US 2008/0077472 A1 · Efficient Deployment of Mobile Test Units to Gather Location-Dependent Radio-Frequency Data

Abstract

A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining a drive-test plan to satisfy a request for empirical data for an electromagnetic signal in a geographic region request using an economic cost-benefit analysis, wherein the drive-test plan proposes a measurement of the electromagnetic signal at each of a non-empty set of locations L.

A method comprising:

(1) generating a first candidate drive-test plan and a second candidate drive-test plan to satisfy a request a request for empirical data for an electromagnetic signal in a geographic region, wherein the first candidate drive-test plan proposes a measurement of the electromagnetic signal at each of a non-empty set of locations L, and wherein the second candidate drive-test plan proposes a measurement of the electromagnetic signal at each of a non-empty set of locations J;
(2) determining:
(i) an estimate of the economic cost of the first candidate drive-test plan,
(ii) an estimate of the economic benefit of the first candidate drive-test plan,
(iii) an estimate of the economic cost of the second candidate drive-test plan, and
(iv) an estimate of the economic benefit of the second candidate drive-test plan.

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Facts

Application

11/733,605Filed 10 Apr 2007

Priority

26 Sep 2006

Published

27 Mar 2008

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H04W 24/08
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
G06Q 10/06316
Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations: sequencing of tasks or work
G06Q 10/06375
Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of…:…
H04W 88/02
Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices: terminal devices

Efficient Deployment of Mobile Test Units to Gather Location-Dependent Radio-Frequency Data

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