Method and system for importing antenna configuration

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by an interface of a test and measurement (TM) system configured to test a device under test (DUT), data comprising antenna configuration information related to a configuration for one or more antennas of the DUT;

extracting the antenna configuration for at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT from the antenna configuration information in a digital domain using a pattern recognition algorithm; and

storing the extracted antenna configuration in a memory of the TM system into settings of the TM system; and

wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information is image data or text data,

wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information comprises one or more annotations superposed on an image of the DUT, and

wherein the one or more annotations further indicate an antenna specific frequency band mapping.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

routing, by an emulator of the TM system, at least one test signal to at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT based on the antenna configuration for the DUT stored in the settings of the TM system.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the extracting of the antenna configuration for the at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT from the antenna configuration information is performed in the digital domain using an image pattern recognition algorithm and/or an image processing algorithm.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:

performing the image pattern recognition algorithm and/or the image processing algorithm based on reference image data comprising reference antenna configuration information as training data.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information is in a tabular form.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information corresponds to a product specification datasheet of the DUT.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein:

the data comprising the antenna configuration information is received as a JPEG file;

the method further comprises determining one or more regions of interest indicating the antenna configuration information in the JPEG file; and

the antenna configuration for the at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT is extracted from the one or more regions of interest.

8 . A test and measurement (TM) system comprising:

an interface configured to receive data comprising antenna configuration information related a configuration for one or more antennas of a device under test (DUT);

a processor operably coupled to the interface and configured to extract the antenna configuration for at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT from the antenna configuration information in a digital domain using a pattern recognition algorithm; and

a memory; and

wherein the processor is further configured to store the extracted antenna configuration in the memory as settings of the TM system,

wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information-related to the DUT is image data or text data,

wherein the data comprising the antenna configuration information comprises one or more annotations superposed on an image of the DUT, and

wherein the one or more annotations further indicate an antenna specific frequency band mapping.

9 . The TM system according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a network emulator operably coupled to the processor and configured to route at least one test signal to at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT based on the antenna configuration for the DUT stored in the settings of the TM system.

10 . The system according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the extracting of the antenna configuration for the at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT in the digital domain using an image pattern recognition algorithm and/or image processing algorithm.

11 . The system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the image pattern recognition algorithm and/or the image processing algorithm based on-the training data to extract the antenna configuration for the at least one of the one or more antennas of the DUT.

12 . The system according to claim 8 further comprising:

a database operably coupled to the interface, and configured to store reference image data comprising reference antenna configuration information as the training data.

13 . The system according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to perform the pattern recognition algorithm and/or the image processing algorithm based on the training data.

14 . The system according to claim 10 , wherein the interface is configured to receive the image data by means of a digital capture and/or scanning and/or inputting of the image data.