A novel approach to reproduce GSM field tests in a controlled laboratory environment

Author

Joanni, H. ; Riemann, A.I. ; Wieker, H.

Author_Institution

CEGECOM S.A, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2379

Abstract

To date, a GSM mobile station (MS) only had to be tested for conformity against the ETSI 300 607-1. This involved more than 300 tests for each frequency band, but field testing was not included. With the deregulation of the European mobile communications market, mandatory conformance testing has been abolished, thus enabling the introduction of a new certification scheme by the GSM Certification Forum (GCF), which makes field testing mandatory. This paper presents a new method to implement verifiable and repeatable GSM field tests in a controlled environment using a novel test system. A comparison of 10 GSM MS under 10 different traffic conditions was performed and statistically evaluated

Keywords

cellular radio; telecommunication equipment testing; test facilities; ETSI 300 607-1; European mobile communications market deregulation; GSM Certification Forum; GSM mobile stations; conformity testing; controlled laboratory environment; frequency band; mandatory field testing; statistical evaluation; traffic conditions; Certification; Communication system control; Control systems; Frequency; GSM; Performance evaluation; Quality of service; System testing; Telecommunication standards; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6728-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2001.944026

Filename

944026