US 12,355,501 B2
Apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to self-test wireless networking devices
Marko Usaj, Izola (SI); Kristjan Bogdan, Divača (SI); Peter Sik, Izola (SI); Andrej Barbis, Ilirska Bistrica (SI); and Marko Panger, Plavje (SI)
Assigned to The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,756.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,747, filed on Mar. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0318720 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/00 (2015.01); H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04B 17/19 (2015.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 17/19 (2015.01) [H04B 17/17 (2015.01); H04B 17/327 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to perform a wireless device self-test, the apparatus comprising:
a first wireless network interface controller (WNIC);
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause performance of a set of operations comprising:
causing the first WNIC to obtain a plurality of data packets from a second WNIC at a frequency;
determining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value for an antenna of the first WNIC, wherein the determining of the RSSI value is based on an average of RSSI values corresponding to the plurality of data packets;
incrementing a counter associated with the antenna when the RSSI value does not satisfy a first threshold; and
reporting an error associated with the antenna to a back office server when the counter associated with the antenna does not satisfy a second threshold.