Method and apparatus for measuring a base station's performance in a mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method for measuring a base station'"'"'s performance in a mobile communication system using a measurement apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- selecting measurements to be taken by said measurement apparatus in accordance with a request of a user;
requesting the user to input additional information necessary for performing a selected measurement;
determining whether the current status of said base station is suitable for performance measurement using said measurement apparatus;
ending said performance measurement if the current status of said base station is not suitable for performance measurement;
saving the current status of said base station if the current status of said base station is suitable for performance measurement;
selecting one of said measurements after said saving step and initializing said base station to enable the selected measurement to be performed by said measurement apparatus;
confirming whether the initialization of said base station is successfully completed;
returning to said initializing step, if the initialization of said base station is not successfully completed;
initializing said measurement apparatus to take the selected measurement and then executing said measurement, once the initialization of said base station is successfully completed;
reporting the results of said measurement and reference on said selected measurement to the user and waiting for the user'"'"'s instruction;
re-controlling and re-measuring said base station, if the user requests a re-measurement because the results of measurement do not correlate with the reference; and
saving the results of measurement and ending said performance measurement, if the user does not request a re-measurement because the results of measurement correlate with the reference.
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Abstract
A method for measuring a base station'"'"'s performance in a mobile communication system. In the method a base station'"'"'s performance is measured directly by a measurement apparatus without a base station controller. An apparatus for measuring a base station'"'"'s performance is also provided, and has a measurement apparatus having a port for an exterior communication and a program for performing a measurement function, an interface module connected to said port and a base station'"'"'s exterior communication port, for checking and controlling the status of a mobile communication base station via said measurement apparatus and an apparatus for transmitting an output signal of said base station to said measurement apparatus, preferably by wire.
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4 Claims
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1. A method for measuring a base station'"'"'s performance in a mobile communication system using a measurement apparatus, comprising the steps of:
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selecting measurements to be taken by said measurement apparatus in accordance with a request of a user;
requesting the user to input additional information necessary for performing a selected measurement;
determining whether the current status of said base station is suitable for performance measurement using said measurement apparatus;
ending said performance measurement if the current status of said base station is not suitable for performance measurement;
saving the current status of said base station if the current status of said base station is suitable for performance measurement;
selecting one of said measurements after said saving step and initializing said base station to enable the selected measurement to be performed by said measurement apparatus;
confirming whether the initialization of said base station is successfully completed;
returning to said initializing step, if the initialization of said base station is not successfully completed;
initializing said measurement apparatus to take the selected measurement and then executing said measurement, once the initialization of said base station is successfully completed;
reporting the results of said measurement and reference on said selected measurement to the user and waiting for the user'"'"'s instruction;
re-controlling and re-measuring said base station, if the user requests a re-measurement because the results of measurement do not correlate with the reference; and
saving the results of measurement and ending said performance measurement, if the user does not request a re-measurement because the results of measurement correlate with the reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
reiterating said subsequent steps from said initializing step, if another performance measurement has been requested by the user; and
setting the status of said base station to the original status, and ending the performance measurement, if no more performance measurements have been requested by the user.
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3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein communication between said base station and said measurement apparatus is made by an interface module.
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4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein said interface module includes
processor module for analyzing signals; -
ROM module for preserving a operation program for said processor module;
base station interface module for communicating with a base station;
measurement apparatus interface module for communicating with a measurement apparatus; and
protocol conversion module for connecting said base station interface module and said measuring interface module
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