# US 12,009,871 B2 · Test instrument for 5G CPE antenna installation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,871 B2 - Document ID: US12009871B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/098,302 - Filed: 2023-01-18 - Published: 2023-07-20 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-06 - Assignees: Viavi Solutions Inc. - Applicants: Viavi Solutions Inc. - Inventors: Scott Roy Pettygrove; Hans Joerg Wolf; Karthik Subramanian - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009871B2 ## CPC - H04B 17/101: {for measurement of specific parameters of the transmitter or components thereof} - G08B 7/06: using electric transmission {, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources} - G10K 15/04: Sound-producing devices (G10K15/02 takes precedence) - H04L 12/10: Current supply arrangements - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04S 1/007: {in which the audio signals are in digital form (data reduction aspects thereof based on psychoacoustics G10L19/02)} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04S 7/302: {Electronic adaptation of stereophonic sound system to listener position or orientation (H04S7/301 takes precedence)} - H04B: TRANSMISSION - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G10K: SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS ## Abstract Disclosed are a test instrument and testing methods for audibly providing signal metrics (such as signal strength and/or signal quality) of fifth-generation network (5G) beams to assist installation of 5G Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna at a premises. A test instrument may obtain signal metrics and provide audio output based on the signal metrics at various locations of the premises. The audio output may be transmitted to a headphone device worn by a user or a speaker. In this manner, the user may select an appropriate location on the premises at which to install the 5G CPE antenna via audible queues that are based on the measured signal metric at a given location. The test instrument may provide fine-tuning capabilities by also audibly providing directional information that indicates where the 5G CPE antenna should be pointed or moved to align the 5G CPE antenna to a 5G beam. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A test instrument, comprising: a radio transceiver to wirelessly transmit audio to a remote audio device; a power supply; a Power over Ethernet (PoE) controller to control power to be provided, from the power supply, to an external fifth-generation network (5G) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna remote from the test instrument, the 5G CPE antenna to be installed at a specific location on a premises that is to receive 5G services; and a 5G signal tester to: obtain a signal metric of a 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises, wherein the signal metric varies based on a signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna depending on where the 5G CPE antenna is located on the premises; generate an audio output having a particular tone that varies based on the varying signal metric of the 5G beam, wherein the particular tone of the audio output indicates the signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises; and transmit, via the radio transceiver, the audio output having the particular tone to the remote audio device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein to generate the audio output, the 5G signal tester is further to: generate a number of tones based on the varying signal metric, wherein the audio output comprises a first tone corresponding to a first range of signal metric values and a second tone corresponding to a second range of signal metric values, wherein the particular tone of the audio output is the first tone or the second tone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The test instrument of claim 2, wherein to generate the number of tones, the 5G signal tester is further to generate the number of tones at periodic intervals. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein to generate the audio output, the 5G signal tester is further to: generate a type of tone based on the varying signal metric, wherein the audio output comprises a first type of tone corresponding to a first range of signal metric values and a second type of tone corresponding to a second range of signal metric values, wherein the particular tone of the audio output is the first type or the second type of tone. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: determine directional information that indicates a direction in which the 5G CPE antenna is turned at the specific location of the premises to align the 5G CPE antenna with the 5G beam; and provide the directional information as a second audio output. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The test instrument of claim 5, wherein the direction in which the 5G CPE antenna is turned comprises either a left direction or a right direction, and wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: generate the second audio output as a stereo output in which a directional tone is provided on a left stereo channel to indicate that the 5G CPE antenna is turned in the left direction and a same or different directional tone is provided on a right stereo channel to indicate that the 5G CPE antenna is turned in the right direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The test instrument of claim 5, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to provide the directional information as a visual output. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to provide a visual output based on the varying signal metric. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The test instrument of claim 8, wherein the visual output is provided to a remote apparatus connected to the test instrument. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: obtain a listing of available 5G base stations that provide the 5G services to the premises; and access a selection of an available 5G base station from the list of available 5G base stations, wherein the varying signal metric is measured for 5G beam from the selected available 5G base station. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: obtain a listing of available 5G beams from one or more 5G base stations that provide the 5G services to the premises; and access a selection of an available 5G beam from the list of available 5G beams, wherein the varying signal metric is measured for the selected available 5G beam. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: receive identifications of each of a plurality of locations of the premises at which to measure signal metrics of 5G beams; and store respective signal metrics of the 5G beams with corresponding locations among the plurality of locations. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, wherein the remote audio device comprises a wireless headphone device or a remote apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, further comprising: an Ethernet tester to test, after installation of the 5G CPE antenna, the 5G services provided to the premises via the 5G CPE antenna over an Ethernet connection of the premises. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The test instrument of claim 1, further comprising: a wireless fidelity (WiFi) tester to test, after installation of the 5G CPE antenna, the 5G services provided to the premises via the 5G CPE antenna over a WiFi connection of the premises. ### Claim 16 A fifth-generation network (5G) test instrument comprising: a portable power supply to supply power to an external 5G Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna remote from the 5G test instrument, the 5G CPE antenna to be installed at a specific location on a premises; and a 5G signal tester to: measure signal strength of a 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises, wherein the signal strength of the 5G beam varies depending on where the 5G CPE antenna is located on the premises; and generate audio output having a particular tone that varies based on the varying signal strength of the 5G beam, wherein the particular tone of the audio output indicates the signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The 5G test instrument of claim 16, wherein the 5G signal tester is further to: determine directional information that indicates a direction in which to move the 5G CPE antenna to align the 5G CPE antenna with the 5G beam; and provide the directional information as a second audio output. ### Claim 18 A method of measuring and audibly indicating a signal metric of a fifth-generation network (5G) beam, comprising: measuring, by a test instrument, the signal metric of the 5G beam received by a 5G Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna at a specific location on a premises, wherein the signal metric of the 5G beam varies based on a signal strength of the 5G beam depending on where the 5G CPE antenna is located on the premises; generating, by the test instrument, an audio output having a particular tone that varies based on the signal metric of the 5G beam, wherein the particular tone of the audio output indicates the signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises; and transmitting, by the test instrument, the audio output having the particular tone to a speaker or a headphone device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the measuring of the signal metric of the 5G beam comprises measuring of the signal metric of the 5G beam for each location of a plurality of locations at which the 5G CPE antenna is to be potentially installed on the premises, and the method further comprises: storing, by the test instrument, beam measurement information, comprising the signal metric and a location identifier, for each location of the plurality of locations; and transmitting, by the test instrument, the beam measurement information for each location of the plurality of locations to a remote apparatus for display. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, the method further comprising: determining, by the test instrument, directional information that indicates a direction in which the 5G CPE antenna is moved to align the 5G CPE antenna with the 5G beam; generating, by the test instrument, a second audio output based on the directional information; and transmitting, by the test instrument, the second audio output to the speaker or the headphone device.