Patent ID: 8780735

Claim:
A method for testing a plurality of channels associated with a forward link in a wireless data communication system, comprising: receiving a first message having included therein test settings selected from among a plurality of possible test settings for one or more channels comprising a reverse traffic channel, one or more auxiliary channels, or a combination thereof, wherein the test settings selected comprise indications for configuring the reverse traffic channel, one or more auxiliary channels, or a combination thereof and indications of loop back packet transmission procedures to be performed during testing; configuring the one or more channels based on the selected test settings in the first message; receiving test packets via a forward traffic channel; transmitting loop back packets via the reverse traffic channel if indicated by the selected test settings, wherein the loop back packets comprise data for the received test packets, wherein each loop back packet further comprises a record for each test packet correctly received during a particular time interval, and wherein at least one loop back packet includes a field indicative of whether any loop back packets were lost due to buffer overflow; and transmitting signaling data via the one or more auxiliary channels if indicated by the selected test settings to test the one or more auxiliary channels.