JP2004229272A - Radio terminal equipment and testing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a wireless transmission characteristic test with a constant transmission power even without mounting a function necessary just for the wireless transmission characteristic test in mobile terminal equipment. <P>SOLUTION: A testing device 100 decides test items and when performing the wireless transmission characteristic test, a layer-3 signal is transmitted between the device and mobile terminal equipment 150 to realize wireless connection by a CDMA wireless interface, thereby transmitting a signal to be measured. When transmitting the signal to be measured, a mobile terminal RLC control part 109 notifies an RLC part 152 of transmission stop of a signaling signal and on the basis of the notice, the RLC part 152 stops transmitting the signaling signal and transmits only the signal to be measured. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless terminal device used in a CDMA mobile communication system, and a test device for performing a wireless transmission characteristic test and a wireless function test on the wireless terminal device.

  A mobile terminal device of a CDMA mobile communication system has a function of transmitting and receiving a signaling signal and a function of transmitting and receiving user information, and transmission power is determined by the presence or absence of the two types of signals.

  In this layer 1 radio transmission characteristic test for the mobile terminal device, the test device transmits the signal under test to the mobile terminal device as user information, and the mobile terminal device transmits the signal under test to the test device using the loopback function. Send back as user information.

  In this wireless transmission characteristic test, it is desirable that the transmission power be constant. However, since the signaling signal is transmitted intermittently, some measures are required to keep the transmission power constant.

In the conventional test method, the communication terminal device transmits an additional signal during a period in which a signaling signal is not transmitted (hereinafter, referred to as “dummy transmission”) to keep the uplink transmission power constant.
JP-A-2000-22780 JP 2000-258563 A

  However, performing dummy transmission is an unnecessary function other than the radio transmission characteristic test, and the conventional test method has a problem that a function necessary only for the radio transmission characteristic test must be implemented in the mobile terminal device. is there.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and a wireless transmission characteristic test can be performed with a constant transmission power without mounting a function necessary only for the wireless transmission characteristic test on a mobile terminal device. It is an object to provide a terminal device and a test device.

  The wireless terminal device of the present invention includes a wireless receiving unit that receives a signal containing user information or a signaling signal, a wireless transmitting unit that sends a signal containing user information or a signaling signal, and the wireless receiving unit and the wireless transmitting unit. Connected, RLC means for periodically outputting a signaling signal to the radio transmission means, and setting of a radio interface based on the reception signal input from the radio reception means via the RLC means, Protocol processing means for notifying the RLC means of transmission stoppage of the signaling signal based on a control signal in a radio reception signal, wherein during communication, the RLC means includes the signaling signal between user signals. Is output to the wireless transmitting means periodically, and during the wireless characteristic test, The RLC unit stops transmitting the signaling signal based on the notification from the protocol processing unit, outputs a transmission signal including only a user signal to the wireless transmission unit, and keeps the transmission power of the wireless transmission unit constant. It adopts the configuration to do.

  The wireless terminal device of the present invention employs a configuration including a loopback unit that receives a signal to be measured, which is user information data transmitted from a test device, and loops back the signal.

  The test apparatus of the present invention includes RLC means for controlling the transmission / reception order of data on a wireless line and periodically transmitting a signaling signal, and performs transmission with different transmission power depending on the presence of the signaling signal and user information during communication. A test device for performing a radio characteristic test of a radio terminal device, a control unit configured to set a radio interface for the radio terminal device before the start of the radio characteristic test, and the radio device based on the setting content of the radio interface. A signal-under-measurement generating unit that generates a signal-under-measurement for performing a transmission characteristic test and transmits the signal-under-measurement to the wireless terminal device. A signal-under-measurement determination unit that performs wireless characteristic evaluation based on the wireless characteristic test. It instructs a transmission stop of the signaling signal to the end device, a configuration for transmitting only the user information with a constant transmission power.

  The test apparatus of the present invention wirelessly connects to the wireless terminal apparatus via a wireless interface, and the control unit wirelessly issues an instruction to stop transmission of the signaling signal.

  The test apparatus of the present invention employs a configuration in which the test apparatus is connected to the wireless terminal apparatus via a wire via an external interface, and the control unit issues an instruction to stop transmission of the signaling signal by wire.

