According to the Bluetooth Qualification Program, Bluetooth Implementations need to be qualified before placement on the markets.
The qualification involves RF, Protocol and Profile conformance testing as well as interoperability testing.
AT4 wireless has developed a family of BITE (Bluetooth Qualification Tester) platforms which have been officially validated by the Bluetooth SIG.
BITE RF Tester
The BITE RF Tester is an integrated test system that performs automatically the conformance test cases for Bluetooth Radio Requirements.
Key Features
Some of the most relevant features:
- Conformance test cases for BluetoothTM RF requirements, according to the BluetoothTM Qualification Test Cases Reference List (TCRL)
- Control for automatic measurements: GPIB, LAN
- Friendly Graphic User Interface (GUI)
- Manual/Automatic Test Cases Selection
- Modular architecture to allow customised configurations and ease upgrades for new test cases.
- ICS/IXIT Edition, using GUI or standard Microsoft Office Applications
- Test Result Management
- Basic Rate and EDR test cases supported
- Test Case Mapping
- Verdict handling
- Obtaining Test log
- Fulfil uncertainties
- Path Compensation Routines
- Automatic Test Report Generator in Word Document (ISO9646 guidelines compliant)
- Worldwide Agilent support and maintenance
- PC based platform with Windows Operating System
Applications
- Qualification Testing
The BITE RF performs automatically the RF test cases according to the Bluetooth Qualification Test Case Reference List (TCRL) and the RF Test Specifications. Besides, this test tool generates appropriated test reports for BQBs, BQTFs and PRD (Program Reference Document) requirements.
- Pretesting and Development
The BITE Test Software is also very suitable for development. The operator can easily change the measurement set up for detailed analysis of RF parameters.
- Sample Testing in Production
The BITE RF can also be used to check and compare deviations and reference measurements of samples inside a production line.
BITE Protocol Tester
The BITE Protocol V1.2/V2.0+EDR/V2.1+EDR Tester performs automatically the conformance test cases for Bluetooth protocols and profiles, according to the Bluetooth Qualification Test Cases Reference List (TCRL), for V1.2/V2.0+EDR/V2.1+EDR implementations. This automated testing is complemented and enhanced with processes which speed up the qualification (automated checking of table contents, information about dates and test case categories, test case mapping table generation, powerful filtering tools, graphical information and automated reporting). All this is controlled by a highly intuitive user interface in a Windows environment which permits the compatibility with standard Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, etc.).
Key Features
Some of the most relevant features:
- Testing L2CAP, SDP, BB, LM, GAP, SPP/RFCOMM and HCI Bluetooth protocols and profiles according to the BT 1.2, BT 2.0+EDR and BT2.1+EDR test specifications
- Test log Analysis, On Line Trace and Script Progress Trace
- Decoding, Filtering and Debugging
- ICS/IXIT Edition
- EUT(Equipment Under Test) database
- Static Conformance Review
- Friendly Graphic User Interface (GUI)
- Manual/Automatic Test Cases Selection
- Test Result Management
- Verdict handling
- Obtaining Test log
- Automatic Test Report Generator in Word
- PC based platform with Windows Operating System
BITE RF & BITE Protocol Testers have been recognized as validated platforms for EDR test cases by the Bluetooth SIG.
