D ATA S H E E T
Nemo Handy/Nemo Walker Air
PCTEL Gflex/HBflex/IBflex Scanner
Fast, effective testing of complex in-building or outdoor
wireless networks
Nemo Handy from Keysight Technologies, Inc. provides you with smart and
discreet solutions for thorough and advanced measurement and optimization of
wireless air interface and mobile application quality of service (QoS) and quality of
experience (QoE). Combine Nemo Handy with PCTEL Gflex/HBflex/IBflex scanning
receiver for fast, effective testing of complex in-building or outdoor wireless
networks. This data sheet lists parameters and features available with PCTEL’s
Gflex/HBflex/IBflex scanner and Nemo Handy.
Supported Bands:
• NR 1-3, 5, 7-8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 34, 38-41, 50-51, 66, 70-71, 74- 79, 257-258,
260-261
• WIFI: 2400, 2500, WIFI device band
• LTE FDD 1-14, 17-32, 65-71, 252, 255
• LTE TDD 33-46, 48-49
• CDMA 450 MHz (band class 5), 800 MHz (band class 0, 10), 900 MHz (SMR)
(band class 9), 1900 MHz (band class 1), AWS (band class 15)
• EVDO 450, 800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS FDD 19, 21, 25
• GSM 850, 900 (Extended GSM 900 Band, E-GSM), 900 R (Railways GSM 900
Band, R-GSM), 900 R (Extended Railways GSM 900 Band, ER-GSM), 1800,
1900
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Scanning types
GSM Frequency Scan (PCTEL scan type: Color Code Scan)
Configuration:
• Band (GSM bands)
- C/I (on/off, default: off)
- SIB Signaling (on/off, default: off)
- Channels
Reported:
• Cell Scan
- Measured system
- Band
- ARFCN
- BSIC
- (when SIB signaling is on)
- MNC (when SIB signaling is on)
- LAC (when SIB signaling is on)
- Cell ID (when SIB signaling is on)
- C/I (on/off, default: off)
- SIB Signaling (on/off, default: off)
• Freqscan
- Measured system: Band, ARFCN, BSIC, RX level, C/I, SCH RX level
• L3SM (when SIB signaling in on)
- Measured system:
* Direction (hardcoded “downlink”, not received from the scanner)
* L3 msg
* Subchannel (hardcoded “BCCH”, not received from the scanner)
* Channel
* BSIC
* Type (hardcoded “normal”, not received from the scanner)
* L3 data
• Scanner averaging (1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16)
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Pilot Scan (PCTEL scan type: Top N Pilot Scan)
Configuration:
• Band (WCDMA, CDMA, EVDO)
• Channels
• Number of Pilots (range 1-16, default: 4)
• Pilot mode:
- High speed (default)
- High dynamic
- Sync DZ
- Midamble
• SIB Signaling (on/off, default: off)
Reported:
• CELLSCAN (WCDMA):
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Scrambling code
- (when SIB signaling is on)
- MNC (when SIB signaling is on)
- LAC (when SIB signaling is on)
- Cell ID (when SIB signaling is on)
• PILOTSCAN: (WCDMA)
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Channel type
- Scrambling code
- Ec/NO
- RSCP
- SIR
- Carrier RSSI
- Timing offset
- Delay spread
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• PILOTSCAN: (CDMA, EVDO)
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Pilot number
- Ec/Io
- RSCP
- Carrier RSSI
- Timing offset
• RRCSM: (WCDMA, when SIB signaling is on)
- Measured system
- Direction (hardcoded “downlink”, not received from the scanner)
- RRC message name
- Subchannel (hardcoded “BCCH”, not received from the scanner)
- UARFCN
- RRS scrambling code
- RRC data
LTE OFDM Scan (PCTEL scan type: Enhanced Top N Signal Scan)
Configuration:
• Band (LTE)
• Bandwidth:
- 1,4 MHz
- 3 MHz
- 5 MHz
- 10 MHz
- 15 MHz
- 20 MHz
- Auto (default) SS-RSRP (dBm)
• Signal Mode:
- Standard (default)
- High Speed Train
- 5G/4G Spectrum Sharing
• Number of Signals: (range: 1-16, default: 8)
• MIMO Scan (on/off, default: off)
• SIB Signaling (on/off, default: off)
• Channels
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Reported:
OFDMSCAN (LTE RS):
• Measured system
• Band
• ARFCN
• Channel type (hardcoded “RS”, not received from the scanner)
• PCI
• DL bandwidth
• Cyclic prefix DL
• Cell TX antennas
• RSRP
• RSRQ
• CINR
• Carrier RSSI
• Timing offset
• Delay spread
• Scanning result indication
• Measurement results per antenna port:
- PCI
- Antenna port
- RSRP/P
- RSRQ/P
- CINR/P
- RSSI/P
OFDMSCAN (LTE SCH):
• Measured system
• Band
• Channel
