To be placed on the market, your products using radio frequencies must meet the essential requirements set out in the RED 2014/53/EU directive for CE marking or in various international certifications (FCC, ISED, MIC/Giteki, etc.). LNE supports you in ensuring your connected products comply with applicable standards (EMC, Radio, cybersecurity, etc.) by offering related testing services.
Why perform radio frequency testing?
Radio testing applies to products and equipment using radio frequencies (medical devices, industrial equipment, IoT devices, etc.). Specifically, it allows you to verify :
- The performance of radio functions integrated into products (range, transmission power, reception sensitivity, spectrum usage, etc.).
- Their transmission power, spectral occupancy, presence of spurious emissions, and reception sensitivity. Requirements are set out in the RED Directive 2014/53/EU for CE marking or under various international certifications (FCC, ISED, MIC/Giteki, etc.).
Radio frequency testing enables manufacturers to :
- Secure the market introduction of their products by ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and normative requirements,
- Guarantee proper operation, ensure interoperability with other devices, and prevent interference risks,
- Facilitate obtaining required authorizations and markings,
- Reduce the risk of non-compliance or product recalls,
- Strengthen customer trust through reliable and controlled radio performance.
LNE’s Radio Frequency Testing
To provide connected device manufacturers with a single point of contact for their performance and qualification testing, LNE offers a comprehensive range of expertise including 5G and eventually 6G oriented radio frequency testing, enabling access to international markets.
LNE offers the following radio frequency testing services :
- Conducted and radiated equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) measurement
- Transmitter and receiver spurious emissions measurement
- Maximum spectral power density measurement
- Frequency stability measurement
- Bandwidth measurement
- Frequency error measurement
- Receiver blocking measurement
- Channel access mechanism measurement
- Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) measurement
- Adjacent channel power measurement
- ...
Technologies covered :
- 2G : GPRS
- 3G : UMTS
- 4G : LTE / LTE NB-IoT / LTE CAT-M1
- 5G FR1
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz / 6 GHz
- Bluetooth Low Energy / Bluetooth Classic
- NFC / RFID 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 868 MHz
- 868 MHz protocols
- …
LNE has recently obtained recognition from the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) and ISED (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) to perform radio frequency testing for market access in the United States and Canada.
Radio frequency testing for access to the US and Canadian markets:
- Full and partial testing on the latest technologies, in compliance with applicable FCC and ISED standards,
- Testing performed according to the latest test method frameworks defined by applicable ANSI standards. Detailed Service Sheet Detailed service sheet for radio frequency testing.
Accreditations and Recognitions
- Services provided under Cofrac Testing Accreditation No. 1-0606; * (in french)
- Testing recognized by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
- Testing recognized by the Canadian federal authority ISED (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada)
*List of sites and scopes available on cofrac.fr
Equipment and Facilities
To carry out these radio frequency tests and verify that electrical/electronic products comply with applicable normative requirements, LNE relies on the following equipment :
- 3m semi-anechoic chamber
- 40 GHz test receiver
- Cellular network simulators: 2G, 3G, 4G, NB-IoT, 5G
- Vector signal generator
- Fast power sensors
- 40 GHz EMF probe
- …
Standards and regulations
- ETSI EN 300 328 : Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, Zigbee radio functions
- ETSI EN 300 220 : Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the 25 MHz to 1,000 MHz frequency range
- ETSI EN 301 893 : 5 GHz Wi-Fi radio function
- ETSI EN 300 330 : RFID and NFC radio functions operating between 9 kHz and 30 MHz
- ETSI EN 300 440 : Short Range Devices (SRD) operating in the 1 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range
- ETSI EN 301 511 : 2G radio function
- ETSI EN 301 908-1 : 3G, 4G, 5G radio functions
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- Full and partial testing on the following technologies, in accordance with applicable FCC and ISED standards :
- FCC Part 15.247 / RSS 247 : 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (Low Energy and Classic), Zigbee
- FCC Part 15.225 / RSS 210 : 13.56 MHz RFID
- FCC Part 15.207 / FCC Part 15.209 / RSS GEN : Generic standards for conducted and radiated emissions testing
- Testing performed according to the latest test method frameworks :
- ANSI C63.10-2020 + Cor. 1-2023 + C63.10a-2024 + Errata to C63.10a-2024
- ANSI C63.4-2014 + ANSI C63.4a-2017
To deliver these radio frequency services, LNE has partnered with Nexio, a French leader in testing, design, and simulation in the field of electromagnetism, to establish a joint radio frequency testing laboratory.
LNE, an experienced laboratory in multi-domain testing, supports clients in qualifying product performance and robustness and verifying compliance for market entry through tests conducted under Cofrac accreditation*.
NEXIO, a specialist in electromagnetic simulation, focuses on the design phase to help manufacturers anticipate and resolve potential functional issues.
This partnership allows us to pool our measurement equipment within a dedicated radio frequency test platform equipped with latest-generation technology such as a 5G band simulator and to provide end-to-end support.
Learn more about the partnership
*Numbers, sites and scopes on Cofrac.fr
Additional Services
These services help you prepare your compliance files for:
- CE Marking
- EU Type Examination (RED Notified Body)
- CB Scheme Certification
- …
As an ISO 17065 accredited certification body, LNE can evaluate your products and technical documentation as part of obtaining certification or issue these certifications depending on your project's stage of development.
- Developing products or processes integrating artificial intelligence algorithms ;
- Conducting cybersecurity penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities in your systems.
Why Choose LNE
Through this partnership, its technical expertise, and environmental test facilities, LNE serves as a single point of contact providing all services on one site, offering you the following benefits:
- A comprehensive range of environmental testing (EMC, electrical safety, mechanical, climatic, vibration, shock, acceleration, etc.) to meet system evaluation, characterization, and qualification needs,
- Unique expertise covering regulatory assistance, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence assessment,
- Streamlined logistics that reduce project costs, processing times, and time to market for your products,
- End-to-end support throughout your product's lifecycle, from design to certification for national or international market launch,
- State-of-the-art equipment ensuring high measurement precision.
LNE clients testify
L’expert en charge des essais de radiofréquences se distingue par sa pédagogie et sa maîtrise approfondie des configurations de tests conformément aux normes radio.
