Collaboration aims to ease LTE design

As part of the agreement, Synopsys is contributing its algorithm design and verification solutions, while Rohde & Schwarz is contributing its signal generation and test and measurement expertise. According to Dr Markus Willems, senior product marketing manager, system level solutions, for Synposys: "Both companies have offerings in LTE, but address different parts of the design process. Synopsys is actively involved in the early stages of design, including algorithm development, while Rohde & Schwarz offers a range of general purpose test equipment. While both companies target the same companies, we talk with different teams. Our objective is to remove the wall between the concept and test phases; working in silos is not good." The collaboration will allow Synopsys' LTE library to be verified against Rohde & Schwarz's test and measurement solutions, increasing design confidence. Meanwhile, Rohde & Schwarz' test equipment will be able to automatically derive its configuration from the Synopsys simulation setup. Since typical configurations consist of more than 100 parameters, this integration significantly reduces the time it takes to achieve a correct setup and reduces the risk of configuration inconsistencies.