Testing mobile telephone terminals
First Claim
1. A method of testing a mobile telephone terminal comprising the steps of:
- transmitting to the terminal on a downlink a predetermined data pattern which the terminal will recognize and which will prompt the terminal to transmit an access request on an uplink, and receiving the access request and analyzing the access request to assess the performance of the terminal without responding to the terminal.
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Abstract
A mobile telephone terminal is tested by a test set transmitting to the terminal on a downlink a predetermined data pattern which it recognises and which prompts it to transmit an access request on an uplink. The access request is analysed by the test set to assess the performance of the terminal without the test set otherwise responding to the access request from the terminal. Multiple different data patterns may be used such that each prompt the terminal to transmit an access request to a different power level and/or specify a different maximum number of times the terminal should send an access request if it receives a response to none of them. The predetermined data pattern may be transmitted multiple times at different power levels and the response of the terminal analysed to determine a threshold at which it fails to transmit an access request.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of testing a mobile telephone terminal comprising the steps of:
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transmitting to the terminal on a downlink a predetermined data pattern which the terminal will recognize and which will prompt the terminal to transmit an access request on an uplink, and receiving the access request and analyzing the access request to assess the performance of the terminal without responding to the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. Test apparatus for testing a mobile telephone terminal, the test apparatus being structured and arranged to transmit a predetermined data pattern on a downlink to prompt a response from the terminal in the form of an access request on an uplink, the test apparatus being structured and arranged to analyze the access request and produce a test result without further responding to the terminal.
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17. Test apparatus for testing a mobile telephone terminal, the test apparatus comprising a memory to store a predetermined data pattern and a transmitter to transmit said predetermined data pattern on a downlink to said mobile telephone terminal in order to prompt a response from said mobile telephone terminal in the form of an access request on an uplink to the test apparatus, and a processor to analyze said access request and produce a test result without responding to the access request on said downlink.
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