Patent ID: 8295777

Claim:
A system for testing handoff of a wireless communication device, the system comprising: a radio frequency (RF) test chamber defining an enclosure having an internal wall that partially separates a first portion of the enclosure from a second portion of the enclosure but that leaves space for a wireless communication device to be moved within the enclosure from a first position in the first portion to a second position in the second portion; a first RF antenna arrangement that radiates within the first portion to define a first coverage area, wherein the first coverage area spans the first portion and extends beyond the internal wall into just part of the second portion; a second RF antenna arrangement that radiates within the second portion to define a second coverage area, wherein the second coverage area spans the second portion and extends beyond the internal wall into just part of the first portion, thereby overlapping in part with the first coverage area; a transport mechanism operable to move the wireless communication device along a path within the chamber from the first position to the second position; and a control system that controls the transport mechanism's movement of the wireless communication device along the path, that controls RF emission by the first RF antenna arrangement and by the second RF antenna arrangement, and that detects when the wireless communication device hands off from the first coverage area to the second coverage area as the wireless device is moved along the path.