Patent ID: 8060077

Claim:
A method for function testing of a base station system for a wireless communication system, where the base station system comprises at least two antennas and at least two transceivers, and the antennas are intended to cover the same coverage area, said method comprising: selecting a first transceiver in the base station system to send broadcast messages and not traffic channel messages during a first time period; selecting a second transceiver in the base station system to send traffic channel messages and not broadcast messages during the first time period; selecting the second transceiver in the base station system to send broadcast messages and not traffic channel messages during a second time period, wherein the first and second time periods alternately repeat in time; selecting the first transceiver in the base station system to send traffic channel messages and not broadcast messages during the second time period; and measuring performance of the base station system using the sent messages at each of the first and second time periods to determine if there is at least one unacceptable malfunction in the base station system.