ADAPTIVE TESTING OF SYSTEM ACQUISITION AND ROAMING CHARACTERISTICS FOR CDMA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

The present invention discloses an automated testing solution for PRL's, System Acquisition algorithm, and CDMA device performance. A testing plan loads a specific PRL into a test device, reads and categorizes the entries in the PRL file, and then uses the information to set the parameters on the emulation hardware needed for each test case. The testing solution allows an operator to specify the PRL file to be used for testing and the testing plan will determine the relationships between different PRL entries in the test file including the System of equal priority in the same GEO, System of lesser priority in the same GEO, System of higher priority in the same GEO, Systems in different GEO, and Collocated EVDO systems. Once the entries are categorized the test script will then select the entries need to create the required test conditions on the base station emulation hardware. The test suite employs base station emulation hardware to create the RF conditions stipulated in the test case. The exact RF conditions will be based on the entries in the test PRL. Once all the system parameter information is extracted from the PRL file and all the combinations of systems is created as per the requirements of each test case, the test is executed, with the automation scripts setting the parameters on the BSE and managing the test device as it is programmatically controlled through the test procedures.