  With these configurations, it is possible to stop transmission of a signal intermittently transmitted by the RLC function when performing a wireless transmission characteristic test, so that a function necessary only for the wireless transmission characteristic test is not mounted on the wireless terminal device. However, the wireless transmission characteristic test can be performed with a constant transmission power.

  According to the present invention, when the test item is a wireless transmission characteristic test, transmission of a signaling signal of the wireless terminal device can be stopped, so that a function necessary only for the wireless transmission characteristic test is implemented in the wireless terminal device. A wireless transmission characteristic test can be performed with a constant transmission power even without the need.

  The inventor of the present invention has paid attention to the fact that a signaling signal is unnecessary in a wireless transmission characteristic test, and has arrived at the present invention. That is, the gist of the present invention is to determine the type of the test and to cause the test apparatus to perform control for stopping transmission of the signaling signal from the mobile terminal apparatus at the time of the wireless transmission characteristic test.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a test device and a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The test apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 includes a protocol processing unit 101, an RLC (Radio Link Control) unit 102, a MAC (Media Access Control) unit 103, a layer 1 transmitting unit 104, a layer 1 receiving unit 105, It mainly includes a signal generation unit 106, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) unit 107, a signal to be measured determination unit 108, a mobile terminal RLC control unit 109, and a control unit 110 for controlling these. I have.

  1 includes a protocol processing unit 151, an RLC unit 152, a MAC unit 153, a layer 1 transmitting unit 154, a layer 1 receiving unit 155, a loopback unit 156, a PDCP unit 157, and an external device. It is mainly composed of an interface 158 and a control unit 159 for performing these controls.

  The transmission power measurement device 200 in FIG. 1 measures the power of a signal transmitted from a mobile communication terminal device and performs wireless transmission characteristic evaluation.

  When the test is started, a signal indicating a test item is input to the control unit 110 of the test apparatus 100 from outside.

  If the test item is a wireless transmission characteristic test, the test apparatus 100 transmits a layer 3 signal to the mobile terminal apparatus 150 to realize a wireless connection by a CDMA wireless interface, and transmits a signal to be measured.

  First, a layer 3 signal is transmitted between the protocol processing unit 101 of the test apparatus 100 and the protocol processing unit 151 of the mobile terminal device 150.

  Specifically, the layer 3 signal generated by the protocol processing unit 101 is transmitted on the CDMA wireless interface via the RLC unit 102, the MAC unit 103, and the layer 1 transmitting unit 104, and is transmitted to the layer 1 receiving unit 155, the MAC unit 153, received by the protocol processing unit 151 via the RLC unit 152. Further, the layer 3 signal generated by the protocol processing unit 151 is transmitted to the CDMA wireless interface via the RLC unit 152, the MAC unit 153, and the layer 1 transmitting unit 154, and is transmitted to the layer 1 receiving unit 105, the MAC unit 103, the RLC It is received by the protocol processing unit 101 via the unit 102.

  When transmitting the layer 3 signal, the mobile terminal RLC control unit 109 notifies the RLC unit 152 of the stop of the periodic autonomous transmission of the STATUS_PDU (signaling signal), which is one of the RLC functions.

  By transmitting a layer 3 signal between the protocol processing unit 101 and the protocol processing unit 151, setting of the CDMA wireless interface (adjustment of communication content, communication speed, and the like regarding layer 1) is performed.

  Next, the signal under test for the wireless transmission characteristic test is transmitted between the signal under test generation unit 106, the signal under test determination unit 108 of the test apparatus 100, and the loopback unit 156 of the mobile terminal device 150. You. At this time, the transmission power measurement device 200 receives a notification from the control unit 110 of the test device 100 that the test conditions have been prepared, and starts measurement.

