The following example is based on an FTAP data connection for subtype 0 physical layer test. The general procedure is also applicable to the test based on an FETAP data connection. See Control Program Examples for the comprehensive test programs.
10 ! 3.2.1 Demodulation of Forward Traffic Channel in AWGN, 20 ! This programming example assumes the access terminal 30 ! is connected to the test set and in an FTAP data connection. 40 ! 50 Testset=714 60 OPTION BASE 1 70 DIM Awgn_per_data$(18,3)[12] 80 ! Declare array to hold data AWGN PER test 90 ! 100 DISP "Testing Demod of Traffic Channel in AWGN" 110 ! 120 !***Set up test parameters*** 130 ! 140 Ior=-55 150 ! Cell power for test 160 ! 170 !***Set up measurement parameters*** 180 ! 190 Max_packets=10000 200 ! Maximum packets 210 ! 220 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:COUNT ";Max_packets 230 ! Set MAXIMUM PACKETS for test 240 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONTINUOUS OFF" 250 ! Set measurement to single trigger 260 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:TIMEOUT 25" 270 ! Set measurement timeout to 25 s 280 ! 290 !***Set test conditions*** 300 ! 310 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPLICATION:ATDPACKETS 50" 320 ! Set AT Directed Packets to 50% 330 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW ";Ior 340 ! Set cell power for test 341 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:MS:PDRop 28" 342 ! Set Pilot Drop to -14 dB 343 GOSUB Ftap_connect 344 ! After setting Pilot Drop, connection will be dropped. 345 ! Must re-establish the FTAP connection using proper sub-routine. 350 ! 360 ! Read test data into array. 370 ! Values are Ioc (AWGN), FTAP data rate, and PER requirement for 380 ! 18 tests (C.S0033 tests 6 and 10 are not performed because 390 ! settings are duplicates) 400 ! 410 RESTORE 420 DATA -70.4,"S01K2458",1,-68.4,"S01K2458",1,-65.8,"S01K1843",1 430 DATA -65.1,"S01K1843",1,-60.9,"S02K1229",3,-61.0,"S02K1229",.5 440 DATA -58.1,"S02B921600",3,-58.2,"S02B921600",.5,-60.5,"S01K1229",1 450 DATA -55.5,"S02B614400",1,-52.5,"S04B307200",1,-55.6,"S01B614400",5 460 DATA -55.7,"S01B614400",1,-55.8,"S01B614400",.5,-52.5,"S02B307200",1 470 DATA -49.4,"S04B153600",1,-46.4,"S08B76800",1,-43.6,"S16B38400",1 480 ! 490 READ Awgn_per_data$(*) 500 ! 510 CLEAR SCREEN 520 ! 530 FOR I=1 TO 18 540 ! Loop to set parameters and measure PER for 18 tests 550 ! 560 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONF:REQ "&Awgn_per_data$(I,3) 570 ! Set CONFIDENCE LIMIT 580 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPLICATION:FTAP:DRATE "&Awgn_per_data$(I,2) 590 ! Set FTAP data rate 600 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:AWGN:POW "&Awgn_per_data$(I,1) 610 ! Set AWGN POWER level 620 WAIT .1 630 ! 640 !***Obtain measurement results*** 650 ! 660 OUTPUT Testset;"INITIATE:CPERROR" 670 ! Initiate a packet error rate measurement 680 DISP "Measuring PER" 690 OUTPUT Testset;"FETCh:CPERROR?" 700 ! Query the test set for packet error rate results 710 ENTER Testset;Integrity,Per_test,Per_ratio,Per_count,Packets_tested 720 ! 730 SELECT Per_test 740 ! Assign pass/fail results to a string 750 CASE 0 760 Pass_fail$="PASS" 770 CASE 1 780 Pass_fail$="FAIL" 790 CASE 2 800 Pass_fail$="MAX PACKETS" 810 CASE 3 820 Pass_fail$="UNKNOWN" 830 END SELECT 840 ! 850 !***Print measurement results*** 860 ! 870 PRINT 880 PRINT "Results PER with AWGN, "&Awgn_per_data$(I,2)&" Rate" 890 PRINT 900 PRINT "Integrity indicator = ",Integrity 910 PRINT "PER Test Results = ",Pass_fail$ 920 PRINT "PER Ratio (%) = ",Per_ratio 930 PRINT "PER Errors Count (Packets) = ",Per_count 940 PRINT "Packets Tested = ",Packets_tested 950 PRINT 960 ! 970 NEXT I 980 ! 990 PRINT "PER with AWGN Tests Complete" 1000 ! 1010 !***Post test clean up*** 1020 ! 1030 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:AWGN:POW:STATE OFF" 1040 ! Turn off AWGN 1050 OUTPUT Testset;"INIT:CPER:OFF" 1060 ! Turn off PER measurement 1070 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW -55" 1080 ! Set cell power back to normal level 1090 DISP "" 1100 ! 1110 END
10 ! 3.3.1 Receiver Sensitivity 20 ! This programming example assumes the access terminal 30 ! is connected to the test set and in a 307.2 kbps 40 ! (2-slot version) FTAP data connection. 50 ! 60 Testset=714 70 ! 80 DISP "Testing Receiver Sensitivity" 90 ! 100 !***Set up test parameters*** 110 ! 120 Ior=-105.5 130 ! Cell power for sensitivity test 140 ! 150 !***Set up measurement parameters*** 160 ! 170 Max_packets=10000 180 ! Maximum packets 190 Conf_limit=.5 200 ! 0.5% confidence limit 210 ! 220 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:COUNT ";Max_packets 230 ! Set MAXIMUM PACKETS FOR TEST 240 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONF:REQ ";Conf_limit 250 ! Set CONFIDENCE LIMIT 260 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONTINUOUS OFF" 270 ! Set measurement to single trigger 280 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:TIMEOUT 10" 290 ! Set mesurement timeout to 10 s 300 ! 310 !***Set test conditions*** 320 ! 330 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPLICATION:ATDPACKETS 50" 340 ! Set AT Directed Packets to 50% 350 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW ";Ior 360 ! Set Cell Power for Test 370 WAIT .5 380 ! Settling time for access terminal power to slew 390 ! 400 !***Obtain measurement results*** 410 ! 420 OUTPUT Testset;"INITIATE:CPERROR" 430 ! Initiate a packet error rate measurement 440 DISP "Measuring PER" 450 OUTPUT Testset;"FETCh:CPERROR?" 460 ! Query the test set for packet error rate measurement results 470 ENTER Testset;Integrity,Per_test,Per_ratio,Per_count,Packets_tested 480 ! 490 SELECT Per_test 500 ! Assign pass/fail results to a string 510 CASE 0 520 Pass_fail$="PASS" 530 CASE 1 540 Pass_fail$="FAIL" 550 CASE 2 560 Pass_fail$="MAX PACKETS" 570 CASE 3 580 Pass_fail$="UNKNOWN" 590 END SELECT 600 ! 610 !***Print measurement results*** 620 ! 630 CLEAR SCREEN 640 PRINT "Sensitivity Test Results:" 650 PRINT 660 PRINT "Integrity Indicator = ",Integrity 670 PRINT "PER Test Result = ",Pass_fail$ 680 PRINT "PER Ratio (%) = ",Per_ratio 690 PRINT "PER Error Count (Packets) = ",Per_count 700 PRINT "Packets Tested = ",Packets_tested 710 PRINT 720 PRINT "Sensitivity Test complete" 730 ! 740 !***Post test clean up*** 750 ! 760 OUTPUT Testset;"INIT:CPER:OFF" 770 ! Turn off PER measurement 780 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW -55" 790 ! Set cell power back to normal level 800 DISP "" 810 ! 820 END
10 ! 3.3.1 Dynamic Range 20 ! This programming example assumes the access terminal 30 ! is connected to the test set and in a 2457.6 kbps 40 ! (1-slot version) FTAP data connection. 50 ! 60 Testset=714 70 ! 80 DISP "Testing Dynamic Range" 90 ! 100 !***Set up test parameters*** 110 ! 120 Ior=-25 130 ! Level for dynamic range test 140 ! 150 !***Set up measurement parameters*** 160 ! 170 Max_packets=10000 180 ! Maximum packets 190 Conf_limit=.5 200 ! 0.5% confidence limit 210 ! 220 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:COUNT ";Max_packets 230 ! Set MAXIMUM PACKETS FOR TEST 240 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONF:REQ ";Conf_limit 250 ! Set CONFIDENCE LIMIT 260 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:CONTINUOUS OFF" 270 ! Set measurement to single trigger 280 OUTPUT Testset;"SETUP:CPERROR:TIMEOUT 10" 290 ! Set measurement timeout to 10 s 300 ! 310 !***Set test conditions*** 320 ! 330 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPLICATION:ATDPACKETS 50" 340 ! Set AT Directed Packets to 50% 350 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW ";Ior 360 ! Set Cell Power for Test 370 WAIT .5 380 ! Settling time for access terminal power to slew 390 ! 400 !***Obtain measurement results*** 410 ! 420 OUTPUT Testset;"INITIATE:CPERROR" 430 ! Initiate a packet error rate measurement 440 DISP "Measuring PER" 450 OUTPUT Testset;"FETCh:CPERROR?" 460 ! Query the test set for packet error rate measurement results 470 ENTER Testset;Integrity,Per_test,Per_ratio,Per_count,Packets_tested 480 ! 490 SELECT Per_test 500 ! Assign pass/fail results to a string 510 CASE 0 520 Pass_fail$="PASS" 530 CASE 1 540 Pass_fail$="FAIL" 550 CASE 2 560 Pass_fail$="MAX PACKETS" 570 CASE 3 580 Pass_fail$="UNKNOWN" 590 END SELECT 600 ! 610 !***Print measurement results*** 620 ! 630 CLEAR SCREEN 640 PRINT "Dynamic Range Test Results:" 650 PRINT 660 PRINT "Integrity Indicator = ",Integrity 670 PRINT "PER Test Results = ",Pass_fail$ 680 PRINT "PER Ratio (%) = ",Per_ratio 690 PRINT "PER Errors Count (Packets) = ",Per_count 700 PRINT "Packets Tested = ",Packets_tested 710 PRINT 720 PRINT "Dynamic Range Test complete" 730 ! 740 !***Post test clean up*** 750 ! 760 OUTPUT Testset;"INIT:CPER:OFF" 770 ! Turn off PER measurement 780 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW -55" 790 ! Set cell power back to normal level 800 DISP "" 810 ! 820 END
10 !5.2 Data Rate Control Performance 20 ! This programming example assumes the access terminal 30 ! is connected to the test set and in an FTAP data connection. 31 ! 50 ! 60 Testset=714 61 OPTION BASE 1 62 ! 70 ! 80 DISP "Testing Data Rate Control Performance" 90 ! 100 !***Set up test parameters*** 110 ! 120 Ior=-55 130 ! Cell power for test 131 Ioc=-56.3 132 ! AWGN power for test 1 133 ! 134 !***Set up measurement parameters*** 135 ! 136 Max_packets=10000 137 ! Maximum packets 138 !Conf_level=95 139 ! Confidence Level 140 ! 141 OUTPUT Testset;"SET:CPER:CONF 95" 142 !;Conf_level 143 ! Set Confidence Level to 95% 144 OUTPUT Testset;"SET:CPER:CONF:REQ 2" 145 ! Set PER Requirement to 2.00% 146 OUTPUT Testset;"SET:CPER:COUNT ";Max_packets 147 ! Set Maximum Packet Count 149 ! 150 ! 151 !***Set test conditions*** 152 ! 153 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW ";Ior 154 ! Set cell power for test 155 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:AWGN:POW ";Ioc 156 ! Set AWGN power for test 1 157 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPL:DRCC:VFMA OFF" 158 ! Set DRC Value Fixed Mode Attribute to Off 159 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPL:TRAF:ETER:STAT ON" 160 ! Set Forward Early Termination State to On 161 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:MS:DRCL SLOT2" 162 ! Set DRC Length to 2 slots 163 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:CCH:DRAT BPS38400" 164 ! Set Control Channel Date Rate to 38.4 kbps 165 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:APPL:ATDP 100" 166 ! Set AT Directed Packet to 100% 167 ! 168 ! 169 CLEAR SCREEN 173 ! 180 ! 190 !***Obtain measurement results*** 191 OUTPUT Testset;"INITIATE:CPERROR" 192 ! Initiate a packet error rate measurement 193 DISP "Measuring PER" 194 OUTPUT Testset;"FETCh:CPERROR?" 195 ! Query the test set for packet error rate results 196 ENTER Testset;Integrity,Per_test,Per_ratio,Per_count,Packets_tested 197 ! 198 SELECT Per_test 199 ! Assign pass/fail results to a string 200 CASE 0 201 Pass_fail$="PASS" 202 CASE 1 203 Pass_fail$="FAIL" 204 ! 205 CASE 2 206 Pass_fail$="MAX PACKETS" 207 ! 208 CASE 3 209 Pass_fail$="UNKNOWN" 210 ! 211 END SELECT 212 ! 215 ! 216 ! 217 OUTPUT Testset;"FETCh:CPERror:THRoughput?" 218 ! Query the test set for packet error rate results 219 ENTER Testset;Throughput 220 ! 221 ! 222 !***Print measurement results*** 223 ! 224 PRINT 225 PRINT "Data Rate Control Performance Results:" 226 PRINT 227 PRINT "Integrity indicator = ",Integrity 228 PRINT "PER Test Results = ",Pass_fail$ 229 PRINT "PER Ratio (%) = ",Per_ratio 230 PRINT "PER Errors Count (Packets) = ",Per_count 231 PRINT "Packets Tested = ",Packets_tested 232 PRINT 233 PRINT "Thoughput = ",Throughput 234 PRINT 235 PRINT "Data Rate Control Performance Test complete" 239 ! 240 !***Post test clean up*** 241 ! 242 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:AWGN:POW:STATE OFF" 243 OUTPUT Testset;"INIT:CPER:OFF" 244 ! Turn off PER measurement 245 OUTPUT Testset;"CALL:POW -55" 246 ! Set cell power back to normal level 247 DISP "" 248 ! 249 END
Packet Error Rate (PER) Measurement Description
Manual Operation: Measuring Packet Error Rate (PER)
Packet Error Rate Measurement Troubleshooting
3.2.1 Demodulation of Forward Traffic Channel in AWGN
3.3.1 Receiver Sensitivity and Dynamic Range
Programming: Getting Started Guide for 1xEV-DO Terminal Test