Title of Invention | "A METHOD OF WIRED CONNECTED MEASURING THE STANDBY TIME OF CDMA MOBILE TERMINAL" |
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Abstract | A method of wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, which relates to mobile communication field, comprises: connecting the CDMA mobile terminal with network emulator, and placing them in the network test environment, then measuring the standby current, voltage and electric quantity at standby time of the mobile terminal (2), thereby calculating the standby time of the mobile terminal (3). This method solves a problem of providing a method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and needs low test environment; and testing is simple and rapidly. |
Full Text | Field of the Invention The present invention relates to mobile communication field, and specially, to a method for measuring the standby time of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile terminal. Background Art With the fast increase of the number of the users who use CDMA network of China Unicom, the problem reported by the terminal users that the standby time and call time of CDMA terminals are relatively short becomes increasingly prominent. Hence, China Unicom made a special research in the hope of finding the basic reason that CDMA terminal consumes too much electric power so as to produce a solution for network optimization and terminal improvement. However, description parameters for simply, economically, and rapidly evaluating the power consuming time of the CDMA terminal in network environment and the technology for measuring the description parameters are still blank. Summary of the Invention One object of the present invention is to provide a method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and the method can simply and rapidly evaluate the description parameters of the power consuming time of a CDMA mobile terminal in emulation network environment and measure the description parameters. In order to achieve the above invention object, the present invention provides a method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and the method comprises the following steps: step 1, creating test environment emulating CDMA network and wired connection measuring condition. In the step, creating the test environment further comprises the following steps: placing a hand phone to be measured and a network emulator in a specified environment which is shielded from outer electromagnetic wave; 2. placing the hand phone to be measured on a test table made from electromagnetic loss materials; 3 connecting the radio frequency port of the hand phone to be measured with one end of a radio frequency cable of low power consumption whose loss is known, and connecting the other end of the radio frequency cable of low power consumption to the CDMA network emulator; 4. setting the mobile terminal to be measured in standby state. During creating the above test environment, qualified original battery is used for the mobile terminal to be measured. A method for creating the environment can further comprise any one of the following steps: if the mobile terminal is a flip hand phone, opening the upper flip to the most extent; or setting the backlight of the mobile terminal to be measured in closed state or in darkest state; or the mobile terminal to be measured is perpendicular to the test table made from of the low electromagnetic loss materials. Step 2, measuring the standby current, voltage, and electric quantity during the standby time of the mobile terminal; the step further comprises the following steps: using external constant voltage power supply as the power supply of the mobile terminal to be measured; 2 setting the mobile terminal in standby work mode, and keeping for ΔTIdle time period; 3 obtaining average standby current IIdle during the ΔTIdIe time period by measuring and calculating; 4. charging the original real battery of the mobile terminal fully with its charger, and then fully discharging at 0.5C at a battery tester; recharging the real battery fully with the charger; and mounting the fully charged real battery on the battery tester, and discharging at a constant current I0,Idle till automatic power off voltage Vt of the mobile terminal to be measured is reached, recording discharging time as T0,Idle then the total discharge of the battery is I0,Idle T0,Idle. Step 3, calculating the standby time TIdIe according to the parameters measured in step 2. This step can further comprise the following step: calculating the standby time according to the equation for measuring the standby time In the present invention, the method for evaluating the standby time of the CDMA mobile terminal in emulating network environment by creating test environment and wired connection measuring condition, measuring average standby current, voltage, and electric quantity during the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and calculating the standby time according to the measured parameters needs low test environment and is simple. Brief Description of the Accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is a schematic view of wired connection measurement of the measuring method in the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic view of main test flows of the measuring method in the present invention. Figure 3 is a test flow view of creating wired connection measuring condition in the measuring method in the present invention. Figure 4 is a test flow view of measuring the standby time in the measuring method in the present invention. Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention The present invention will be further described in detail in connection with the drawings and embodiment for measuring the hand phone. The present embodiment is a method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA hand phone, and the basic idea of the method is as follows: treat the hand phone to be measured as a black box, that is, it does not relate to the inner specific work processes of the hand phone, and then define the test environment of the hand phone including the position for placing the test system. According to the method of the present invention, connect the radio frequency port of the hand phone to be measured (also referred to as terminal connection interface or antenna interface, and hereinafter the same) with one end of the defined radio frequency cable of low power consumption, connect the other end of the radio frequency cable of low power consumption to the CDMA network emulator (also referred to as a CDMA base station emulator or a terminal tester), and create CDMA communication links. Then measure the average standby current, voltage, and the total discharge of the hand phone to be measured in the present environment, and finally calculate the standby time of the hand phone. Figure 1 shows that the connection interface connecting to the RF I/O of CDMA network emulator via the RF cable of low power consumption; setting CDMA network emulator to keep in paging state; starts paging to enter the standby state by the hand phone to be measured, thereby finishing setup of the communication link of the present invention. Figure 2 is a schematic view of the main test flows of the measuring method in the present invention. According to the measuring method of the present invention, measuring the standby time comprises the following steps: create test environment emulating CDMA network and wired connection measuring condition of the hand phone to be measured and the network emulator; 2. measure the average current, voltage and the total discharge of the hand phone to be measured in standby work mode; and 3. calculate the standby time of the hand phone to be measured. Figure 3 is a flow view of creating wired connection measuring condition and test environment according to the measuring method of the present invention. According to the measuring method of the present invention, creating wired connection measuring condition and test environment comprises the following steps: place the hand phone to be measured and the network emulator in a specified environment which is shielded from outer electromagnetic wave, and the electromagnetic wave shielded enclosure is about 3m*3m*2.7m. 2. place the hand phone to be measured vertically on the test table made from the low electromagnetic loss materials; 3 connect the radio frequency port of the hand phone to be measured with one end of a radio frequency cable of low power consumption whose loss is known, and connect the other end of the radio frequency cable of low power consumption to the CDMA network emulator, and the connecting state is shown in Figure 1, the length of the RF connection cable of low power consumption capable of high frequency choke is about 0.5m. 4. set the hand phone to be measured in standby work state; and in the case of a flip hand phone, open the upper flip to the most extent; performance calibration of the network emulator should conform with relevant test regulations. use original and qualified battery for the hand phone to be measured which has not been used more than six months. 7. set a external fixed audio frequency device with audio frequency; 8. set the backlight of the hand phone to be measured in closed state or in darkest state. Figure 4 is a flow view of measuring the standby time according to the measuring method of the present invention. According to the measuring method of the present invention, measuring the standby time of the hand phone comprises the following steps: create wired connection measuring condition as shown in Figure 1: use external constant current power supply connected with a ammeter as the power supply of the hand phone to be measured; and (2) connect the hand phone to be measured with the network emulator through the RF cable of low power consumption. 2. measure the average standby current IIdle of the hand phone: (1) set the mobile terminal in standby work mode, and keep for ΔTIdle hour; (2) calculate the average standby current IIdle during ΔTIdle time period according to the actually measured current. 3. measure the power off voltage Vt (V) of the hand phone to be measured, which conducts test automatically according to a certain search algorithm. 4. measure the total discharge of the original battery of the hand phone to be measured till the power off voltage Vt is reached: (1) use the charger of the hand phone to be measured to fully charge the original battery of the hand phone, and then fully discharge at 0.5C on the battery tester; (2) recharge the real battery fully with the charger; (3) mount the fully charged battery of the hand phone to be measured on the battery tester, and discharge at constant current I0,Idle till the power off voltage Vt is reached, and record the discharging time as T0,Idle , then the total discharge of the battery is I0,Idle T0,Idle; and (4) calculate the standby time TIdle, and Typical parameter values of the standby measuring method as Please note: C refers to the total electric quantity of the battery. For example, C = 400mAh, then in 3rd, the discharging current = 0.5C = 200mA. The present technical solution can be used for, but not limited to, the mobile terminal based on the technology of CDMA, that is, the main steps can also be used for a GSM mobile terminal and a PHS mobile terminal. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is above- described, which cannot be understood as limitation on the protection scope required by the present application, and the protection scope should be determined on the basis of the claims enclosed hereinafter. We claim: 1. A method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: a) creating test environment emulating CDMA network, and wired connection measuring condition between the mobile terminal and a network emulator, the network emulator being a base station emulator; b) measuring the average standby current IIdle, automatic power off voltage Vt , and electric quantity I0,Idle T0,Idle at standby time period of the mobile terminal, wherein I0,Idle is discharging constant current; and T0,Idle is discharging time by using the constant current; and c) calculating standby time period TIdle according to the parameters of the mobile terminal measured in step b); wherein in the step c), the equation for measuring standby time TIdle is: 2. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step a) comprises the following steps: 1) placing the mobile terminal to be measured and a network emulator in a specified environment which is shielded from outer electromagnetic wave; 2) placing the mobile terminal to be measured on a test table made from low electromagnetic loss materials; 3) connecting the radio frequency port of the mobile terminal to be measured with one end of a radio frequency cable of low power consumption whose loss is known, and connecting the other end of the radio frequency cable of low power consumption to the CDMA network emulator; and 4) setting the mobile terminal to be measured in standby work state. 3. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in the step 4), if the mobile terminal to be measured is a flip CDMA hand phone, opening its upper flip to the most extent. 4. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the mobile terminal to be measured is equipped with qualified battery of the mobile terminal. 5. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, if the mobile terminal to be measured is a CDMA hand phone, setting the backlight of the hand phone to be measured in closed state or in the darkest state. 6. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein, placing the CDMA mobile terminal to be measured vertically on the test table made from the low electromagnetic loss materials. 7. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step b) comprises the following steps: 1) using an external constant voltage power supply as power supply for the mobile terminal to be measured; 2) setting the mobile terminal in standby work mode and keeping it for ΔTIdle time period; 3) obtaining average standby current IIdle during ΔTIdle time period by measuring and calculating; 8. The method for wired connection measuring standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step b) comprises the following steps: 1) using a charger of the mobile terminal to be measured to fully charge the qualified battery, and then fully discharging at 0.5C on a battery tester; 2) recharging the real battery fully with the charger; 3) mounting the fully charged real battery on the battery tester, and discharging at constant current I0,Idle till automatic power off voltage Vt of the mobile terminal to be measured is reached, and recording discharging time as T0,Idle , then the total discharge of the battery can be I0,Idle T0,ldle ABSTRACT METHOD FOR WIRED CONNECTION MEASURING THE STANDBY TIME OF A CDMA MOBILE TERMINAL A method of wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, which relates to mobile communication field, comprises: connecting the CDMA mobile terminal with network emulator, and placing them in the network test environment, then measuring the standby current, voltage and electric quantity at standby time of the mobile terminal (2), thereby calculating the standby time of the mobile terminal (3). This method solves a problem of providing a method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, and needs low test environment; and testing is simple and rapidly. |
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Patent Number | 258521 | ||||||||||||
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Indian Patent Application Number | 557/KOLNP/2007 | ||||||||||||
PG Journal Number | 03/2014 | ||||||||||||
Publication Date | 17-Jan-2014 | ||||||||||||
Grant Date | 16-Jan-2014 | ||||||||||||
Date of Filing | 14-Feb-2007 | ||||||||||||
Name of Patentee | YARNTON TECHNOLOGIES LLC | ||||||||||||
Applicant Address | 2711 CENTERVILLE ROAD,SUITE 400,CITY OF WILMINGTON,COUNTRY OF NEW CASTLE,DE 19801,U.S.A | ||||||||||||
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PCT International Classification Number | H04Q 7/34 | ||||||||||||
PCT International Application Number | PCT/CN2005/000229 | ||||||||||||
PCT International Filing date | 2005-02-25 | ||||||||||||
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