Mobile terminal testing device, mobile terminal testing system, and testing method of NSA
There is provided mobile terminal testing device and system capable of reducing a processing load, when testing mobile terminals that support NSA. Included are a first mobile terminal testing device operating as a base station of LTE and a second mobile terminal testing device operating as a base station of 5G NR of NSA, when testing a mobile terminal which supports NSA, the second mobile terminal testing device generates a control signal of 5G NR, transmits the generated control signal of 5G NR to the first mobile terminal testing device, and the first mobile terminal testing device 1 transmits the received control signal of 5G NR to the mobile terminal according to the LTE.
1. A mobile testing system for testing a mobile terminal supporting non-standalone (NSA) according to a test scenario, comprising:
a second mobile terminal testing device simulating a second base station operating in a succeeding communication standard that succeeds a preceding communication standard, the second mobile terminal testing device comprising:
a second pseudo base station unit configured to simulate the second base station operating in the succeeding communication standard that succeeds the preceding communication standard, in communication with a first mobile terminal testing device simulating a first base station operating in the preceding communication standard through a cable,
a second display configured to display contents of parameters set in the second pseudo base station unit, and a state of a direct communication between the second mobile terminal testing device and the mobile terminal under test, the state outputted from the second pseudo base station unit, and
a second controller configured to:
create the test scenario in which parameters and signal sequences are set,
at a timing to transmit a control signaling message of the succeeding communication standard according to the test scenario, generate the control signaling message generated with the parameters and sequences according to the test scenario for the succeeding communication standard, and
transmit the generated control signaling message to the first mobile terminal testing device; and
the first mobile terminal testing device simulating the first base station operating in the preceding communication standard, the first mobile terminal testing device comprising:
a first pseudo base station unit configured to simulate the first base station operating in the preceding communication standard, in communication with the second mobile terminal testing device simulating the second base station operating in the succeeding communication standard through the cable,
a first controller configured to:
receive, from the second mobile terminal testing device, the control signaling message generated with parameters and sequences for the succeeding communication standard; and
transmit the control signaling message generated by the second controller with parameters and sequences according to the test scenario for the succeeding communication standard to the mobile terminal on a plane of the preceding communication standard, the plane being established directly between the first mobile terminal testing device and the mobile terminal.
2. The mobile testing system according to claim 1 , wherein the succeeding communication standard supported by the second mobile terminal testing device is a successor standard to the preceding communication standard supported by the first mobile terminal testing device.
3. The mobile testing system according to claim 1 , wherein the succeeding communication standard supported by the second mobile terminal testing device is 5G New Radio (NR), and the preceding communication standard supported by the first mobile terminal testing device is Long Term Evolution (LTE).