Online RF self-measurement for high-reliability wireless modem

Abstract

RF self-measurement is an important procedure when the system started up to ensure wireless transceiver reliably. We propose an online RF self-measurement in Xilinx Zynq (Zedboard) with RF (AD-FMCOMMS1-EBZ) to measure the radio frequency (RF) quality, in terms of Bit Error Rate (BER), Image Rejection Ratio (IRR), Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR), Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) and Noise Figure (NF). The measured results match theoretical simulations.