US 12,009,871 B2
Test instrument for 5G CPE antenna installation
Scott Roy Pettygrove, Leesburg, VA (US); Hans Joerg Wolf, Woodbine, MD (US); and Karthik Subramanian, Germantown, MD (US)
Assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,302.
Application 18/098,302 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,506, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,588,561.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,962, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231634 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 17/10 (2015.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G10K 15/04 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 17/101 (2015.01) [G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G10K 15/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04S 1/007 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A test instrument, comprising:
a radio transceiver to wirelessly transmit audio to a remote audio device;
a power supply;
a Power over Ethernet (PoE) controller to control power to be provided, from the power supply, to an external fifth-generation network (5G) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) antenna remote from the test instrument, the 5G CPE antenna to be installed at a specific location on a premises that is to receive 5G services; and
a 5G signal tester to:
obtain a signal metric of a 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises, wherein the signal metric varies based on a signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna depending on where the 5G CPE antenna is located on the premises;
generate an audio output having a particular tone that varies based on the varying signal metric of the 5G beam, wherein the particular tone of the audio output indicates the signal strength of the 5G beam received by the 5G CPE antenna at the specific location on the premises; and
transmit, via the radio transceiver, the audio output having the particular tone to the remote audio device.