CN113141220B - 5G communication module SRS polling performance verification method - Google Patents

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CN113141220B
CN113141220B CN202110430492.8A CN202110430492A CN113141220B CN 113141220 B CN113141220 B CN 113141220B CN 202110430492 A CN202110430492 A CN 202110430492A CN 113141220 B CN113141220 B CN 113141220B
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Abstract

The invention relates to 5G communication, and the method for verifying the SRS polling performance of a 5G communication module obtains the performance of a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna when the 5G communication module is polled by an instrument simulation terminal, and obtains the performance of each antenna in a 1T2R mode, a 1T4R mode and a 2T4R mode according to the change of a polling mode, thereby realizing the SRS polling performance verification of the 5G communication module, and further debugging the 5G communication module according to the performance of the antenna to ensure that the SRS polling performance is optimal.

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5G communication module SRS polling performance verification method
Technical Field
The invention relates to 5G communication, in particular to a method for verifying SRS polling performance of a 5G communication module.
Background
The 5G communication module comprises 4 antennas, wherein 2 antennas can be used as transmitting antennas and receiving antennas, the rest 2 antennas can be used as receiving antennas only, SRS polling performance of the antennas is a key index of 5G, and the polling modes comprise 1T2R,1T4R and 2T4R.
1T2R means that one antenna selected from 2 transmitting antennas in the 5G communication module is used as a main transmitting antenna, the other antenna is used as an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and one antenna selected from 2 antennas which can only be used as receiving antennas is used as a receiving antenna, so that the working mode of 1 transmitting and 2 receiving is realized.
1T4R indicates that one antenna is selected from 2 transmitting antennas in the 5G communication module as a transmitting antenna, 4 antennas are all used as receiving antennas, and the working mode of 1 transmitting and 4 receiving is realized.
2T4R means that 2 transmitting antennas in the 5G communication module are all used as transmitting antennas, one is main and one is auxiliary, 4 antennas are all used as receiving antennas, and the working mode of 2 transmitting and 4 receiving is realized.
The 5G communication module can report channel information on a plurality of antennas in a round-robin manner, so that the information acquired by the base station is more comprehensive, and more accurate data transmission is performed, however, in the process of verifying the SRS polling performance, the efficiency of actual measurement through the 5G base station is low, and the method mainly comprises the following two points:
first, the received signal condition of each antenna is judged through the interactive test of signal transmission and reception between the base station and the 5G communication module, the instantaneous transmitted signal flow of the 5G communication module transmitting antenna cannot be quantitatively measured, the debugging and testing conditions are not provided, and if a problem occurs in the testing process, the problem of hardware or software configuration of the 5G communication module cannot be located and analyzed, or the problem is influenced by the external environment.
The second point, 5G communication module can support the dual antenna transmission simultaneously, and during 2T4R polling mode promptly, can 'T judge current polling mode through 5G basic station actual measurement, and which antenna is main transmitting antenna promptly, and which antenna is supplementary transmitting antenna, if appear when polling interrupt or the low scheduling problem of speed after the polling, can' T judge that specific certain antenna goes wrong in certain polling mode.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problems solved by the invention are as follows: the method for verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module solves the problems that the verification efficiency of the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module is low and a specific antenna cannot be accurately positioned.
The invention adopts the technical scheme for solving the technical problems that: A5G communication module SRS polling performance verification method, wherein the 5G communication module comprises 4 antennas, wherein 2 antennas can be used as transmitting antennas and receiving antennas and are marked as a first antenna and a second antenna, and the other 2 antennas can only be used as receiving antennas and are marked as a third antenna and a fourth antenna, and the method comprises the following steps:
s01, calibrating the 5G communication module to enable the 5G communication module to normally transmit and receive signals;
s02, configuring parameters for the instrument simulation terminal, enabling the instrument simulation terminal to be capable of realizing communication with a 5G communication module and meeting a 3GPP protocol;
s03, configuring a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for the 5G communication module;
s04, testing the 5G communication module by using the instrument simulation terminal to obtain the performance of the current transmitting antenna and the current receiving antenna;
and S05, according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module.
Further, in step S02, the meter simulation terminal simulates a 5G base station.
Further, the configuring of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna in step S03 includes the following 8:
the first method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and the second method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and the third is that: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and fourthly: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and a fifth mode: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and a sixth mode: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
seventh, the method comprises: the first antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the second antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
an eighth method: the second antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the first antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas.
Further, in step S04, the performance of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna includes power.
Further, the method also comprises the step of optimizing the 5G communication module according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna so as to enable the SRS polling performance to reach the best.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: according to the method for verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module, the performance of the transmitting antenna and the performance of the receiving antenna during the SRS polling of the 5G communication module are obtained through the instrument simulation terminal, the performance of each antenna in the modes of 1T2R,1T4R and 2T4R is obtained according to the change of the polling mode, the SRS polling performance verification of the 5G communication module is achieved, and furthermore, the 5G communication module is debugged according to the performance of the antenna, so that the SRS polling performance is optimal. Compared with the actual measurement through the 5G base station, the method has higher test efficiency and low cost, and can accurately position the specific transmitting antenna and the specific receiving antenna during polling.
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Detailed Description
According to the SRS polling performance verification method for the 5G communication module, the 5G communication module comprises 4 antennas, wherein 2 antennas can be used as a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna and are marked as a first antenna and a second antenna, and the other 2 antennas can be used as receiving antennas and are marked as a third antenna and a fourth antenna, as shown in the attached figure 1, the method comprises the following steps:
s01, calibrating the 5G communication module to enable the 5G communication module to normally transmit and receive signals;
s02, configuring parameters for the instrument simulation terminal, enabling the instrument simulation terminal to be capable of realizing communication with a 5G communication module and meeting a 3GPP protocol;
s03, configuring a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for the 5G communication module;
s04, testing the 5G communication module by using the instrument simulation terminal to obtain the performance of the current transmitting antenna and the current receiving antenna;
and S05, according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna, verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module.
Further, in step S02, the meter simulation terminal simulates a 5G base station.
Further, the configuring of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna in step S03 includes the following 8:
the first method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and the second method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and the third is that: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and fourthly: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and a fifth mode: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and a sixth mode: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
seventh, the method comprises: the first antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the second antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
an eighth method: the second antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the first antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas.
Further, in step S04, the performance of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna includes power.
Further, the method also comprises the step of optimizing the 5G communication module according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna so as to enable the SRS polling performance to reach the best.
The embodiment of the method for verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module comprises the following steps:
the 5G communication module comprises 4 antennas, wherein 2 antennas can be used as a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna and are marked as a first antenna and a second antenna, in addition, 2 antennas can only be used as receiving antennas and are marked as a third antenna and a fourth antenna, and the polling mode of the 5G communication module comprises 1T2R,1T4R and 2T4R.
1T2R includes the following four cases:
the first method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and the second method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and the third is that: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
and fourthly: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas.
1T4R includes the following two cases:
and a fifth mode: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
and a sixth mode: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
the 2T4R includes the following two cases:
and a seventh: the first antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the second antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
an eighth method: the second antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the first antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas.
In summary, the number of configuration parameters for SRS polling of the 5G communication module is 8, in the process of verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module, the 8 antenna configuration conditions need to be verified respectively, and only after the 8 antenna configuration conditions are verified, it can be ensured that the performance of the 5G communication module meets the requirements in the future use no matter what polling method is adopted.
The method for verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module comprises the following steps:
s01, calibrating the 5G communication module to enable the 5G communication module to normally transmit and receive signals;
s02, configuring parameters for an instrument simulation terminal, wherein the instrument simulation terminal simulates a 5G base station to enable the instrument simulation terminal to be capable of realizing communication with a 5G communication module and meet a 3GPP protocol;
s03, configuring a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for the 5G communication module, wherein the configuration modes comprise the 8 modes;
s04, testing the 5G communication module by using an instrument simulation terminal to obtain the performances of 8 configured transmitting antennas and receiving antennas, wherein the performances comprise power;
and S05, according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna of the 8 configurations, verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module.
Furthermore, the 5G communication module is optimized according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna with 8 configurations, so that the SRS polling performance of the module is optimal.

