System and method for displaying performance characteristics of a cell site modem
First Claim
1. A system for ascertaining and displaying performance characteristics of a circuit in a telecommunications network comprising:
- first means for performance testing said circuit;
second means for storing results from said performance test;
third means for determining a subset of said results sufficient to reflect the performance of said circuit; and
fourth means for displaying information corresponding to said subset, wherein said fourth means includes means for determining if one or more receive antennas in said telecommunications network are balanced.
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Abstract
A system for displaying performance characteristics of a circuit in a telecommunications network. The system is adapted for use with a CDMA telecommunications network and includes a Markov call testing system for performance testing the telecommunications circuit. A computer stores the results of the performance test. Software running on the computer determines a subset of the results sufficient to reflect the performance of the telecommunications circuit. A monitor on the computer displays information corresponding to the subset. In the illustrative embodiment, the system further includes a method for determining if one or more receive antennas in the telecommunications network are balanced. The telecommunications circuit corresponds to a cell site modem chip in a base station. The subset includes a number of finger signal peaks. The number is determined by calculations performed on a scan set to determine a floor above which signal peaks are chosen for inclusion in the subset. In the specific embodiment, the subset includes the eight highest signal peaks of a scan set. The scan set corresponds to a set of signal peaks as is provided by a temporal analyzer. In the illustrative embodiment, the display shows finger signal peak data resulting from Markov call testing of a cell site modem chip having one or more fingers. A first field in the display depicts a subset of signal peaks that includes n of the highest signal peaks. A second field illustrates an operational state for each of the fingers.
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8 Claims
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1. A system for ascertaining and displaying performance characteristics of a circuit in a telecommunications network comprising:
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first means for performance testing said circuit; second means for storing results from said performance test; third means for determining a subset of said results sufficient to reflect the performance of said circuit; and fourth means for displaying information corresponding to said subset, wherein said fourth means includes means for determining if one or more receive antennas in said telecommunications network are balanced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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