METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOTAL ISOTROPIC SENSITIVITY USING RSSI MEASUREMENTS FOR WIMAX DEVICE CERTIFICATION

摘要

Embodiments of a system and method of determining total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) of a wireless broadband client device are described herein. A received signal strength indicator (RSSI) reported at an embedded radio module of the device is logged for each of a plurality of antenna polarizations and for each of a plurality of platform orientations. A single point measurement of module sensitivity is performed at a reference orientation and polarization the transmit antenna. The TIS is calculated as a correction to the single point measurement of module sensitivity. A correction factor to correct the TIS may be based on the difference between an average of the logged RSSIs and an RSSI at the reference orientation and polarization of the transmit antenna.