US 12,120,631 B2 · Unmanned vehicle-assisted testing

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for network testing. In one embodiment, a method in an unmanned vehicle includes controlling a movement of the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE according to a testing location algorithm, the testing location algorithm comprising moving the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE to at least one candidate testing location, determining at least one measurement value at the at least one candidate testing location and determining a reference location based at least in part on the determined at least one measurement value. In another embodiment, a method in a network node initiating a launch of at least one unmanned vehicle of a plurality the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE to at least one candidate testing of unmanned vehicles, each of the at least one unmanned vehicle moving one of the plurality of UEs to a reference location, each reference location corresponding to a testing location.

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Dependent claims

A method performed by an unmanned vehicle for wireless network testing, the unmanned vehicle configured to transport a user equipment, UE, the UE being configured to communicate over a wireless network, the method comprising:

controlling a movement of the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE according to a testing location algorithm to identify a testing location for testing communication of the UE, the testing location algorithm comprising moving the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE to at least one candidate testing location, determining at least one measurement value at the at least one candidate testing location and determining a reference location based at least in part on the determined at least one measurement value.

An unmanned vehicle for wireless network testing, the unmanned vehicle configured to transport a user equipment, UE, the UE being configured to communicate over a wireless network, the unmanned vehicle comprising processing circuitry configured to cause the unmanned vehicle to:

control a movement of the unmanned vehicle, carrying a user equipment, UE, according to a testing location algorithm to identify a testing location for testing communication of the UE over a wireless network, the testing location algorithm comprising moving the unmanned vehicle carrying the UE to at least one candidate testing location, determining at least one measurement value at the at least one candidate testing location and determining a reference location based at least in part on the determined at least one measurement value.

A method performed by a network node configured to test wireless communication with a plurality of user equipments, UEs, the method comprising:

initiating a launch of at least one unmanned vehicle of a plurality of unmanned vehicles, each of the at least one unmanned vehicle moving one of the plurality of UEs to a reference location, each reference location corresponding to a testing location for testing wireless communication between the network node and a respective UE;
as a result of determining that each of the plurality of UEs have been moved to each reference location by each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles, communicating test traffic to each of the plurality of UEs at the respective reference location;
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measuring at least one test parameter associated with the communication of the test traffic to each of the plurality of UEs, wherein the initiating the launch of the at least one unmanned vehicle further comprises:
initiating the launch of each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles to move a corresponding one of the plurality of UEs to a center location of a beam, each one of the plurality of UEs being moved to a center location of a different beam in a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output environment.

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A network node configured to test wireless communication with a plurality of user equipments, UEs, the network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

initiate a launch of at least one unmanned vehicle of a plurality of unmanned vehicles, each of the at least one unmanned vehicle moving one of the plurality of UEs to a reference location, each reference location corresponding to a testing location for testing wireless communication between the network node and a respective UE;
as a result of determining that each of the plurality of UEs have been moved to each reference location by each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles, communicate test traffic to each of the plurality of UEs at the respective reference location;
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measure at least one test parameter associated with the communication of the test traffic to each of the plurality of UEs, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to initiate the launch of the at least one unmanned vehicle by being configured to:
initiate the launch of each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles to move a corresponding one of the plurality of UEs to a center location of a beam, each one of the plurality of UEs being moved to a center location of a different beam in a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output environment.

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