Measuring device and a measurement method for determining a total radiated power

US12294417B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-12294417-B2
Application numberUS-202017778307-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 19, 2020
Priority dateNov 20, 2019
Publication dateMay 6, 2025
Grant dateMay 6, 2025

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A test system for determining a total radiated power of an antenna over the air comprises a measuring device and the base station. The measuring device is embodied to establish a communications connection to the base station to be tested over the air and to initiate and use over the air a function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested. The measuring device is further embodied to identify and measure a maximum effective isotropic radiated power, and to determine the total radiated power from previously known antenna characteristics and the measured maximum effective isotropic radiated power.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A test system for determining over the air a total radiated power of an antenna of a base station to be tested, comprising: a measuring device, the base station to be tested, wherein the measuring device is embodied to establish a communications connection to the base station to be tested over the air, to initiate a function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested over the air, by means of the function for fixing the present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested, to fix the beam-lock function of the base station to be tested, to measure a maximum effective isotropic radiated power, and to determine the total radiated power of the antenna of the base station to be tested from previously known antenna characteristics of the antenna of the base station to be tested and the measured maximum effective isotropic radiated power, wherein the test system is embodied to prevent a communication of further mobile devices with the base station to be tested during the measurement of the maximum effective isotropic radiated power. 2. The test system of claim 1 , wherein the measuring device is embodied to simulate a mobile device. 3. The test system of claim 1 , wherein the base station to be tested is an active antenna base station. 4. The test system of claim 1 , wherein a measurement signal transmitted from the base station to be tested occupies only a proportion of a base-station signal in the time domain and/or in the frequency domain. 5. The test system of claim 1 , wherein a test command is protected and/or restricted. 6. The test system of claim 5 , wherein the base station to be tested is embodied to respond to the test command only after confirmation by a network operator. 7. The test system of claim 5 , wherein the base station to be tested is embodied to respond to the test command only within a predefined time window. 8. The test system of claim 5 , wherein the test command is the function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested, and/or a command for the exclusion of further mobile devices from a communication with the base station. 9. The test system of claim 1 , wherein the base station to be tested is embodied to transmit with a maximum amplification during the measurement of the maximum effective isotropic radiated power. 10. A test method for determining over the air a total radiated power of an antenna of a base station to be tested, with the following steps: establishing a communications connection between a measuring device and the base station to be tested over the air, initiation of a function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested over the air by the measuring device, fixing of the present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested, by means of the function for fixing the present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested by the measuring device, measurement of a maximum effective isotropic radiated power by the measuring device, determination of the total radiated power of the antenna of the base station to be tested from previously known antenna characteristics of the antenna of the base station to be tested and the measured maximum effective isotropic radiated power, by the measuring device, and preventing a communication of further mobile devices with the base station to be tested during the measurement of the maximum effective isotropic radiated power.

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  • using weights depending on external parameters, e.g. direction of arrival [DOA], predetermined weights or beamforming · CPC title

  • G01R29/10Primary

    Radiation diagrams of antennas · CPC title

  • H04B17/102Primary

    Power radiated at antenna · CPC title

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What does patent US12294417B2 cover?
A test system for determining a total radiated power of an antenna over the air comprises a measuring device and the base station. The measuring device is embodied to establish a communications connection to the base station to be tested over the air and to initiate and use over the air a function for fixing a present beam-lock function of the base station to be tested. The measuring device is …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Rohde & Schwarz
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01R29/10. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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