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NATE UNITE 2025

Trusted testers. Fast results. Automated reporting.

February 17, 2025 - February 20, 2025
Raleigh, NC
Booth #1031
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NATE UNITE 2025
Contact us
February 17, 2025 - February 20, 2025
Raleigh, NC
Booth #1031

NATE educational session 

Efficient antenna validation: streamlining processes from the ground up

When: Monday, February 17, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 
Where: Room 305 
Speakers
• Jason Kraker, National Wireless Application Engineer, EXFO 
• Martin Zimmerman, CTO North America, Outdoor Wireless Networks, CommScope 

This session highlights how improved methods of procedures can make maintenance operations faster, simpler, and safer. 

Learn how to:

  • handle challenges in isolating component failures within a system environment;
  • validate antennas from the ground, eliminating unnecessary tower climbs;
  • pinpoint issues without disconnecting antennas, saving time and resources; 
  • enhance safety measures by learning processes that minimize hazardous climbs;
  • make tower climbs purposeful with clear objectives and precise knowledge of the exact issue.

EXFO’s Fiber Triple Play

With EXFO’s Fiber Triple Play, you can quickly and accurately solve fiber-related problems—the root cause of over 80% of wireless network problems. EXFO’s Fiber Triple Play includes: 

Tie it all together with EXFO Exchange—our open, collaborative software platform. For details please contact us.

Discover the EXFO Certified Contractor Program

We’ve designed the EXFO Certified Contractor (ECC) Program to train contractors across the U.S. on how to use EXFO solutions to the max—enabling faster and more confident network transformations!

Visit us at NATE UNITE or contact us to learn more about becoming an EXFO Certified Contractor!  

Fiber hygiene and maintenance

Fiber inspection, proper fiber cleaning and fiber-link validation are critical steps to guaranteeing 5G network performance. When faulty fibers are detected, it’s critical to fix problems to get service up and running fast.  

How EXFO helps:

  • FIP-500: inspect both single-fiber and multi-fiber connectors rapidly and reliably 
  • Optical Explorer: verify fiber-optic link health and troubleshoot potential issues in seconds 
  • OTDRs with iOLM: automation and intelligence speeds up the location of a fiber cut, faulty connector or bad splice  
  • Optical Power Expert: power meter with industry-leading features including Bluetooth connectivity, wide touchscreen and best-in-class optical performance. 

Radio issues

Operators must ensure that radios are installed correctly across the entirety of their 5G networks. Fiber connected to the wrong radio, loss of power, defective radios and configuration issues are all problems that can affect quality of service.  

How EXFO helps: 

  • FTB 5GPro: perform radio link validation using CPRI/eCPRI BERT 
  • iORF: intelligent RF-over-CPRI app, fully-automated testing approach for complete analysis of RF spectrum. Easy-to-understand, pass-or-fail verdict. Zero-configuration required, saves over 45 min in set-up time.

PIM and RF interference

Identifying the sources of RF interference or passive intermodulation (PIM) and determining whether it's internal or external can be challenging. Resolving these issues requires skilled technicians with extensive knowledge of RF systems and specialized equipment.  

How EXFO helps:

  • FTB 5GPro: includes RF spectrum analysis over CPRI and real-time RF spectrum analysis with over-the-air measurements (OTA).  
  • iORF: intelligent RF-over-CPRI application provides automatic detection of internal or external PIM in less than 5 minutes, with no configuration required—10x faster than any other RF-over-CPRI solution.    
  • 5GPro Spectrum Analyzer: RF interference hunting with audible tone for effective PIM and external interference detection in a compact, field-portable platform that’s simple to use. Supports both 5G and 4G/LTE networks covering FR1 (sub-6 GHz) and FR2 (mmWave).

All-in-one FTB 5GPro test kit

The FTB 5GPro test kit features a suite of 4G/5G test capabilities in a single, compact and easy-to-use platform. It’s a versatile solution empowering field techs, to efficiently test fiber, RF and the transport network—from the core to the tower and all the way to the subscriber. Includes: 

  • Fiber connector inspection 
  • Fiber link characterization 
  • RF spectrum analysis over CPRI 
  • RF spectrum analyzer  
  • Timing and synchronization (over fiber and over the air)  
  • Multi-protocol and Ethernet testing (up to 100G) 
  • Transceiver validation

About EXFO

EXFO delivers innovative solutions, improving test processes from the fiber to the antenna and beyond. We design automated, flexible test tools that are scalable by design and fit for purpose, delivering accurate results across network construction, activation, and maintenance stages. Get to the root cause of network outages in record time using simplified testing and automated reporting powered by EXFO.

 Visit us in booth 1031 to learn more!

Trusted testers. Fast results. Automated reporting.

Install and troubleshoot wireless networks on time and on budget. See you in Raleigh, NC at booth 1031!