WO2002021704A2 - Power margin control - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/30—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
- H04W52/36—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
- H04W52/367—Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
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- H04W24/06—Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic
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- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
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- H04W52/30—TPC using constraints in the total amount of available transmission power
- H04W52/32—TPC of broadcast or control channels
- H04W52/325—Power control of control or pilot channels
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04W52/00—Power management, e.g. TPC [Transmission Power Control], power saving or power classes
- H04W52/04—TPC
- H04W52/38—TPC being performed in particular situations
- H04W52/48—TPC being performed in particular situations during retransmission after error or non-acknowledgment
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- H04W84/00—Network topologies
- H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
- H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
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- This invention relates generally to wireless communication systems, and more specifically to wireless Local Area Networks (LAN) and peripherals used for Electronic Shelf Labelling (ESL) in retail environments, and to devices and methods for checking signal power margins is such systems.
- LAN Local Area Networks
- ESL Electronic Shelf Labelling
- Wireless systems for example, systems for electronic pricing are rapidly gaining popularity.
- Several hundred supermarkets are using such systems today.
- These systems all have a wireless communication network, which consists of a wireless infrastructure and peripherals (e.g. Electronic Shelf Labels, ESLs) connected to the infrastructure.
- ESLs Electronic Shelf Labels
- peripherals e.g. Electronic Shelf Labels, ESLs
- ESLs wireless peripherals
- the disadvantage with the first method is that it just gives the answer "GO/NO GO", where "GO” means that communication was established and "NO GO” means that no communication was established. No information about the signal-strength margin is obtained.
- a signal-strength margin is needed in order to be able to handle signal-strength variations due to rearrangements of, and ageing of, components, etc. This means, for example, that a system that shows 100 % communication at a specific time, for example, at the customer acceptance test for such a system, may, after a rearrangement or manipulation of the installation environment, fail to communicate with some peripherals.
- the disadvantages with the second method are that this method is very time-consuming, and that it does not take into consideration the different variations (e.g. due to component variations and manufacturing tolerances) in performance of the units in the communication infrastructure and the peripherals.
- TRX transceiver units
- the invention is based on the insight that the most cost-efficient way of designing such systems is to keep the peripherals as simple as possible, and to solve any technical problems in the (TRX) instead.
- power-levels and detection-levels can be manipulated in the TRX, in order to be able to produce a simple peripheral unit.
- other parameters such as, the detection-level in the peripheral and/or the output power of the peripheral.
- a method of measuring the signal-strength and reporting this back to the communication infrastructure system, and then calculating the power margin there is, also within the scope of the present invention.
- signal power margin we mean the ratio between the actual signal power and the minimum signal power that is required to be able to transmit the signal from the transmitter part to the receiver part of a communication link.
- the signal power margin is normally expressed in percentage of the minimum required signal.
- the present invention therefore comprises measuring the power margin (i.e. the robustness) in wireless systems, by the manipulation of signal-levels and detection levels, and in this way emulating a real-life situation with ageing of components and rearranging/relocating peripherals/communication infrastructure units etc., in such a system.
- the power margin i.e. the robustness
- the inventive features of the method according to the present invention are set forth in claim 1.
- the inventive method of testing signal power margin in a wireless local area network comprising transceivers and peripherals, comprises setting transmission and/or receiving parameters (herein collectively referred to as "transmission power parameters") in at least one transceiver unit in said local area network such that a situation is simulated that corresponds to a system where the power margin is reduced; sending a message to said peripheral from said transceiver; and registering whether or not an acknowledgement from said peripheral is received by the transceiver unit.
- Figure 1 is a schematic view of a wireless communication system, with communication infrastructure units, and wireless communicating peripherals, having a power margin test system in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a schematic illustration an embodiment of a power margin test system in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 3 is a schematic illustration of a further embodiment
- FIG. 4 illustrates an Infrastructure Test Tool (ISTT).
- transmission power parameter shall mean any parameter in the system that can be used to control the level of power in transmitted signals, the signal detection threshold level in a receiver, the signal power level in acknowledgment messages from peripherals, or any other parameter that can be used to adjust the relative levels of transmitted and received signal power (or strength) in the system units.
