How is a Block Error (BLER) Measurement Made?
Block Error (BLER) measurements can be used in the production process to test the performance of a GPRS or EGPRS mobile station’s receiver. The BLER measurement which the test set provides is based on GPRS receiver tests defined in 3GPP 51.010 (formerly ETSI GSM 11.10), section 14.16 (GPRS) and section 14.18.1 (EGPRS). Two measurement methods, Loopback and Polling, are used by the BLER measurement, depending on how the test set is configured. The possible scenarios are illustrated in the following table.