Recommendation BT.2020 Wide Color Gamut (WCG) formats. The upgrades, which will be demonstrated at the upcoming 2016 IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, assist camera operators, editors and colorists in easily and accurately capturing and reproducing highly realistic video image content that ultimately enhances consumers’ viewing experience. HDR/WCG formats are gaining new importance when it comes to acquiring high resolution 4K content. However, it can be challenging to adjust gamma levels for correct processing of high fidelity signals throughout the broadcast chain. A series of new graticules included with the HDR upgrade allow users to correctly set camera white points and adjust specular highlights to fully use the dynamic range of their content. “Tektronix continues to expand the capabilities of the industry’s most comprehensive waveform monitors and rasterizers while protecting our customers’ investments in video monitoring equipment,” said Charlie Dunn, general manager, Video Product Line, Tektronix. The premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide, the IBC exhibition is being held 9-13 Sept., 2016 in Amsterdam and is expected to draw more than 55,000 attendees from 170 countries and will feature products from over 1,600 exhibitors. Tektronix will be demonstrating its full range of industry leading video test and monitoring solutions in Stand 10 D41.

NI Announces World’s First Application Framework for Massive MIMO to Speed Innovation in 5G Prototyping NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, today announced the world’s first MIMO Application Framework. When paired with NI software defined radio hardware, this software reference design provides a well-documented, reconfigurable, parameterized physical layer written and delivered in LabVIEW source code that enables researchers to build both traditional MIMO and Massive MIMO prototypes. The LabVIEW Communications MIMO Application Framework enables wireless designers to develop algorithms and evaluate custom IP to solve many of the practical challenges associated with real-world multiuser MIMO deployments. Scalable from 4 to 128 antennas, the MIMOApplication Framework, when used with the NI USRP RIO and NI PXI hardware platforms, enables users to create small to large scale antenna systems with minimal system integration or design effort. Researchers can use the system out of the box to conduct Massive MIMO experiments and seamlessly integrate their own custom signal processing algorithms in a fraction of the time compared to other approaches, thereby accelerating the overall design process as the wireless industry races to define 5G. As participants in NI’s RF/Communications Lead User program, researchers at Bristol University have used NI’s flexible prototyping platform for 5G research and recently announced in conjunction with Lund University a world-record 22-fold increase in spectral efficiency over modern day 4G networks. Find more information on the new Massive MIMO Application Framework at www.ni.com/sdr/mimo.

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