Mobile Phone Parameter Testing Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for testing mobile telephones are inefficient, requiring excessive time to measure signal parameters across multiple frequencies and device settings, which increases the overall testing duration and reduces precision.

Innovation Solution

A method and system where all signal and device parameter values are pre-stored or adjusted simultaneously, allowing for synchronized testing across multiple frequencies and device settings, significantly reducing testing time by eliminating unnecessary data transmission and synchronization delays.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional sequential measurement methods are used for testing mobile telephones across multiple frequencies and device parameters, then comprehensive testing coverage is achieved, but the overall testing time increases significantly (30-80 seconds)

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetesting coverageVSAvoidtesting time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing all frequency and device parameter values in the mobile telephone and measuring instrument before the actual measurements begin. This allows the system to skip the sequential transmission and setup time for each individual measurement, directly reducing the testing duration from 30-80 seconds to less than 1 second while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple measurement operations into a single synchronized measurement event. By combining the transmission of test signals and registration of signal parameters into one simultaneous operation, the system eliminates the cumulative time delays associated with sequential measurements, achieving both comprehensive testing and rapid execution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Measurement precision

If sequential transmission of frequency and device parameter values is performed before each measurement, then measurement accuracy is maintained, but transmission time is added to the total testing time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeasurement accuracyVSAvoidtesting efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing all frequency and device parameter values in the mobile telephone and measuring instrument before the actual measurements begin. This allows the system to skip the sequential transmission and setup time for each individual measurement, directly reducing the testing duration from 30-80 seconds to less than 1 second while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses copying by storing copies of all required frequency and device parameter values in advance within the mobile telephone and measuring instrument. This eliminates the need for real-time transmission of these parameters during measurement, as the stored copies are immediately available for the synchronized measurement operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Loss of time

If synchronized measurement of transmitted and received signals is implemented, then testing time is reduced to less than 1 second, but complex coordination between mobile telephone and measuring instrument is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetesting timeVSAvoidcoordination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing all frequency and device parameter values in the mobile telephone and measuring instrument before the actual measurements begin. This allows the system to skip the sequential transmission and setup time for each individual measurement, directly reducing the testing duration from 30-80 seconds to less than 1 second while maintaining comprehensive coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through synchronized triggering mechanisms that coordinate between the mobile telephone and measuring instrument. The system uses feedback signals to ensure both devices are ready and synchronized before initiating the measurement, enabling rapid coordinated operation without requiring complex real-time adjustments during the measurement process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS7949334B2Method and system for determining the dependence between device parameters of a mobile telephone and signal parameters
Publication Date: 2011.05.24 ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO KG
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AI summary

A method and a system for determining the dependence between several device-parameter values in each case of at least one device parameter of a mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) and at least one signal parameter of a signal transmitted and/or received by the mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) adjusts several device-parameter values within a mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) of at least one device parameter of the respective mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) for a given number of frequencies of the respectively transmitted and/or received signal, and measures the associated signal parameters of a signal transmitted and/or received by the respective mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n). All of the frequencies and the device-parameter values of at least one device parameter respectively associated with every frequency are present in the respective mobile telephone (31, 32, . . . , 3m, 3n) at the start of the measurements.