• Channel type (hardcoded “SCH”, not received from the scanner)
• DL bandwidth
• Carrier RSSI
• P-SCH physical cell identity
• P-SCH cyclic prefix
• P-SCH RP
• P-SCH RQ
• S-SCH RP
• S-SCH RQ
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• S-SCH CINR
• P-SCH timing offset
• P-SCH CINR
PRBSCAN: (Written if MIMO scan is on)
• Measured system
• Scanner type (hardcoded “PCTel”, not received from the scanner)
• Band
• Channel
• PCI
• 2x2 MIMO condition number
• Single layer open-loop CQI
• Single layer open-loop throughput
• Single layer closed-loop CQI
• Single layer closed-loop throughput
• Dual layer open-loop CQI 0
• Dual layer open-loop throughput 0
• Dual layer open-loop CQI 1
• Dual layer open-loop throughput 1
• Dual layer closed-loop SM CQI 0
• Dual layer closed-loop throughput 0
• Dual layer closed-loop SM CQI 1
• Dual layer closed-loop throughput 1
CW RSSI Scan (PCTEL scan type: RSSI Scan)
Configuration
• Band (GSM, WCDMA, CDMA, EVDO, LTE)
- Bandwidth:
* 200 KHz (default)
* 30 KHz
• Channels
Reported:
• FREQSCAN (GSM):
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- BSIC
- RX level
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• FREQSCAN (WCDMA, CDMA, EVDO, LTE):
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Carrier RSSI
Blind Scan (PCTEL scan type: Blind Scand)
Configuration:
• Band (GSM, WCDMA, CDMA, EVDO, LTE, NR)
• Number of IDs
• Subcarrier Spacing (for NR only)
Reported:
• FREQSCAN (GSM):
- Measured system
- Band
- ARFCN
- BSIC
- RX level
- C/I
• PILOTSCAN (WCDMA)
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Channel type (hardcoded “CPICH”, not received from the scanner)
- Carrier RSSI
- Scrambling code
- Ec/N0
- Signal-to-interference ratio CPICH
- Timing offset
• PILOTSCAN (CDMA, EVDO):
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Carrier RSSI
- Pilot number
- Ec/I0
- Timing offset
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• OFDMSCAN (LTE):
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- Channel type
- PCI
- DL bandwidth
- Cell TX antennas
- RSRP
- RSRQ
- CINR
- E-UTRAN carrier RSSI
- Timing offset
- Delay spread
• OFDMSCAN (NR):
- Measured system
- Band
- NR-ARFCN
- PCI
- Beam index
- Numerology (subcarrier spacing)
- PS-RSRP
- PS-RSRQ
- PS-SINR
- SS-RSRP
- SS-RSRQ
- SS-SINR
- PBCH DM-RP
- PBCH DM-RQ
- PBCH DM-SINR
- SSB-RSRP
- SSB-RSRQ
- SSB SINR
- SS delay spread
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- Timing offset
NR Top-N Signal Scan (PCTEL scan type: nr Top N Signal Scan)
Configuration:
• Band (NR bands)
• Channel / Frequency
• Number of SS Bursts (default: 8)
• Subcarrier Spacing
• SIB Signaling: (on/off, default: off)
• Timing offset
Reported:
• OFDMSCAN:
- Measured system
- Band
- NR-ARFCN
- PCI
- Beam index
- Numerology (subcarrier spacing)
- PS-RSRP
- PS-RSRQ
- PS-SINR
- SS-RSRP
- SS-RSRQ
- SS-SINR
- PBCH DM-RP
- PBCH DM-RQ
- PBCH DM-SINR
- SSB-RSRP
- SSB-RSRQ
- SSB SINR
- SS delay spread
- Timing offset
• RRCSM:
- Measured system
- Direction (hardcoded “Downlink”, not received from the scanner)
- RRC message name
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* RRC subchannel
* NR-ARFCN
* PCI
* RRC data
WiFi Top-N Signal Scan (PCTEL scan type: Top N WiFi Signal Scan)
Configuration:
• Band:
- WiFi 2.4 GHz Band (PCTEL code: WiFi: 2.4 GHz (2400-2484 MHz) 0x3313)
- WiFi 5.0 GHz Band (PCTEL code: WiFi: 5 GHz (5000-6000 MHz) 0x3323)
- WiFi 2.4 GHz Device Band (PCTEL code: WiFi: Device Band 0x3303)
- WiFi 5.0 GHz Device Band (PCTEL code: WiFi: Device Band 0x3303)
- NOTE! WiFi 2.4 GHz Device Band ja WiFi 5.0 GHz Device band is the same as
PCTEL band code 0x3303. 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz have been separated into
their own device bands for the Nemo Handy UI.
• Channels
• CINR: (on/off: default: off)
- NOTE! Whether CINR is reported or not depends on the external USB WiFi
adapter. External WiFi USB adapter may also affect whether other parameters
are reported or not.
Reported:
• OFDMSCAN:
- Measured system
- Band
- Channel
- WLAN protocol
- WLAN BSSID
- WLAN cell name
- WLAN service set identifier
- WLAN RSSI
- WLAN noise level
- WLAN CINR (depends on the WiFi USB adapter)
- WLAN security mode
- WLAN beacon interval
- WLAN channel utilization
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