Why My NI-RFmx WLAN Unable to Measure Accurate EVM Result Under Analysis Mode?

Updated Apr 21, 2026

Reported In

Hardware

  • PXIe-5841
  • PXIe-5840
  • PXIe-5842

Software

  • RFmx
  • RFmx WLAN
  • RFmx Waveform Creator

Issue Details

I am trying to analyze EVM for my 802.11ax WLAN standard using RFmx Analysis mode. However, when I enabled the Symbol Clock Error Correction, the EVM seems like not improving and eventually, the EVM looks weird where it is not an expected result.

Is this expected or is Analysis mode does not supports EVM measurement?

Solution

This is an expected behavior as under Analysis mode, the RFmx WLAN EVM measurement does not goes through any hardware settings. Hence, we would need to perform the following actions:

  1. When saving the waveform using the RFmx Waveform Creator, enabled the AWGN and introduce a Sample Clock Offset in the Impairments section.
  2. In the LabVIEW VI, add in the Configure Common Clock Source Enabled VI and disable it.

By doing the above, the EVM can be measured correctly.

With Symbol Clock Error False:

With Symbol Clock True: