BEACON DETECTION STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR INTERFERENCE TESTING

摘要

A receiver is provided that receives signals from a device under test (DUT) for one or more modes of operation. For each mode, the system detects beacon transmission signals from the DUT, and counts the number of beacons for a period of time. If the count is not consistent with an expected count, e.g. a stored value, the system may preferably provide an output to indicate that there is a problem with the DUT. If the count is consistent with the expected count, the system may preferably perform further testing for other modes of operation. If the count output of the DUT is consistent with expected counts over each of the operation modes, the system may provide an indication that the DUT has passed the beacon tests.

主权项

1. A process, comprising the steps of:
providing a device comprising a cable modem radio module and a Wi-Fi radio module, wherein Wi-Fi radio module is configured to transmit a periodic series of beacon pulses over a Wi-Fi radio band; placing the device in proximity to an amplitude modulation (AM) receiver; operating the device in at least one mode; receiving a wireless transmission from the device at the receiver; counting the beacon pulses associated with the received wireless transmission for at least one period of time; determining if the count is consistent with an expected count for the at least one period of time; and providing an output that is responsive to the determination.