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Method and apparatus for measuring the error rate of a communication device

  • US 20070254643A1
  • Filed: 06/09/2006
  • Published: 11/01/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for measuring the error rate of a communication device, the method comprising:

  • configuring a signal generator and the communication device to communicate;

    transmitting a signal frame from the signal generator;

    sending an acknowledgement from the communication device if the signal frame is correctly received by the communication device;

    determining whether a valid or pseudo-valid acknowledgment has been sent by the communication device;

    counting the number of valid and pseudo-valid acknowledgements; and

    computing a frame error rate based on the total number of valid and pseudo-valid acknowledgements compared to the total number of signal frames transmitted.

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