WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK TEST SYSTEM WITH FORCED TRANSMIT RATES DURING PROTOCOL-BASED TESTING
First Claim
1. A method for performing wireless tests on a device under test using a wireless local area network tester that wirelessly communicates with the device under test over a wireless link, comprising:
- when the wireless link has a first quality, capturing a first set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at a given data rate;
when the wireless link has a second quality that is lower than the first quality, capturing a second set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at the given data rate; and
analyzing the captured first and second sets of ACK codes with a common test template in the wireless local area network tester.
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Abstract
A system for performing wireless local area network testing of wireless devices may include a wireless local area network tester and a device under test. The tester and device under test may communicate over a wireless link. To ensure that the tester accurately analyzes test data, a data rate table is used that specifies fixed data transmission rates to be used by the device under test under both high-quality link conditions and low-quality link conditions. This forces the device under test to transmit control packets at the same high data rate during packet loopback testing, regardless of link quality. When the captured control packets are analyzed at the tester, both low-link-quality data and high-link-quality data may be analyzed using a common test template, ensuring accurate results.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for performing wireless tests on a device under test using a wireless local area network tester that wirelessly communicates with the device under test over a wireless link, comprising:
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when the wireless link has a first quality, capturing a first set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at a given data rate; when the wireless link has a second quality that is lower than the first quality, capturing a second set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at the given data rate; and analyzing the captured first and second sets of ACK codes with a common test template in the wireless local area network tester. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for performing wireless packet loopback tests on a device under test using a tester that wirelessly communicates with the device under test over a wireless link, comprising:
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when the wireless link has a first quality, capturing a first set of codes in the tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at a given data rate; and when the wireless link has a second quality that is lower than the first quality, capturing a second set of codes in the tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at the given data rate. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for performing wireless packet loopback tests on a device under test using a tester that wirelessly communicates with the device under test over a wireless link, wherein during normal operation of the device under test, the device under test transmits data with a first frame size when communicating over a link of a first quality and transmits data with a second frame size that is different from the first frame size when communicating over a link of a second quality that is lower than the first quality, the method comprising:
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when the wireless link between the tester and the device under test has the first quality, capturing a first set of codes in the tester that have been transmitted from the device under test with the first frame size; and when the wireless link between the tester and the device under test has the second quality, capturing a second set of codes in the tester that have been transmitted from the device under test with the first frame size. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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