Method of quantifying the quality of service in a CDMA cellular telephone system
AssigneeScoreBoard, Inc.
InventorStanley J. Gutowski
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Abstract
A process which determines all locations in a service area which are subject to interference-causing limitations, assigns an average service level to each such location, sums the service levels at all such locations, and divides the sum of the service levels at all such locations by the total service level for the service area to produce an interference value.
Claims19
1-5. (canceled)
A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor arrangement to implement a method for quantifying a quality of service in a cellular network, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of locations in a service area having degraded service;
- assigning an average service level value to each identified location;
- summing the average service level values of each identified location;
- summing the level of service for all locations throughout the service area;
- and
- dividing the sum of the average service level values by the level of service throughout the service area to obtain a value representing a first measure of the quality of service for the service area.
A method of quantifying the quality of service in a wireless communication system comprising:
- identifying locations in the service area having degraded operations;
- assigning an average service level value to each location;
- summing the average service level values of each identified location;
- determining the level of service throughout the service area;
- and
- determining the ratio of said locations receiving degraded service to said total number of locations served by said service area to obtain a first measure of the quality of service for the service area;
- and
- dividing the sum of the average service level values by the level of service throughout the service area to obtain a second measure of the quality of service for the service area.
A testing system adapted for quantifying quality of service for a wireless communication system having a plurality of locations therewithin, the system comprising a processor programmed to:
- identify a plurality of locations in the service area having degraded operation;
- assign an average service level value to each identified location;
- sum the average service level values of each identified location;
- sum the level of service throughout the service area;
- determine the ratio of said locations receiving degraded service to said total number of locations served by said service area to obtain a value representing a first measure of quality of service;
- and
- dividing the sum of the average service level values by the level of service throughout the service area to obtain a value representing a second measure of quality of service.
An apparatus for determining a quality of service for wireless communication network having a plurality of locations, the apparatus comprising a processor circuit programmed to:
- assigning an average service level value to a plurality of locations having degraded service;
- sum the average service level values of each identified location;
- sum the level of service for all locations throughout the service area;
- and
- divide the sum of the average service level values by the level of service throughout the service area to obtain a first value representing a measure of the quality of service for the service area.
A computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor arrangement to identify degraded service in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- determining interference level for each location in the service area from data defining signals received at the location;
- determining a received signal level necessary for providing a quality transmission at each location;
- determining path loss between each receiving location and each transmitting station;
- determining a level of transmitted signal required from each transmitting station to each receiving location based upon said received signal level necessary for providing a quality transmission at the location and path loss between the location and each base station;
- and
- comparing available transmission power to the level of transmitted signal required.
An apparatus for identifying degraded service in a wireless communication system comprising a processor circuit programmed to:
- determine interference level for each location in the service area from data defining signals received at the location;
- determine a received signal level necessary for providing a quality transmission at each location;
- determine path loss between each receiving location and each transmitting station;
- determine a level of transmitted signal required from each transmitting station to each receiving location based upon said received signal level necessary for providing a quality transmission at the location and path loss between the location and each base station;
- and
- compare available transmission power to the level of transmitted signal required.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.