System and method for wireless network performance measurement and management using remote devices
Assignee7Signal Solutions, Inc.
InventorsVeli-Pekka Ketonen, Eric I. Camulli, Jeffrey W. Reedy
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Abstract
A system for measuring and reporting wireless network service quality using remote devices, has been devised. The system comprises a central analysis and control server comprising at least a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device; a mobile wireless test device comprising at least a plurality of programming instructions stored in a memory and operating on a processor of a network-connected computing device, which may be an application on an end-user device or a dedicated device.
Claims9
A method for wireless network performance measurement and management using remote devices, comprising the steps of:
- testing wireless network performance using a wireless network testing software application on a mobile wireless device, wherein the testing is performed in background mode while a user of the mobile wireless device performs other conventional wireless device related functions;
- obtaining result data from the testing of wireless network performance;
- transmitting the result data to a central analysis and control server;
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- analyzing the result data at the central analysis and control server using pre-determined transformations to determine an indicia of wireless network service quality;
- further comprising the step of downloading customer specific test customizations, such as correct test profiles and Service Level Agreement (SLA) thresholds, from a central server to the mobile wireless device when the user enters pre-existing profile credentials which cause the user to be added to a specific organization for data aggregation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.