Method and measurement environment, apparatus to be tested

US12092674B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Haustein · Potsdam, DE
• Paul Simon Holt LEATHER · Cahors, FR
• Ramez ASKAR · Berlin, DE
• Leszek RASCHKOWSKI · Berlin, DE
• Marcus Grossmann · Erlangen, DE
• Markus Landmann · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/088
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for evaluating an apparatus having at least one antenna array, the apparatus configured for forming a plurality of communication beam patterns using the antenna array, includes positioning of the apparatus in a measurement environment or moving/switching the probe/link antenna(s) of the measurement environment around the apparatus adapted to measure beam patterns and controlling the apparatus so as to form a predefined beam pattern of the plurality of communication beam patterns. The method includes measuring the predefined beam pattern using the measurement environment and/or the apparatus.