  Specifically, the signal under measurement generated by the signal under measurement generation unit 106 is transmitted to the CDMA wireless interface via the PDCP unit 107, the RLC unit 102, the MAC unit 103, and the layer 1 transmission unit 104, The signal is received by the return unit 156 via the layer 1 receiving unit 155, the MAC unit 153, the RLC unit 152, and the PDCP unit 157. Then, the signal to be measured received by the loopback unit 156 is looped back and transmitted by the loopback function according to a predetermined loopback rule (hereinafter, the process in the loopback unit 156 is referred to as “loopback process”). . The signal under measurement transmitted from the loopback unit 156 is transmitted to the CDMA wireless interface via the PDCP unit 157, the RLC unit 152, the MAC unit 153, and the layer 1 transmission unit 154, and is transmitted to the layer 1 reception unit 105, the MAC unit 103, The signal to be measured 108 receives the signal via the RLC unit 102 and the PDCP unit 107. The signal-under-measurement determination unit 108 performs wireless characteristic evaluation based on the received signal-under-measurement. In addition, the signal under measurement transmitted from the layer 1 transmission unit 154 onto the CDMA wireless interface is received by the transmission power measurement device 200. The transmission power measurement device 200 performs wireless transmission characteristic evaluation based on the received signal under measurement.

  Here, at the time of the return processing, the RLC unit 152 stops transmitting the signaling signal based on the notification from the mobile terminal RLC control unit 109, and transmits only the signal to be measured. As a result, the uplink transmission power becomes constant.

  As a method of notifying the RLC unit 152 of the stop of the transmission of the signaling signal, (1) the mobile terminal RLC control unit 109 sends the protocol processing unit 101, the RLC unit 102, the MAC unit 103, the layer 1 transmitting unit 104, the layer 1 receiving unit 155, A method in which a control signal is transmitted to the protocol processing unit 151 via the MAC unit 153 and the RLC unit 152, and the protocol processing unit 151 notifies the RLC unit 152. (2) From the mobile terminal RLC control unit 109 via the external interface 158 A method may be considered in which a control signal is transmitted to the control unit 159 and the control unit 159 notifies the RLC unit 152.

  Note that transmission of the signaling signal in the RLC unit 152 may be stopped in advance before the test starts. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, (3) the external control device 300 is connected to the mobile terminal device 150, a control signal is transmitted from the external control device to the control unit 159 via the external interface 158, and the control is performed. A method in which the unit 159 notifies the RLC unit 152, (4) an operation unit 160 for transmitting an instruction from a user operation to the control unit 159 is provided in the mobile terminal device 150, and a control signal is transmitted from the operation unit 160 to the control unit 159. However, a method in which the control unit 159 notifies the RLC unit 152 or the like can be considered.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the test items are determined, and in the case of the radio transmission characteristic test, the transmission of the signaling signal in RLC section 152 of mobile terminal apparatus 150 is stopped to keep the uplink transmission power constant.

  During the test, the control unit 110 and the control unit 159 control each unit in the apparatus.

  Next, a communication procedure for a wireless transmission characteristic test of the mobile terminal device performed by the test apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described using the sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, in step 0, the test apparatus receives the notification of the test item, and determines that the wireless transmission characteristic test is selected. In step 1, the test apparatus transmits an incoming signal indicating the start of the test to the mobile terminal apparatus, and in step 2, when the mobile terminal apparatus receives this signal, a signal requesting the test apparatus to start wireless connection by the CDMA wireless interface is transmitted. Send. Then, in step 3, the test apparatus transmits a signal requesting the setting of the CDMA radio interface to the mobile terminal apparatus. In step 4, the mobile terminal apparatus performs setting based on the signal and sets the CDMA radio interface to the test apparatus. Send a signal reporting completion. Then, in step 5, a response signal to the incoming call in step 1 is transmitted.

  It is a feature of the present invention that in step 3, the stop of the periodic autonomous transmission of the STATUS_PDU (signaling signal) from the mobile terminal device is set.

  Next, in step 6, the test apparatus transmits to the mobile terminal apparatus a signal requesting elimination of unnecessary layer 3 signals as a test mode, and in step 7, the mobile terminal apparatus transmits a layer 3 signal based on this signal. And sends a signal to the test apparatus to report the completion of the exclusion.

  Next, in step 8, the test apparatus transmits a signal requesting setting of layer 1 and layer 2 conditions for transmitting the signal to be measured to the mobile terminal apparatus. In step 9, the mobile terminal apparatus transmits the signal to this signal. Based on the settings, the layer 1 and layer 2 conditions are set, and a signal for reporting the completion of the setting is transmitted to the test apparatus.

