Background technology
In recent years, WLAN standard, the technology fast development, product is ripe gradually, and the application of WLAN (wireless local area network) also becomes increasingly abundant.Increasing domestic consumer brings into use WAP (wireless access point) to set up conveniently family wireless broadband network; Many enterprises also lay WLAN (wireless local area network) one after another in the office block of oneself, WiMAX inserts for the employee provides efficiently, and most of enterprises have affixed one's name to WLAN (wireless local area network) in intra-company; Simultaneously, telecom operators have also given very big concern to WLAN (wireless local area network), both at home and abroad each big operation commercial city actively on the airport, public domains such as hotel, coffee shop lay public wireless lan, for vast telecommunication user provides the WiMAX access service.At some limitation of WLAN (wireless local area network), IEEE has proposed WLAN standard-802.11n of new generation.802.11n compare with standards such as 802.11a/b/g in the past, performance has had very significantly raising, network transfer speeds reaches as high as 600Mbit/s, and this allows WLAN (wireless local area network) one make a leapleap forward into the ranks of express network; Intelligent antenna technology also makes the coverage of WLAN (wireless local area network) extend to several square kilometres; The more important thing is that 802.11n makes WLAN (wireless local area network) obtain bigger adaptive capacity to environment.
Because popularizing of WLAN (wireless local area network), wireless network card becomes the necessaries of WLAN (wireless local area network), though wireless network card is little, but involve a huge market, as long as load onto a wireless network card, no matter wherever, can realize untrammeled online working or surfing to notebook computer.Thisly seem the component that unreachable dream becomes the modern life just silently.Now, a lot of manufacturers are all the powerful mean of wireless network card as the own notebook scientific and technological content of lifting.So long as the notebook advertisement must be carried wireless network card.Wireless network card has also become the synonym of wireless network.And the status of " wireless Internet access " becomes PC manufacturer, operator, the out and out profit of equipment vendors from blusterous amusement finally quickly.
So in the wireless network epoch, the destiny and the wireless network card of notebook computer are closely bound up, the occasion of any application notebook computer online all will be used wireless network card.Notebook computer and wireless network card have almost united two into one.The demand of wireless network card with day increase severely, also more and more higher to the requirement of the quality of wireless network card, caused the research and development of wireless network card and made overbearing tide.
In research and development and test process, be necessary to the test of wireless network card.The test of the radio-frequency performance of pair wireless network card is arranged, and the test to the antenna performance of wireless network card also has pair test of wireless network card software arrangements.Wireless network card always is carried in the notebook computer, survey the radiation characteristic of wireless network card and just must be with notebook computer, has therefore increased the difficulty of test.Performance characteristics when how to measure the notebook computer online has more effectively and accurately become the emphasis and the difficult point of test.
And the carrier of testee is ever-changing, as notebook computer various materials is arranged, various models, and internal structure also has nothing in common with each other, and each port is in the unified standard of the arrangement neither one of computer surface; Whether notebook computer is with attached device such as charger, and USB flash disk, mouse etc. are tested also and can be exerted an influence to the result; The subtended angle that also has computer screen, the light and shade of screen are provided with etc., and these all can influence final test result.
In test network interface card antenna performance, because the difference of above-mentioned notebook computer causes the electromagnetic property of the carrier of each test to have nothing in common with each other.And testee needs rotation in the antenna measurement process, and notebook computer is placed on the very difficult fixing and rotation in there.These all are the difficult points in the test, and influence is to the accurate assessment of network interface card performance.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of wireless network card testing apparatus and method of testing, be used for solving prior art, when wireless network card is tested, the material of its carrier, structure, external equipment etc. are big to the measurement result influence, and test carrier moves or rotates difficulty, can't accurately assess the technical problem of wireless network card performance.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that
A kind of wireless network card testing apparatus, described device comprises:
Wireless processing module is used for realizing by the wireless network card interface module reception and the transmission of wireless test data; The test link of foundation and network side, and when described test link interrupts, carry out automatic network and reconnect;
The wireless network card interface module is used to wireless network card to be measured that test interface is provided, and wireless network card to be measured is connected with wireless processing module by this wireless network card interface module; Described wireless network card interface module provides USB (USB) interface or private wireless network card.
