Radio paging device with improved test modes
First Claim
1. A method of testing a receiver capable of receiving at least one group of transmitted signals, said method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting at least one group of signals of a plurality of groups to the receiver, the at least one group of signals including at least one test code;
detecting at the receiver the transmitted signals;
decoding each group of transmitted signals for producing a decoded signal, each decoded signal including a decoded test code;
comparing the decoded test code of each said decoded signal with a reference signal having a test code identical to the transmitted test code to determine the degree of similarly between each said decoded signal and said reference signal;
classifying into at least three classifications of said decoded signal in accordance with the difference between the decoded test code and the identical test code of said reference signal;
generating a signal indicative of the classification of each of the decoded signals.
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Abstract
A radio paging test system for testing the sensitivity of a radio receiver which receives a group of transmitted signals from a transmitter. Each transmitted signal in the group of transmitted signals is detected ad then compared to a reference signal to determine the degree of similarity between the reference signal and the detected signal. Each detected signal is classified either as a missed page, a non-page or a decoded page depending on the degree of similarity between the detected signal and the reference signal. In one mode of operation the classification of each detected signal is indicated by a classification signal which may be utilized to activate an alert such as a transducer or LED. Each classification signal may be directed to a computer input for analysis. In another mode of operation the classification signals are further analyzed to determine if the pager sensitivity is above, below or at a predetermined level. An alert indicating the pager sensitivity is then generated.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of testing a receiver capable of receiving at least one group of transmitted signals, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting at least one group of signals of a plurality of groups to the receiver, the at least one group of signals including at least one test code; detecting at the receiver the transmitted signals; decoding each group of transmitted signals for producing a decoded signal, each decoded signal including a decoded test code; comparing the decoded test code of each said decoded signal with a reference signal having a test code identical to the transmitted test code to determine the degree of similarly between each said decoded signal and said reference signal; classifying into at least three classifications of said decoded signal in accordance with the difference between the decoded test code and the identical test code of said reference signal; generating a signal indicative of the classification of each of the decoded signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A receiver capable of receiving at least one group of transmitted signals, each said transmitted signal being comprised of at least one symbol, comprising:
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detecting and decoding means, for detecting and decoding each said transmitted signal from said at least one group of transmitted signals to obtain a decoded signal; memory means, for storing a reference signal having a reference symbol identical to the transmitted symbol; comparing means, coupled to said detecting and decoding means and said memory means, for comparing the symbol for each said decoded signal with reference symbol of said reference signal and for generating a signal indicative of the degree of similarly between each said decoded signal and said reference signal; classifying means, coupled to said comparing means, for classifying into at least three classifications each of the decoded signals, for generating a signal indicative of the classifications of each said decoded signal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for evaluating the performance of a receiver capable of receiving at least one group of signals, said method comprising the steps of
(a) transmitting at least one group of signals of a plurality of groups to the receiver, that at least one group of signals including at least one predetermined bit pattern; -
(b) receiving at the receiver the group of signals; (c) decoding each group of signals to recover each bit pattern; (d) comparing each of the decoded bit pattern bit by bit to a reference bit pattern identical to the predetermined bit pattern for determining the number of bit differences; (e) classifying into a plurality of error conditions, the decoded signal according to the number of bit differences; and (f) generating a value for each of the error conditions to evaluate the performance of the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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