Test-software-supported measuring system and measuring method

• US 9,843,493 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Baeder, Uwe, Jauch, Holger, Gruber, Ingo
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aiello, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US13/647,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20130090885A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,890 Days
• Field of Search: 324 95, 324537, 324501, 324615, 455 6711, 455423, 702107, 702 69, 702116
• 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 comprising:

a measuring device and a device under test,

wherein the measuring device provides a high-frequency processing unit,

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

wherein the measuring system further comprises a test-software server unit, which is embodied to supply test-software to the device under test,

wherein the test-software causes the device under test to;

transmit high-frequency signals to the high-frequency processing unit, and/or

receive high-frequency signals from the high-frequency processing unit and to process the latter, and/or

adopt a configuration specified by the measuring device, and/or

read out data stored in the device under test,

wherein the test software is configured to make a browser available to the device under test generating data traffic between the device under test and the measuring device, such as it would be available with an operation of a conventional browser by a user of the device under test, and

wherein a test SIM card is arranged in the device under test, that authenticates the device under test.

2. The measuring system according to claim 1, wherein:

the measuring system further comprises a control computer, which is connected to the device under test,

that the control computer is embodied to transmit data to the device under test and to receive data from the device under test, and

that the test-software causes the device under test to transmit received data to the measuring device via the first connection and to transmit received signals to the control computer via the first connection as data.

3. The measuring system according to claim 1, wherein the test-software server unit is a component of the measuring device or is connected to the measuring device via a network.

4. The measuring system according to claim 3, wherein the test-software server unit is connected to the measuring device via the Internet.

5. The measuring system according to claim 1, wherein:

the test-software server unit is connected to the device under test via a second connection, and

that the second connection is not identical to the first connection.

6. The measuring system according to claim 1, wherein:

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

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

7. The measuring system according to claim 6, wherein:

the device under test provides a near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication), and

that the test-software information unit contains a near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication).

8. The measuring system according to claim 6, wherein the device under test provides a camera, and that the test-software information unit 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. The measuring system according to claim 8, wherein the reference comprises a one-dimensional barcode or two-dimensional matrix code.

10. The measuring system according to claim 6, wherein:

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

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

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

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

11. A method for measuring a device under test, the method comprising:

receiving high-frequency signals from the device under test and/or transmitting high-frequency signals to the device under test,

wherein the device under test is supplied with test-software, which causes the device under test to perform measuring tasks,

wherein the test-software causes the device under test to;

transmit high-frequency signals, and/or

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

adopt a specified configuration, and/or

read out data stored in the device under test,

wherein the test software is configured to make a browser available to the device under test generating data traffic between the device under test and the measuring device, such as it would be available with an operation of a conventional browser by a user of the device under test, and

wherein a test SIM card is arranged in the device under test, that authenticates the device under test.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the device under test is informed regarding the availability of test-software.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the device under test is informed regarding the availability of test-software by means of the near-field communication unit (Near Field Communication).

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein:

the device under test is informed regarding the availability of test-software by means of a reference displayed on a display device, and

that the reference is registered by the device under test by means of a camera.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the reference comprises a one-dimensional barcode or two-dimensional matrix code.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein:

a SIM card is arranged in the device under test,

that, upon its activation of the SIM card, the device under test 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.