Patent ID: 8509700

Claim:
A method for testing a mobile radio device with a plurality of antennas the method comprising: generating a test signal by a signal generation unit of a test equipment, including a preset transmission schedule, the preset transmission schedule defining a use of the plurality of antennas for a response signal to the test signal; transmitting the test signal to a mobile radio device to be tested; receiving the test signal by the mobile radio device; evaluating the test signal by the mobile radio device; generating the response signal by the mobile radio device; transmitting the response signal using one of the plurality of antennas determined based on the preset transmission schedule; receiving the response signal by the test equipment; determining a transmission schedule used by the mobile radio device for the response signal by comparing signal components incoming at each of a plurality of ports, wherein the test equipment comprises the plurality of ports, each port in the test equipment being connected to one of the plurality of antennas of the mobile radio device; and evaluating the received response signal.