User's Manual Part 2

Nomad User’s Manual Appendix A – Glossary
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Appendix A – Glossary
General Testing Terms
Term
Definition
Call Performance Task
A task designed to measure how well the device performs with
regard to call initiation, call retention, Bluetooth performance,
signal strength and battery life.
Configured Task
A Configured Task saves all of the settings for the currently
selected task.
Session Profile
A Session Profile defines the tasks and settings for all available
test channels.
Task
The type of activity to be performed on an available test
channel.
Test
The arrangement of the available Nomad channels based on
the task types and settings available for each.
Voice Quality Task
A task designed to measure how speech is perceived by the
end user of the test device.
Voice Quality Testing Terms
Term
Definition
Base Task
The test device on a Base channel serves as the uplink device
in the mobile communication path. This option should be
selected for:
 The uplink end of a Landline Module test.
 One of the test handsets in a bi-directional Mobile-to-
Mobile test scenario (the other handset will be set as a
Mobile).
 One of the test handsets in a bi-directional Remote Unit
test scenario (the other handset will be set as a Mobile).