Input/output module is used to provide button input and status display function;
Power module is used to each module in the described wireless network card testing apparatus that power supply is provided.
Further, described input/output module comprises:
Push-button unit is used to provide switch, initialization, networking command function;
Status display unit is used to show current system mode, operating state.
Further, described power module adopts big capacity rechargeable battery, charging electroplax or external source.
Further, the enclosure material of described wireless network card testing apparatus uses metal material, and the mean value of the material of global density and notebook computer and the density of content is suitable.
Based on said apparatus, the present invention also proposes a kind of wireless network card method of testing, and this method comprises:
Connect wireless network card testing apparatus and wireless network card;
Open system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus, system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus enter test mode automatically after the initialization of finishing separately;
The wireless network card testing apparatus sends connection request to system simulator after finishing initialization; System simulator when receiving the connection request that the wireless network card testing apparatus sends by wireless network card, set up and the wireless network card testing apparatus between Radio Link, be to make whole link be in normal operating conditions;
Wireless network card testing apparatus cooperative system simulator is carried out corresponding test;
Behind the Radio Link between described system simulator foundation and the described wireless network card testing apparatus, if wireless network interrupts, then described wireless network card testing apparatus sends break warnings, and carries out the automatic network connection.
Further, the corresponding test of described execution is specially the test of carrying out radio-frequency (RF) index, comprises step:
Setting up the downstream signal of system simulator, after the parameter of reference channel and propagation channel;
System simulator continues with the maximum power transmission instruction, with average power, transmitting power, switching on and shutting down power and the spectral characteristic of test network interface card.
8, method according to claim 6 is characterized in that, the corresponding test of described execution is specially carries out the network interface card flow rate test, comprises step:
Setting up the downstream signal of system simulator, after the parameter of reference channel and propagation channel;
System simulator continues with the maximum power transmission instruction, and sends data with the maximum stream flow of network interface card nominal;
The flow that system simulator statistics network interface card receives.
Further, the corresponding test of described execution is specially carries out the OTA test, comprises step;
The parameter of setting and Adjustment System simulator, system simulator continue to send instruction, the integral body of tested network interface card and wireless network card testing apparatus formation are averaged the test of radiant power (TRP), average radiation sensitivity (TRS).
The volume of the wireless network card testing apparatus that the present invention proposes is little, internal structure is simple, power consumption is little, be easy to carry, after being equipped with high capacity cell, the sufficiently long testing time can be supported and the outage problem need not be considered, can avoid under needs rotations and the test environment that moves, because the influence that test accessories is brought to test result.The wireless network card testing apparatus that adopts the present invention to propose can be simplified testing procedure, avoid the general test carrier need unify to be provided with screen start point, screen intensity, operating system, and a series of problems that influence test result such as configuration of other annexes, make test result more accurate.
Embodiment
For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, by the following examples and with reference to accompanying drawing, the present invention is described in more detail.
Fig. 1 is the structure chart of wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention, with the prior art phase region other the time, wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention is exclusively used in the wireless network card test and uses, its profile is a small-sized box, subsidiary rechargeable battery or cell panel, have the interface that can insert wireless network card to be measured, when using wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention that wireless network card is tested, do not need again wireless network card to be inserted into different application vectors (notebook for example, mobile phone etc.) in, only wireless network card need be connected with wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention, and the other end links to each other with system simulator and can constitute a complete test environment.The wireless network card here is the notion of a general justice, not only refers to network interface card, also has data card, and functional form USB, customer terminal equipment etc. are inserted in the device that carries antenna on computer or the mobile phone.Because wireless network card testing apparatus of the present invention only provides the most basic assembly that wireless network card is tested, avoided the unified screen start point that is provided with of needs such as general test carrier such as computer on the one hand, screen intensity, operating system, and a series of problems such as configuration of other annexes, and above-mentioned factor all can exert an influence to test result, and can drop to minimum to the influence of test result the diversity that is provided with owing to wireless network card carrier itself with wireless network card testing apparatus of the present invention.On the other hand, the volume of wireless network card testing apparatus is little, in light weight, internal part is few owing to the invention provides, so energy consumption is little, only needs rechargeable battery or cell panel can finish test.And during with the test of general notebook computer,, therefore needing to solve the problem of patch cord plate in the reality test owing to need charge power supply line in addition, power line can rotate around testboard in rotation like this, greatly influences test result.And can avoid under needs rotations and the test environment that moves with this wireless network card testing apparatus, because the influence that test accessories is brought to test result.
Wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention comprises: cell panel, wireless processing module, wireless network card interface module.
Described wireless processing module is used for realizing by the wireless network card interface module reception and the transmission of wireless test data; Set up test link with network side; The wireless network card testing apparatus is after powering on, can under the control of described wireless processing module, carry out self check, after self check is passed through, can search for available wireless network automatically according to the networking instruction, and initiate to connect foundation by wireless network card to wireless network and ask, connect thereby set up wireless network.In wireless network, have no progeny, can send break warnings, and carry out from being dynamically connected network function.This module can adopt CPU (CPU) or digital signal processor to realize.
Such as in the antenna for mobile phone test, interrupt if connect in the prior art, system simulator can both show, and mobile phone can be sought new network requests networking automatically.Networking is only relevant with system simulator with mobile phone (unique equipment under test).But in the time of the survey grid card, networking is related to computer, network card equipment and system simulator.Generally need manual operation computer indication networking.After the suspension, wireless network cards such as USB, data card can not be networked automatically midway, need the manual operation computer to network automatically, and this is impossible in the reality test, can have influence on the integrality and the front and back uniformity of test.Wireless network card testing apparatus of the present invention just is provided with break warnings specially, and carries out from being dynamically connected network function.
Described wireless network card interface module, be used to wireless network card to be measured that test interface is provided, wireless network card to be measured is connected with wireless processing module by this wireless network card interface module, described interface can be USB (Universal Serial BUS, USB) interface or private wireless network card, here USB refers to USB flash disk, also has the interface of other digital equipments such as digital camera etc.;
Described input/output module is used to provide functions such as button input and state demonstration; This module can be further divided into push-button unit and display unit, and described push-button unit can comprise on ﹠ off switch, initialization key, networking key etc., is used to provide command functions such as switch, initialization, networking; Described status display unit is used to show current system mode, operating state;
Described power module, be used to each module in the wireless network card testing apparatus that the power supply support is provided, this module adopts big capacity rechargeable battery, charging electroplax or external source to realize, if adopt rechargeable battery, charging electroplax, then its electric weight should satisfy the requirement of antenna measurement duration; For example: in the OTA test of 3G, the TRS testing time was generally 2-3 hour, added other test, reached more than 5 hours so the stand-by time of this piece electroplax should be, and need not charging like this or change battery or electroplax in test.
The enclosure material of wireless network card testing apparatus can use metal material, and global density can be suitable with the mean value of the density of the material of current notebook computer and content, with the actual environment for use of simulation as far as possible.
The characteristics of wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention are that volume is little, are convenient to carry in the test; Internal structure is simple, but has the test household function, and energy consumption is little, prolongs battery useful life; The battery in built-in long cruising time can be supported the sufficiently long testing time and need not consider the outage problem, is fit to use in the test; Simple to operate, possessing again to have function, is particularly suitable for the antenna function test.
Based on wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention, can realize radio-frequency (RF) index, the network interface card flow, the test of OTA, before testing, need the wireless network card testing apparatus, wireless network card, system simulator connects into a complete test link, as shown in Figure 2, wireless network card to be measured is plugged on the wireless network card interface module that the wireless network card testing apparatus externally provides, after powering on, the wireless network card testing apparatus automatically performs system initialization, after finishing, initialization enters wait state, after pressing the networking button, wireless processing module in the wireless network card testing apparatus automatically performs web search, and the test link of automatic foundation and system simulator, after test link foundation finishes, can begin the index performance, the test of aspect such as flow and OTA.