  Next, in step 10, the test apparatus transmits a signal requesting a condition setting for executing the loopback processing to the loopback unit 156 of the mobile terminal apparatus. In step 11, the mobile terminal apparatus performs the loopback processing based on the signal. Is set, and a signal for reporting the completion of the setting is transmitted to the test apparatus.

  Thereafter, a wireless transmission characteristic test of the mobile terminal device is performed by the test device. At that time, the transmission of the signaling signal is stopped in the return processing, so that the uplink transmission power is constant.

  After the end of the test, in step 12, the test apparatus transmits a signal requesting release of the return processing to the return section 156 of the mobile terminal apparatus. In step 13, the mobile terminal apparatus releases the return processing based on this signal. A signal reporting the completion of release is transmitted to the test equipment.

  Finally, in step 14, the test apparatus transmits a signal requesting release of the CDMA radio interface to the mobile terminal apparatus, and in step 15, the mobile terminal apparatus releases the CDMA radio interface based on the signal and transmits the signal to the test apparatus. Sends a signal reporting release completion.

  With the above communication procedure, the wireless transmission characteristic test of the mobile terminal device performed by the test apparatus according to the present embodiment is completed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a test device and a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the test device and the mobile terminal device according to the above embodiment. Sequence diagram showing a communication procedure for a wireless transmission characteristic test of a mobile terminal device performed by the test apparatus according to the above embodiment.

Explanation of reference numerals

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Test device 101, 151 Protocol processing unit 102, 152 RLC unit 103, 153 MAC unit 104, 154 Layer 1 transmitting unit 105, 155 Layer 1 receiving unit 106 Signal under test generation unit 107, 157 PDCP unit 108 Signal under test Judgment unit 109 Mobile terminal RLC control unit 110, 159 control unit 150 Mobile terminal device 156 Turnback unit 158 External interface 160 Operation unit 200 Transmission power measurement device 300 External control device

Claims (5)

Wireless receiving means for receiving a signal including user information or a signaling signal,
Wireless transmission means for transmitting a signal including user information or a signaling signal,
RLC means connected to the wireless receiving means and the wireless transmitting means, and periodically outputting a signaling signal to the wireless transmitting means;
The radio interface is set based on the reception signal input from the radio reception means via the RLC means, and the signaling signal is transmitted to the RLC means based on a control signal in the radio reception signal. Protocol processing means for notifying transmission stop,
During communication, the RLC means outputs a transmission signal in which the signaling signal is periodically inserted between user signals to the wireless transmission means,
During the radio characteristic test, the RLC unit stops transmitting the signaling signal based on the notification from the protocol processing unit, outputs a transmission signal including only a user signal to the radio transmission unit, A wireless terminal device wherein the transmission power of the means is constant.   2. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a loopback unit that receives a signal to be measured, which is user information data transmitted from the test device, and loops back the signal. RLC means for controlling the transmission / reception order of data on the radio line and periodically transmitting a signaling signal, and performing a radio characteristic test of a radio terminal apparatus transmitting at a different transmission power depending on the presence of the signaling signal and user information during communication. A test device for performing
Control means for setting a wireless interface to the wireless terminal device before the start of the wireless characteristic test,
A signal-under-measurement generating unit that generates a signal-under-measurement for performing the wireless transmission characteristic test based on the setting content of the wireless interface and transmits the signal to the wireless terminal device,
After being transmitted back in the wireless terminal device, a signal-under-measurement determination unit that performs wireless characteristic evaluation based on the received signal-under-measurement,
The test apparatus, wherein the control unit instructs the wireless terminal device to stop transmitting the signaling signal during the wireless characteristic test, and causes only the user information to be transmitted at a constant transmission power.   4. The test apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the test apparatus is wirelessly connected to the wireless terminal apparatus via a wireless interface, and the control unit wirelessly issues an instruction to stop transmission of the signaling signal.   4. The test apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the test apparatus is connected to the wireless terminal device via a wire via an external interface, and the control unit issues an instruction to stop transmission of the signaling signal by wire.

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