Mobile Terminal Testing Apparatus Cell Reuse Mechanism

The patent implements a cell recycling mechanism where cells that have completed their testing function are discarded from active use and recovered through re-initialization. The cell management unit detects when a cell is no longer needed for current testing scenarios, marks it as available for recycling, and re-initializes it for future use. This allows the same physical cell resources to be reused across multiple testing scenarios, effectively increasing testing capability without adding more physical cells.

The patent introduces dynamic cell management where the cell pool is not fixed but can change over time. The cell state transitions between different states (active, inactive, available for recycling) based on testing requirements. The system dynamically allocates and deallocates cells during testing operations, allowing flexible adaptation to different testing scenarios including handover testing without requiring a permanently expanded cell infrastructure.

The patent makes each cell multi-functional by enabling it to serve multiple testing purposes through re-initialization. A single cell can be configured for different communication schemes (carrier aggregation, dual connectivity, handover) at different times. The cell management unit handles the reconfiguration, allowing the same physical cell to universally support various communication testing scenarios, eliminating the need to mount separate dedicated cells for each testing type.

Instead of permanently allocating cells for specific communication scheme testing, the system discards cells from their current testing role and recovers them for new testing purposes. When a cell completes its function in one communication scheme test, it is marked as available and can be re-initialized for a different communication scheme test, reducing the total number of cells needed for mounting.