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  1. The method for verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module is characterized in that the 5G communication module comprises 4 antennas, wherein 2 antennas can be used as a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna and are marked as a first antenna and a second antenna, and the other 2 antennas can only be used as receiving antennas and are marked as a third antenna and a fourth antenna, and the method comprises the following steps:
    s01, calibrating the 5G communication module to enable the 5G communication module to normally transmit and receive signals;
    s02, configuring parameters for the instrument simulation terminal, enabling the instrument simulation terminal to be capable of realizing communication with a 5G communication module and meeting a 3GPP protocol;
    s03, configuring a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna for the 5G communication module, wherein the configuring of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna comprises the following 8 types:
    the first method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
    and the second method comprises the following steps: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    and the third is that: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the third antenna are receiving antennas;
    and fourthly: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the second antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    and a fifth mode: the first antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    and a sixth mode: the second antenna is a transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    seventh, the method comprises: the first antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the second antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    an eighth method: the second antenna is a main transmitting antenna, the first antenna is an auxiliary transmitting antenna, and the first antenna, the second antenna, the third antenna and the fourth antenna are receiving antennas;
    s04, testing the 5G communication module by using the instrument simulation terminal to obtain the performance of the current transmitting antenna and the current receiving antenna;
    and S05, according to the performances of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna of the 8 configurations, verifying the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module.
  2. 2. The 5G communication module SRS polling performance verification method of claim 1, characterized in that in step S02, the meter simulation terminal simulates a 5G base station.
  3. 3. The method for verifying SRS polling performance of claim 1, wherein in step S04, the performance of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna comprises power.
  4. 4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising optimizing the 5G communication module according to the performance of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna to optimize the SRS polling performance of the 5G communication module.
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