System and method for self-testing of mobile wireless devices

Abstract

The use of mobile wireless devices is on the increase. Mobile manufactures design, develop, and release new devices to the market at regular intervals. In order to keep the market leadership, such companies need to have techniques, processes, and tools to quickly design and test their products. One of the important requirements of a communicating device is its reliability and traditionally, testing has been playing a major role in assessing and improving the reliability of the devices. However, testing in general and testing of mobile wireless devices in particular, requires complementary testing in realistic environments. A system for automating much of the testing of mobile, wireless devices in a realistic environment involves (a) identifying test cases that need to be tested in outdoor environments; (b) identifying environment conditions that should prevail during the execution of test cases; (c) planning and scheduling of test cases; (d) identifying the occurrence, in real-time, of environmental conditions; (e) automatically executing the appropriate test cases and generation of test results; and (f) group testing to efficiently test as much as possible whenever environment is test conducive.