Patent ID: 8731493

Claim:
A method for performing wireless tests on a device under test using a wireless local area network tester that wirelessly communicates with the device under test over a wireless link, comprising: when the wireless link has a first quality, capturing a first set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at a given data rate; when the wireless link has a second quality that is lower than the first quality, capturing a second set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at the given data rate; and analyzing the captured first and second sets of ACK codes with a common test template in the wireless local area network tester, wherein the device under test uses a data rate table that directs the second set of ACK codes to be transmitted from the device under test to the wireless local area network tester at the given data rate even when the second quality is substantially lower than the first quality and wherein capturing the second set of ACK codes comprises: capturing the second set of ACK codes in the wireless local area network tester that have been transmitted from the device under test at the given data rate as directed by the data rate table.