The test of radio-frequency (RF) index:
When adopting wireless network card testing apparatus provided by the invention that the radio-frequency (RF) index of wireless network card is tested, require the radio frequency part of wireless network card to be measured to have radio frequency test interface, for network terminal analogue devices such as connected system simulators, as shown in Figure 3, concrete testing procedure is as follows:
Step 301: connect wireless network card testing apparatus and network interface card, system simulator is placed test position, make it can form complete test link physically, as shown in Figure 2;
Step 302: open system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus, system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus are after the initialization of finishing separately, automatically enter test mode, system simulator is waited for connection request, and when receiving the connection request that the wireless network card testing apparatus sends by wireless network card, Radio Link between foundation and the wireless network card testing apparatus is to make whole link be in normal operating conditions;
Step 303: the downstream signal of system simulator is set, the parameter of reference channel and propagation channel;
Step 304: switching on and shutting down parameter, initiation parameter, networking parameter of wireless network card testing apparatus etc. are set.
Step 305: system simulator continues with the maximum power transmission instruction, with the average power of test network interface card;
Behind UNICOM's network, system simulator continues with the maximum power transmission instruction, after the wireless network card testing apparatus receives instruction, can return instruction give system simulator.From this signalling interactive process, network has carried the received power of network interface card and has given system simulator, and system simulator reads each power, draws average power according to the measuring and calculating of inside.
Step 306: every radio-frequency (RF) index of test network interface card, as transmitting power, switching on and shutting down power, spectral characteristic etc.
The value of the switching on and shutting down power of network interface card for measuring in the moment of startup and shutdown.The spectral characteristic of network interface card can be read from system simulator.
Step 307: interrupt as networking, the wireless network card testing apparatus proposes break warnings, and carries out from being dynamically connected network function.As successful connection, then forward step 306 to; As automatic networking failure, then forward step 302 to.
The network interface card flow rate test:
Step 401: connect wireless network card testing apparatus and network interface card, system simulator is placed test position, make it can form complete test link physically,
Step 402: open system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus, make whole test link be in normal operating conditions;
Step 403: the downstream signal of system simulator is set, the parameter of reference channel and propagation channel;
Step 404: system simulator continues with the maximum power transmission instruction, and sends data with the maximum stream flow of network interface card nominal;
Step 405: the flow that system simulator statistics network interface card receives.
Step 406: interrupt as networking, the wireless network card testing apparatus proposes break warnings, and carries out from being dynamically connected network function.As successful connection, then forward step 405 to; As automatic networking failure, then forward step 402 to.
The test of OTA (Over The Air):
Step 501: wireless network card to be measured is inserted the wireless network card testing apparatus, do the as a whole antenna darkroom that places, determinand integral body is linked to each other with system simulator;
Step 502: open system simulator and wireless network card testing apparatus, make whole test link be in normal operating conditions;
Step 503: the parameter of setting and Adjustment System simulator,
Step 504: system simulator continues to send instruction, integral body to tested network interface card and wireless network card testing apparatus formation averages radiant power (Total Radiated Power, TRP), average radiation sensitivity (TotalRadiated Sensitivity, test TRS);
Step 505: interrupt as networking, the wireless network card testing apparatus proposes break warnings, and carries out from being dynamically connected network function.As successful connection, then forward step 504 to; As automatic networking failure, then forward step 503 to.
Because the energy consumption of wireless network card testing apparatus is less, and built-in big capacity rechargeable battery or charging electroplax, so can support the testing time of sufficiently long TRS, need not consider standby time and cause the problem that test is interrupted, also need not consider owing to having connected the rotation inconvenience that external power supply causes, the problem of influence test.
Because the capacity of network interface card carrier is very little, in the test wireless network card, need not existing test macro is improved.
The above is preferred embodiment of the present invention only, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.