Case Study: Premium Automotive OEM Company achieves reliable, standards‑compliant live eCall crash tests and $100K–$500K per-test savings with Keysight

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Premium Automotive OEM Company needed to perform its first live crash tests to validate onboard eCall/ERA‑GLONASS emergency systems to EU standards but faced major implementation challenges: no mobile network simulator, the elongated 160 m crash hall made realistic over‑the‑air (OTA) coverage difficult, and any false fail would trigger costly retests. The OEM engaged Keysight and selected the E6950A eCall/ERA‑GLONASS Conformance Test Solution (with a distributed antenna system) to meet these constraints and achieve compliant, mission‑critical testing.

Keysight deployed a turnkey setup—E6950A with the NavCert‑certified E6951A PSAP Emulator, N5172B EXG GNSS signal generator, E7515A UXM network emulator and a distributed antenna system—to emulate real GPS, cellular and PSAP conditions during 40 mph crash runs. The Keysight solution delivered reproducible, standards‑compliant tests (EN 16454/EN 15722 and relevant ERA‑GLONASS protocols), achieved first‑run accuracy and saved an estimated $100K–$500K per vehicle test, enabling the OEM to scale the live eCall crash capability to other labs.