Patent ID: 6934670

Claim:
A method of evaluating performance of a test environment and an actual electronic device during testing of the actual electronic device, said method comprising: creating a virtual test environment emulating an actual test environment in which the actual electronic device is to be tested, wherein the actual test environment is meant to emulate the actual electronic device in an environment where the actual electronic device will ordinarily be used; implanting a virtual device emulating the actual electronic device into the virtual test environment; stimulating the virtual device with an input test signal emulating an actual input signal to be applied to the actual electronic device during testing; determining, in the virtual test environment, an indication of a signal transmission time of the actual electronic device in the actual test environment; determining, in the virtual test environment, an indication of a signal transmission time of the actual electronic device in the environment where the actual electronic device will ordinarily be used; and evaluating the integrity of the input test signal and a resulting output signal from the virtual device based on the determined indication of the signal transmission time of the actual electronic device in the actual test environment and the determined indication of the signal transmission time of the actual electronic device in the environment where the actual electronic device will ordinarily be used.