System and a method for testing a joint communication and sensing, signal
This disclosure relates to signal testing, and is concerned with testing a joint communication and sensing (JCAS) signal. A system for testing a JCAS signal received from a device under test (DUT) and a corresponding method are provided. The JCAS signal comprises a communication signal and a sensing signal. The system is configured to perform a signaling test on the communication signal, the signaling test producing a communication response signal, and to perform a sensing test on the sensing signal, the sensing test producing a sensing response signal. Further, the system is configured to send a feedback signal to the DUT, the feedback signal including the communication response signal and the sensing response signal.
1. A system for testing a joint communication and sensing, JCAS, signal, received from a device under test, DUT, the JCAS signal comprising a communication signal and a sensing signal, the system comprising:
a first test instrument configured to perform a signaling test on the communication signal, the signaling test producing a communication response signal, and
a second test instrument different from the first test instrument, the second test instrument being configured to perform a sensing test on the sensing signal, the sensing test producing a sensing response signal, and
the system being configured to send a feedback signal to the DUT,
wherein one of:
the system further comprises one or more digital signal interfaces between the first test instrument and the second test instrument, wherein at least one of the first test instrument and the second test instrument is configured to superpose the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the digital domain to generate the feedback signal;
the system further comprises a digital signal combiner having a digital signal interface to respectively the first test instrument and the second test instrument, and being configured to generate the feedback signal by superposing the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the digital domain; and
the system further comprises an analog signal combiner having an analog signal interface to respectively the first test instrument and the second test instrument, and being configured to generate the feedback signal by superposing the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the analog domain.
2. The system according to claim 1 , configured to perform the signaling test and the sensing test in a time-synchronized manner.
3. The system according to claim 1 , comprising
a test instrument configured to perform both the signaling test and the sensing test, and to generate the feedback signal.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication response signal and the sensing response signal are superposed over the air to generate the feedback signal and send the feedback signal to the DUT.
5. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising
an oscillator arranged in at least one of the first test instrument, the second test instrument, and a device separate from of the first test instrument and the second test instrument, and
wherein the first test instrument and the second test instrument is, respectively, configured to perform the signaling test and the sensing test using the oscillator.
6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising
a controller configured to control, at least partly, both the first test instrument and the second test instrument.
7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first test instrument and the second test instrument are configured to perform the signaling test and the sensing test in a time-synchronized manner.
8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the sensing test and the signaling test are performed over the air, or
the JCAS signal is a wireless transmission signal.
9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the DUT is a base station, or a user equipment, or a mobile device.
10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the signaling test emulates a decoding and re-encoding of multiple layers of the communication signal.
11. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing test emulates reflections of the sensing signal based on a surrounding model.
12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing response signal is generated by modifying the sensing signal based on a surrounding model.
13. The system according to claim 1 , further configured to
obtain sensing information from the DUT, the sensing information having been generated by the DUT based on the sensing response signal in the feedback signal, and
verify the sensing information based on one or more predetermined requirements.
14. A method for testing a joint communication and sensing, JCAS, signal, received from a device under test, DUT, wherein the JCAS signal comprises a communication signal and a sensing signal, the method comprising:
performing a signaling test on the communication signal with a first instrument, thereby producing a communication response signal,
performing a sensing test on the sensing signal with a second test instrument
different from the first test instrument, thereby producing a sensing response signal, and
sending feedback signal to the DUT
wherein the method further comprises one of:
superposing the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the digital domain to generate the feedback signal with at least one of the first test instrument and the second test instrument, wherein the system comprises one or more digital signal interfaces between the first test instrument and the second test instrument;
generating the feedback signal by superposing the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the digital domain with a digital signal combiner having a digital signal interface to respectively the first test instrument and the second test instrument; and
generating the feedback signal by superposing the communication response signal and the sensing response signal in the analog domain with an analog signal combiner having an analog signal interface to respectively the first test instrument and the second test instrument.