Agilent Technologies E8285A manual Expected Strength, Example

Chapter 4, Description of Fields

Fields

Expected Strength

The values displayed in this column are the expected pilot strength numbers the mobile station should be sending to the Test Set, based on the current ratio of pilot energy to RF power. Changes to the following fields could cause changes to the Expected Strength numbers:

•Sector A Pilot

•Sector B Pilot

•Sector A Power

•Sector B Power

•AWGN

Example:

With Sector A Power on, Sector B Power off, and AWGN off, changes to Sector A Power will not affect expected strength numbers. This is because the relative level of the Sector A Pilot channel to RF Power has not changed. However, changes to the Sector A Pilot field will affect expected strength numbers. Similarly, turning on Sector B or AWGN will change the ratio of Sector A pilot signal strength to overall RF power, changing the expected strength number for Sector A.

GPIB Example

“CDMA:CELL ASECtor:STRength?“

queries the expected pilot strength value for Sector A.

Operating Considerations

A Pilot Strength Message is sent from the mobile station when a Softer Handoff is executed, ended, or when the mobile station detects a change in pilot levels that could affect the assignment of pilots to the mobile station’s Active, Candidate, or Neighbor sets (refer to the CDMA Mobile Reporting table at the top of the display). The actual mobile-reported values in the CDMA Mobile Reporting table should closely match the values for Expected Strength.

See Also

Expected PN Offset field description, on page 252

Screens Where Field is Present

CDMA MOBILE REPORTED PILOT STRENGTH

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