【Hot News】| China Academy of Information and Communications Technology adopts Rohde & Schwarz equipment and SmartViser software to provide new EEI regulatory testing capabilities

Latest update time：2024-08-01

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Regulation (EU) 2023/1669, published in September 2023, requires smartphones and tablets sold in the EU to be labeled with an EEI (Energy Efficiency Index) from June 20, 2025. Annex II of the regulation specifies energy efficiency classes and EEI requirements, while Annex IV outlines the measurement and calculation methods.

Similar to the energy efficiency labels for household appliances, the latest EU regulations require that all smartphones and tablets be affixed with EEI labels. Therefore, before these products are put on the market, the corresponding EEI regulatory tests must be performed. Rohde & Schwarz (hereinafter referred to as "R&S") took the lead in cooperating with SmartViser, a test automation product provider, to develop a customized solution for testing whether smartphones and tablets comply with the new EU Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) label.

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (hereinafter referred to as "CAICT") has completed EEI testing based on R&S equipment and SmartViser software, providing complete EEI regulatory testing capabilities. The core of the solution is the R&S CMW500 wireless communication tester (the CMX500 One Box Tester wireless communication tester that supports both LTE and 5G NR can also be used), which supports end-to-end testing of signaling use cases and is combined with the SmartViser test automation application for Android and iOS.

Figure: EU EEI Regulation Testing Solution

The R&S CMW500 wireless communication tester supports 2G, 3G, LTE and WLAN. The R&S CMX500 wireless communication tester supports the latest wireless technologies, including LTE, 5G NR and WLAN. The energy efficiency test solution allows seamless power consumption measurements while performing RF measurements, protocol tests or application tests.

Ma Xin

Director of China Academy of Information and Communications Technology Telecommunication Technology Laboratory

"The battery life of mobile phones and tablets is of great significance to both consumers and terminal manufacturers. We are very pleased to cooperate with Rohde & Schwarz to complete the establishment of EEI testing capabilities. In the future, we will continue to cooperate, continuously promote technological innovation and optimization, and jointly help consumers launch more durable and portable mobile computing devices."

Jin Hailiang

Senior Director, Products and Systems, Rohde & Schwarz

"Energy efficiency has always been a key issue in wireless communications, and we are pleased to see that CAICT uses Rohde & Schwarz equipment for EEI regulatory testing. Based on the ongoing strategic partnership between the two parties, we believe that the two parties will cooperate in more areas in the future to make wireless communication equipment more mature, stable and reliable."

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