Apparatus for testing isolation status in outdoor RF repeater and method thereof

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and method for testing an isolation status in an RF repeater that is installed to provide a service to a shadow area. The method for testing the isolation status in the RF repeater comprises the steps of: detecting a first uplink output level by shutting off a downlink of the RF repeater and setting a maximum gain value of an uplink from a mobile terminal at a central processing unit; setting a gain value of the uplink to become higher than the maximum gain value and detecting a second uplink output level form the mobile terminal; displaying a state that an isolation of the RF repeater is ensured to the outside when a difference value between the second uplink output level and the first uplink output level is smaller than a preset difference value (a maximum value allowing the isolation to be ensured) stored in a central processing unit of an existing RF repeater; and displaying a state that an isolation of the RF repeater is not ensured to the outside when the difference value is larger than the stored difference value. As a consequence, the isolation status in the RF repeater installed in the shadow area can be easily tested without any help of special equipments.

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