TEST-SOFTWARE-SUPPORTED MEASURING SYSTEM AND MEASURING METHOD

• US 20130090885A1
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Gruber, Ingo, Jauch, Holger, BAEDER, Uwe
• Granted Patent: US 9,843,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/108
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/14 using software, i.e. software packages network security related monitoring H04L63/1408
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

The measuring system comprises a measuring device and a device under test (9). This measuring device comprises a high-frequency processing unit (11), which is embodied to receive high-frequency signals from the device under test (9) and/or to transmit high-frequency signals to the device under test (9) via a first connection (5). The measuring system further comprises a test-software server unit (12), which is embodied to supply test-software to the device under test (9).

Claims

1. A measuring system with a measuring device (1) and a device under test (9),

wherein the measuring device (1) provides a high-frequency processing unit (11),

wherein the high-frequency processing unit (11) is embodied to receive high-frequency signals from the device under test (9) and/or to transmit high-frequency signals to the device under test (9) via a first connection (5),

characterised in that

the measuring system further comprises a test-software server unit (12), which is embodied to supply test-software to the device under test (9).

2. The measuring system according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the measuring system further comprises a control computer (20), which is connected to the device under test (9), that the control computer (20) is embodied to transmit data to the device under test (9) and to receive data from the device under test (9), and

that the test-software causes the device under test (9) to transmit received data to the measuring device (1) via the first connection (5) and to transmit received signals to the control computer (20) via the first connection (5) as data.

3. The measuring system according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the test-software causes the device under test

to transmit high-frequency signals to the high-frequency processing unit (11) and/or

to receive high-frequency signals from the high-frequency processing unit (11) and to process the latter and/or

to adopt a configuration specified by the measuring device (1) and/or

to read out data stored in the device under test (9).

4. The measuring system according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the test-software server unit (12) is a component of the measuring device (1) or is connected to the measuring device (1) via a network (25), preferably the Internet.

5. The measuring system according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the test-software server unit (12) is connected to the device under test (9) via a second connection (16a, 16b), and

that the second connection (16a, 16b) is not identical to the first connection (5).

6. The measuring system according to claim 1,

characterised in that

the measuring system further comprises a test-software information unit (14), and

that the test-software information unit (14) is embodied to inform the device under test (9) regarding the availability of test-software.

7. The measuring system according to claim 6,

characterised in that

the device under test (9) provides a near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication), and that the test-software information unit (14) contains a near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication).

8. The measuring system according to claim 6,

characterised in that

the device under test (9) provides a camera, and that the test-software information unit (14) contains a display unit, which displays a reference regarding available test-software in a manner readable by the camera of the device under test (9), preferably a one-dimensional barcode or two-dimensional matrix code.

9. The measuring system according to claim 6,

characterised in that

the test-software information unit contains a SIM card, which is arranged in the device under test (9),

that, upon activation, the SIM card is embodied to instruct the device under test (9) regarding the presence of test-software,

that the SIM card is a test-SIM card, and

that the device under test (9) is embodied to activate the test-software only when the SIM card is inserted.

10. A measuring method for a measuring a device under test (9),

wherein high-frequency signals are received from the device under test (9) and/or high-frequency signals are transmitted to the device under test (9),

characterised in that

the device under test (9) is supplied with test-software, which causes the device under test (9) to perform measuring tasks.

11. The measuring method according to claim 10,

characterised in that

the test-software causes the device under test (9)

to transmit high-frequency signals and/or

to receive high-frequency signals and to process the latter and/or

to adopt a specified configuration and/or

to read out data stored in the device under test (9).

12. The measuring method according to claim 10,

characterised in that

the device under test (9) is informed regarding the availability of test-software.

13. The measuring method according to claim 12,

characterised in that

the device under test (9) is informed regarding the availability of test-software by means of the near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication).

14. The measuring method according to claim 12,

characterised in that

the device under test (9) is informed regarding the availability of test-software by means of a reference displayed on a display device, preferably a one-dimensional barcode or two-dimensional matrix code, and that the reference is registered by the device under test (9) by means of a camera.

15. The measuring method according to claim 12,

characterised in that

a SIM card is arranged in the device under test (9), that, upon its activation of the SIM card, the device under test (9) is instructed regarding the presence of test-software,

that the SIM card is a test-SIM card, and

that the test-software is activated only when the SIM card is inserted.