System and method for measurement management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12423476-B2
Application number	US-202218056959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2022
Priority date	Nov 18, 2022
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A system for measurement management is configured to obtain a configuration set and an associated configuration unique identifier (UID). The system is also configured to obtain at least one measurement result and an associated result UID. A relation between the configuration UID and the result UID is determined, and the relation is stored.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for measurement management, wherein the system comprises a computer configured to:
obtain a configuration set and an associated configuration unique identifier (UID);
obtain at least one measurement result and an associated measurement result UID;
determine a relation between the configuration UID and the measurement result UID;
store the relation, in a manner enabling retrieval of historical measurement results in association with their configuration settings for subsequent analysis or processing;
store a signing certificate in a secure module of the system; and
sign the configuration UID based on the signing certificate or sign the measurement result UID based on the signing certificate, wherein the signing certificate is used to identify the system for traceability with the configuration UID or the measurement result UID.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the configuration UID comprises a configuration checksum, or wherein the measurement result UID comprises a result checksum.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further configured to obtain the configuration UID or the measurement result UID based on at least one of: measurement device calibration data, metadata, environment data, device temperature, air moisture, a GNSS position, a timestamp, user account information, devices used for a measurement task, device under test (DUT) classification or information.

4. The system according to claim 1 , further configured to create a report based on the configuration set, the at least one measurement result and the relation.

5. The system according to claim 1 , further configured to verify consistency of the at least one measurement result based on the configuration UID.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the system is a distributed system.

7. A computer-implemented method for measurement management by a system, wherein the method comprises steps of:
obtaining, by the system, a configuration set and an associated configuration unique identifier (UID);
obtaining, by the system, at least one measurement result and an associated measurement result UID;
determining, by the system, a relation between the configuration UID and the measurement result UID;
storing, by the system, the relation, in a manner enabling retrieval of historical measurement results in association with their configuration settings for subsequent analysis or processing;
storing, by the system, a signing certificate in a secure module of the system; and
signing, by the system, the configuration UID based on the signing certificate or signing the measurement result UID based on the signing certificate, wherein the signing certificate is used to identify the system for traceability with the configuration UID or the measurement result UID.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the configuration UID comprises a configuration checksum, or wherein the measurement result UID comprises a result checksum.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a step of obtaining, by the system, the configuration UID or the measurement result UID based on at least one of: measurement device calibration data, metadata, environment data, device temperature, air moisture, a GNSS position, a timestamp, user account information, devices used for a measurement task, device under test (DUT) classification or information.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a step of creating, by the system, a report based on the configuration set, the at least one measurement result and the relation.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a step of verifying, by the system, consistency of the at least one measurement result based on the configuration UID.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the system is a distributed system.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer of a system, cause the computer to carry out following steps:
obtaining, by the system, a configuration set and an associated configuration unique identifier (UID);
obtaining, by the system, at least one measurement result and an associated measurement result UID;
determining, by the system, a relation between the configuration UID and the measurement result UID;
storing, by the system, the relation, in a manner enabling retrieval of historical measurement results in association with their configuration settings for subsequent analysis or processing;
storing, by the system, a signing certificate in a secure module of the system; and
signing, by the system, the configuration UID based on the signing certificate or signing the measurement result UID based on the signing certificate, wherein the signing certificate is used to identify the system for traceability with the configuration UID or the measurement result UID.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Roeglinger Sebastian
• Schmid Bjoern

Classifications

• H04L9/0866

  involving user or device identifiers, e.g. serial number, physical or biometrical information, DNA, hand-signature or measurable physical characteristics · CPC title

• H04L9/0643

  Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC · CPC title

• H04L9/0897

  involving additional devices, e.g. trusted platform module [TPM], smartcard or USB · CPC title

• G01D21/00

  Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G06F21/64 Primary

  Protecting data integrity, e.g. using checksums, certificates or signatures · CPC title