Radio interference test setup and method
AssigneeRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMahmud Naseef
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Abstract
The present invention relates to radio interference test systems and a radio interference test method for live recording and replaying RF inferences from the air. The present disclosure provides an easily deployable RF interference test setup for testing interference robustness or problematic interferers in particular in the approach to an airport or an airport runway. The present invention is based on the idea to employ specific non-commercial aerial vehicles, such as drones or aerial test vehicles, which are equipment with a suitable test equipment in order to be able to follow an approach path or flight path of a commercial plane for testing purposes.
Claims20
A radio interference test system configured to record lively and to replay radio frequency, RF, inferences from air, the radio interference test system comprising:
- an aerial vehicle that is either an unmanned aerial vehicle or a test aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle comprising a radio communication infrastructure;
- a radio device which is configured to request for a wireless communication connection to the radio communication infrastructure;
- a test environment which is configured to live record and replay the RF inferences from the air, the test environment comprising:
- an RF waveform recorder arranged within the aerial vehicle wherein the RF waveform recorder is configured to receive the RF interferences generated by the radio communication infrastructure in response to the request for the wireless communication connection and wherein the RF waveform recorder is further configured to record a RF waveform from the RF interferences received;
- a memory device which is configured to store an information which comprises the recorded RF waveform,
- wherein the radio communication infrastructure is an emulated communication infrastructure that is configured to emulate the radio communication infrastructure at a location of an airport.
A radio interference test system configured to record radio frequency, RF, inferences lively along a flight path, the radio interference test system comprising:
- an aerial vehicle that is either an unmanned aerial vehicle or a test aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle comprising a radio communication infrastructure;
- a RF waveform recorder that is configured for arrangement within the aerial vehicle and the RF waveform recorder is further configured to match a capacity limit of the aerial vehicle,
- a memory device which is configured to store an information which comprises a recorded RF waveform;
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- a radio device which is configured to request for a wireless connection to the radio communication infrastructure,
- wherein the communication infrastructure is an emulated radio frequency communication infrastructure that is configured to emulate the radio frequency communication infrastructure at a location of an airport.
A radio interference test method for live recording and replaying radio frequency, RF, inferences from air, the radio interference test method comprising:
- providing an aerial vehicle that is either an unmanned aerial vehicle or a test aerial vehicle, the aerial vehicle comprising a radio communication infrastructure;
- establishing a wireless communication connection to the radio communication infrastructure using a radio device;
- live recording and replaying the RF inferences from the air, comprising:
- receiving RF interferences generated by the radio communication infrastructure in response to a request for the wireless communication connection;
- recording a RF waveform from the RF interferences received;
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- storing an information which comprises a recorded RF waveform,
- wherein the communication infrastructure is an emulated radio frequency communication infrastructure that is configured to emulate the radio frequency communication infrastructure at a location of an airport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.