As leading solution provider for the mobile industry, Rohde & Schwarz will showcase its broad portfolio at MWC Barcelona 2026. The portfolio is designed to make emerging network technologies, from 5G to 6G, measurable, reliable and ready for the real world.
The company invites attendees to Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona to stop by the company’s booth to connect with its experts and to explore solutions for the next generation of wireless technologies. The company’s portfolio will be on display under the motto “Enabling Connections, Empowering Innovations” at Fira Gran Via, hall 5, booth 5A80 from March 2 to 5, 2026.
The path from 5G to 6G
For a seamless evolution from 5G to 6G, the company offers future-ready test solutions for mobile devices and networks. Among the many innovative solutions, the CMX500 stands out throughout multiple demos addressing today’s and tomorrow’s testing challenges.
Paving the way for 6G, the company showcases carrier aggregation combining FR1 and FR3 frequency ranges with its CMX500 one-box signaling tester. The demonstration validates end-to-end device behavior across aggregated spectrum. FR3 (7.125 to 24.25 GHz) has been identified by industry and research as a “sweet spot” for combining wide-area coverage with high capacity. Equipped with the new, upgradeable RFU18 board for the CMX500, the tester covers up to 18 GHz, giving users enough headroom for FR3 evolution and a future-ready path for testing next-generation networks.
Another setup addresses virtual signaling testing. Based on the CMX500, the company demonstrates a new approach of shift-left testing, allowing R&D engineers to find design flaws early in their mobile radio modem chips before costly silicon fabrication. This early SDR-based validation will significantly cut time-to-market for 6G devices.
Ray tracing simulates real-world signal propagation environments, making it a valuable technique for AI receiver testing for future 6G devices. The company will showcase the CMX500 as it creates a digital twin of signal propagation within its test environment by leveraging the VIAVI ray tracing engine. This enables controlled and reproducible validation of complex scenarios with high measurement precision, facilitating site-specific optimization of radio links and reducing the need for tedious field tests.
The company also advances 5G and emerging 6G testing with its AI-based toolset AI Workplace for the CMX500, massively enhancing testing productivity. TechAssist uses natural language to control the CMX500, enabling rapid test-scenario setup and status/configuration queries, while an upgraded ScriptAssist with new interface simplifies and accelerates scripting for R&D protocol and application testing as well as instrument automation. Visitors can experience these AI-powered tools in action within various setups at MWC 2026.
Mobile XR and personal AI devices like smart glasses and wearables are key for 5G-Advanced and 6G enabled immersive 3D communications. Delivering compelling, low-latency experiences will require rigorous, realistic testing. Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate an end-to-end testbed centered around the CMX500, addressing AI on RAN and XR testing challenges with its ability to emulate 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi networks, applying both RF and IP impairments to reproduce real-world conditions such as interference and congestion.
6G ISAC (Integrated Sensing and Communication), which leverages mobile networks for object detection, is rapidly gaining traction. The company will demonstrate new capabilities of its R&S AREG800A , including the emulation of micro-Doppler signatures – in addition to distance, speed and RCS – to support object classification, such as drones.
For testing base stations and network infrastructure, the company showcases the PVT360A . It meets the requirements for testing FR1/FR2, small cells and O-RU in a single box. For the verification of frequency converting antennas used in SATCOM, NTN or 5G and 6G applications, visitors can learn about CATR-based over-the-air test chambers, enabling fast OTA-testing of phased antenna arrays.
With the first off-the-shelf commercial mobile devices now available for 5G broadcast, the company lets visitors explore seamless rich data distribution transmission to mobile devices, innovative applications like venue casting, emergency alerts and advanced solutions for terrestrial positioning, navigation and timing.
Solutions for mission-critical communications and spectrum monitoring
Mission-critical communications (MCX) support public safety, first responders and emergency services by providing extremely reliable, low-latency and secure communications even in adverse conditions. At the event, the company will showcase its integrated solutions for testing devices and mobile networks, facilitating the ongoing migration to 3GPP-compliant broadband mission-critical services.
The QualiPoc platform will be demonstrated with new capabilities for MCX testing. This smartphone-based solution allows detailed performance assessment of MCX private and group calls, including measurement of 3GPP-defined MCX KPIs. New features include direct MCX app control and the ability to measure quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) for public safety communications. The R&S LCM, an autonomous monitoring probe, and the R&S TSMS8, the fastest network scanner, will also be on display, further expanding capabilities for both business and mission-critical networks.
Among several other solutions, the company will also exhibit a protocol conformance test solution to verify that MCX devices and client software implementations adhere to 3GPP specifications, as well as robust security solutions deliver seamless and reliable communications experiences.
