Testing a station's response to non-compliant wireless communication
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsMitesh K. Desai, David C. Harding
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Abstract
A controllable and/or configurable device that communicates wirelessly with a station may be used to test the station. For example, the device may be configured to communicate in multiple different wireless communication modes. As another example, the device may be controlled to engage in wireless communications that do not comply with the communication standard, e.g., IEEE standard 802.11. As a further example, the device may be controlled to reduce the strength of the wireless signal that is transmitted. The station's response to the wireless communication may be evaluated.
Claims20
A method of evaluating a station configured to communicate with at least one access point in accordance with a wireless communication standard, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) transmitting information about an execution of a test between a first device and the station over a first communication path;
- (B) controlling the first device to engage in wireless communication over a second communication path with the station in a manner that does not comply with the wireless communication standard;
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- (C) comparing actions performed by the station in response to the wireless communication that does not comply with the communication standard to actions that should have been performed by the station in response to the wireless communication that does not comply with the communication standard.
At least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions encoded thereon that, when executed, perform acts of a method of evaluating a station configured to communicate with at least one access point in accordance with a wireless communication standard, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) controlling a first device to engage in wireless communication with the station in a manner that does not comply with the wireless communication standard;
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- (B) comparing actions performed by the station in response to the wireless communication that does not comply with the communication standard to actions that should have been performed by the station in response to the wireless communication that does not comply with the communication standard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.