US 12,451,980 B2
Companion or auxiliary unit for testing user devices with a telecommunication network
Harwinder Grewal, Bothell, WA (US); and Satya Prakash Karey, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/461,981.
Prior Publication US 2025/0080247 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. H04B 17/15 (2015.01); H04B 17/14 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 17/15 (2015.01) [H04B 17/14 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An auxiliary testing unit for local device testing in remote network areas, the auxiliary testing unit comprising:
an onboard memory subunit;
a peripheral interface for communicatively coupling the auxiliary testing unit with a mobile device;
an onboard antenna; and
a controller subunit comprising at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller subunit to:
transmit, via the peripheral interface to the mobile device, a command that causes the mobile device to log device system data of the mobile device;
determine mobile-originated network operations to be performed by the mobile device via a telecommunication network for testing a compatibility of the mobile device with the telecommunication network;
trigger, via the peripheral interface, the mobile device to perform the mobile-originated network operations on the telecommunication network, wherein triggering the mobile device comprises:
(i) temporarily pausing a logging by the mobile device of the device system data of the mobile device between the mobile device performing each mobile-originated network operation, such that portions of the device system data logged over time correspond with a performance by the mobile device of a respective mobile-originated network operation, and
(ii) causing the mobile device to store the portions of the device system data at the mobile device;
retrieve, via the peripheral interface, and store, in the onboard memory subunit, the portions of the device system data stored at the mobile device; and
in response to a condition being satisfied, wirelessly transmit, via the onboard antenna, the portions of device system data to a remote server configured to associate the portions of device system data with network-side log data of the telecommunication network.