Patent ID: 8315655

Claim:
A testing system using a mobile phone as a test system component, comprising: a computer system; a memory coupled to the computer system; a mobile phone, wherein the mobile phone comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, and a data interface, wherein the mobile phone is coupled to the computer system via the data interface; a second mobile phone, wherein the second mobile phone comprises a radio transceiver, a processor, and a second data interface, wherein the second mobile phone is coupled to the computer system via the second data interface; and an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the computer system, establishes a communication link with a wireless network via the mobile phone, based on a test script, directs the mobile phone to generate a plurality of wireless network events via the communication link, retrieves information from the mobile phone about the wireless network events, analyzes the information about the plurality of wireless network events, wherein the application analyzes the information about the plurality of wireless network events to determine at least one of a dropped call frequency metric and a call connection time metric, and presents the analysis results, wherein the application further establishes a second communication link with the wireless network via the second mobile phone and, based on the test script, directs the second mobile phone to generate a second plurality of wireless network events via the second communication link.