Mobile terminal testing device and mobile terminal testing method
A measuring device 1 includes an integrated control device 10 that performs control to measure a specific measurement item by performing a measurement operation, a predetermined number of times, of transmitting a test signal and receiving a signal under measurement transmitted from a DUT 100 at a measurement position where the DUT 100 , which is rotated by a DUT scanning mechanism 56 in an OTA chamber 50 , faces a desired orientation; a disconnection detection unit 18 a that detects disconnection of call connection at the measurement position; a reconnection control unit 18 b that performs reconnection of the call connection in a case where the disconnection of the call connection is detected; and a measurement return control unit 18 c that returns to measurement at a subsequent measurement position from a measurement position where the disconnection of the call connection is detected after reconnection.
1. A mobile terminal testing device comprising:
scanning means for performing scanning to rotate a mobile terminal, which is a device under test having an antenna under test, so as to sequentially face all preset orientations of a spherical coordinate system by using a center of the spherical coordinate system as a reference point;
a measuring device that is connected to a test antenna;
measurement control means for controlling the measuring device to measure a specific measurement item related to a radio signal in a frequency band, which is used by the antenna under test, by performing a measurement operation, a predetermined number of times, of transmitting a test signal from the test antenna to the mobile terminal, and receiving a signal under measurement transmitted from the antenna under test of the mobile terminal which has received the test signal by the test antenna at a measurement position where the mobile terminal faces a desired orientation;
disconnection detection means for detecting disconnection of call connection during measurement at the measurement position;
reconnection control means for performing reconnection of the call connection in a case where the disconnection of the call connection is detected by the disconnection detection means; and
measurement return control means for returning to measurement of the measurement item from a measurement position subsequent to the measurement position where the call connection is disconnected after the reconnection of the call connection.
2. The mobile terminal testing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement control means measures an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) cumulative distribution function or an EIS cumulative distribution number for all the orientations based on the signal under measurement received by the test antenna, and measures a total radiated power (TRP) which is a total sum of the EIRP in all the orientations.
3. The mobile terminal testing device according to claim 2 , wherein
in a case where the disconnection of the call connection is detected during TRP measurement is performed, the measurement control means performs beam lock control for performing beam locking on a beam of the device under test by returning to the measurement position where the disconnection of the call connection is detected after the reconnection of the call connection and before the measurement of the measurement item is started from the measurement position subsequent to the measurement position where the disconnection of the call connection is detected.
4. The mobile terminal testing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the measuring device includes an NR measuring device corresponding to an NR communication standard, and an LTE measuring device corresponding to an LTE communication standard, and
the detection of the disconnection of the call connection, the reconnection of the call connection, and the measurement of the specific measurement item are performed in accordance with each of the NR and LTE communication standards.
5. The mobile terminal testing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a radio anechoic box including an internal space, wherein
the scanning means and the test antenna are provided in the internal space.
6. A mobile terminal testing method for testing a device under test using a mobile terminal testing device including scanning means for performing scanning to rotate a mobile terminal having an antenna under test so as to sequentially face all preset orientations of a spherical coordinate system by using a center of the spherical coordinate system as a reference point, and a measuring device that is connected to a test antenna, the mobile terminal testing method comprising:
a measurement control step of controlling the measuring device to measure a specific measurement item related to a radio signal in a frequency band, which is used by the antenna under test, by performing a measurement operation, a predetermined number of times, of transmitting a test signal from the test antenna to the mobile terminal, and receiving a signal under measurement transmitted from the antenna under test of the mobile terminal which has received the test signal by the test antenna at a measurement position where the mobile terminal faces a desired orientation;
a disconnection detection step of detecting disconnection of call connection during measurement at the measurement position;
a reconnection control step of performing reconnection of the call connection in a case where the disconnection of the call connection is detected in the disconnection detection step; and
a measurement return control step of returning to the measurement of the measurement item from a measurement position subsequent to the measurement position where the call connection is disconnected after the reconnection of the call connection.