Case Study: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) achieves accelerated 5G fronthaul R&D and $50,000 savings with Keysight's M3300A test platform

Building 5G Fronthaul Networks for IoT

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) faced the challenge of testing low‑latency fronthaul compression for 5G/IoT in real time—something simulation alone could not capture. Building a custom FPGA testbed would have cost roughly $100,000 per trial and slowed R&D, so NICT engaged Keysight and its M3300A test platform to accelerate practical latency testing.

Using Keysight’s M3300A FPGA‑based multiple‑channel AWG and digitizer and hands‑on support from Keysight engineers, NICT verified and demonstrated multiple design iterations within a year, accelerated its research by several months, and reduced costs—saving about $50,000 by doing FPGA programming in‑house with Keysight guidance.

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)