Method for determining the performance of a communications system
OwnerWilliam W. Barksdale JR.inventor
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Abstract
A method for determining the performance of a telecommunications system by first benchmarking the system performance, while locating any defective RF equipment at each channel and site tested, second taking specific information for the specified location or locations, then adding exact distances between the reference site and test point coordinates, and third measuring and recording the required data and comparing the data to determine which component or components, if any, are not performing up to acceptable levels.
Claims20
A method for determining the performance of communications systems comprising the steps of:
- a. selecting a series of test points in the communications system;
- b. measuring a unit value for each test point;
- c. calculating a benchmark value for each test point;
- d. selecting a remote test site;
- e. calculating a projected RF value for the communications system at the remote test site using the unit values and the benchmark values;
- f. measuring an actual RF value for the communications system at the remote test site;
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- g. comparing the projected RF value with the actual RF value to determine whether the performance of the communications system is acceptable.
A method for determining the performance of a communications system comprising the steps of:
- a. selecting a communications system comprising components selected from the group consisting of at least one transmitter, at least one station jumper, at least one combiner, at least one combiner pigtail, at least one transmission line, at least one fixed antenna, and at least one antenna pigtail;
- b. selecting a series of test points in the communications system corresponding to an output end of the at least one transmitter, an output end of the at least one station jumper, an output end of the at least one combiner, an output end of the at least one combiner pigtail, an output end of the at least one transmission line, the at least one fixed antenna, the at least one antenna pigtail, and the lower 3 db point of an antenna radiation pattern for each of the at least one fixed antenna;
- c. measuring a unit value for each test point;
- d. calculating a benchmark value for each test point;
- e. selecting a remote test site at a remote test site location, the remote test site comprising components selected from the group consisting of at least one remote test antenna, the output end of a test cable for each of the at least one remote test antenna, and a calibrated spectrum analyzer;
- f. calculating a projected RF value for the remote test site using the unit values and the benchmark values;
- g. measuring an actual RF value for the remote test site;
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- h. comparing the projected RF value with the actual RF value to determine whether the performance of the communications system is acceptable.
A method for determining the performance of communications systems comprising the steps of:
- a. benchmarking the system performance;
- b. taking specific information for the system;
- c. measuring and recording the required data;
- d. comparing the required data with the specific information to determine whether the system is performing within preselected specifications.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.