- TRX is a part of a wireless communication infrastructure 1 and is able to receive and transmit wireless data (shown by zigzag arrows). It is controlled by a communication controller CC. TRX could use infrared signals and/or radio frequency signals or other techniques for the physical link in the wireless communication system. The signal- power P for the transmitting part TX TRX and/or the receiver sensitivity D (detection level) in the receiver part RX TRX can be adjusted.
- A, B, C, ... , N are peripherals in the wireless communication infrastructure which TRX is intended to communicate with. These peripherals could be, for example, some or all of the electronic shelf labels, ESL's A-N in shop. Peripherals A-N, each have at least a receiver unit RX n , but preferably also a transmitting unit TX n (shown in dotted lines).
- a reference transmission by TRX is made, with a nominal setting of transmission power (Pnominai) and a nominal setting of detection threshold level (DnominaO- Then a transmission is made to each of the peripherals A, B, C,...N in turn and any replies received from the peripherals A, B, C,...N are recorded. If a reply is received from every peripheral, then the transmission power is sufficient to reach every peripheral A, B, C 5 ...N but the signal-strength power margin in the wireless communication infrastructure 1 is unknown. In the next step, the power-level is reduced to a predefined value (P reduced ) corresponding to the desired power margin in the system.
- P reduced a predefined value
- the transmitter power is set to P nom i na i • Then the system transmits a test message to peripheral A. If the message is correctly received, A sends back an acknowledgement (ACK). If there is no ACK within a set period of time, a no acknowledgement (NO ACK) is recorded for this peripheral. Alternatively, a new test message is sent, and an ACK is waited for. This procedure could be repeated a desired number of times. When ACK has been verified or a 0 NO ACK has been recorded, the system goes on to perform the same procedure for all installed peripherals.
- ACK acknowledgement
- NO ACK no acknowledgement
- This process can be schematically illustrated with the sequence of steps below, which represents a successful testing with 100% functionality, i.e. the system function is verified in 5 the nominal transmission power mode.
- this sequence gives information about functional units where the system is able to make a wireless connection.
- a new transmitter power should be set.
- the output power in the power margin test should be reduced by 50 %.
- the power margin in this case is > Pnominai/ P r educ ed -
- the transmission power parameter that is manipulated is the transmitter power.
- the detection threshold for the ACK signal in the TRX is increased, thereby simulating a weaker transmitted ACK signal. This can be illustrated with the following sequence:
- the transmission power parameter is the detection threshold for the ACK signal.
- the ESL will contain more "intelligence". Namely, there will be means for reducing the power of the ACK signal to be transmitted to the TRX, in response to a REDUCE POWER message from the TRX. In this way, a factual reduction of the performance of the ESL can be simulated. Of course there will be means for resetting the power to nominal after the test has been performed. This could be done by a further RESET POWER message from the TRX, or simply a reset after a predetermined time delay. In this case the transmission power parameter is the signal power in the acknowledgement signal.
- an infrastructure test tool (ISTT). This is a tool for testing of infrastructure installations comprising a number of units (such as ESL's) communicating with a base station.
- the main purpose with ISTT is to communicate with all units in the infrastructure and to verify the communication link performance of an installation.
- the test tool can be connected to the infrastructure in a number of possible ways. One example is shown in Fig. 4.
- Communication link test is a test method to investigate the coverage of the down and up link in a store environment.
- the test tool sends a frame to a specific test PL which will send an acknowledgement (ACK) pulse.
- ACK or no ACK is detected by all Transceivers (TRX's).
- TRX's Transceivers
- the test tool evaluates the ACK information and sends a new frame down to the test PL. All frames sent to the test PL updates the display with the following information:
- a counter that shows how many ACKs that was received.
- TRX Transciever
- the ACK counter (item 1.) counts from 0 to 99 and starts over on 0 again.
- the counter shows if there exists a valid up link signal (ACK).
- the counter stops to count on the test PL when the up link gets below the minimum requirements for the TRX.
- the Down link toggler (item 2.) is toggling as long as the PL receives frames. When downlink gets below the minimum requirements for the PL, the toggling stops.
- Item 3. shows which TRX that received the strongest ACK when last frame was sent. If more than one TRX have the same strength, the TRX with the highest number will be displayed.
- Item 4. shows how many TRX that received an ACK for last frame. This value is used for detecting whether the coverage is "too good” (i.e. to small TRX grid).
- the Communication link test can record data to a file during the test.
- the test tool creates a log file.
- the test tool has to ask the recording TRX for the ACK levels after each transmitted frame.
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