Patent ID: 7349692
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. Mobile communications equipment for connecting to a mobile communications device for testing a digital mobile phone network, said mobile communications equipment comprising: a mobile communications device driver having a traffic input for driving traffic to said mobile communications device and a traffic output for outputting a traffic received from said mobile communications device; a test traffic supply to supply test traffic; a traffic parameter measurer configured to receive an input from said device driver traffic output and to provide traffic parameter measurement data representing a measured traffic parameter; a combiner having a first input to receive said test traffic and a second input to receive said traffic parameter measurement data, said combiner being configured to create a test traffic thread comprising said test traffic in which is embedded said traffic parameter measurement data such that said test traffic thread makes said embedded data available at an interface of said digital mobile phone network remote from said mobile communications device, said combiner having an output to output said test traffic thread to said traffic input of said device driver; and a mobile station interface to connect said mobile communication equipment to said digital mobile phone network; wherein, in operation, the equipment is adapted to output said test traffic thread comprising a combination of test traffic for testing said digital mobile phone network and traffic parameter measurement data to said mobile communications device, said traffic parameter measurement data representing a measured parameter of traffic received from said digital mobile phone network via said mobile communications device as a response to said test traffic.