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US 5,313,197 AGranted
Self-diagnostic paging system
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsWilliam M. Barr, Steven J. Goldberg
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Abstract
A paging system (100) includes a transmitter (104) for transmitting first information including a transmitted page, a receiver (108) for receiving second information, and a diagnostic controller (106) coupled to the transmitter (104) and the receiver (108) for monitoring the first and second information to determine whether the transmitted page was correctly received by the receiver (108).
Claims27
A paging system, comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting first information comprising a transmitted page into a paging channel while maintaining the paging system on-line, the transmitted page being destined for a customer paging receiver;
- receiving means other than the customer paging receiver for receiving second information from the paging channel while the transmitting means is transmitting the first information into the paging channel, the second information corresponding to the first information comprising the transmitted page;
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- diagnostic means, coupled to the transmitting means and the receiving means, for monitoring the first and second information to determine whether the transmitted page was correctly received by the receiving means while maintaining the paging system on-line.
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A paging system, comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting first information into a paging channel while maintaining the paging system on-line, the first information comprising a transmitted page;
- receiving means for receiving second information from the paging channel, the second information corresponding to the first information comprising the transmitted page;
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- diagnostic means, coupled to the transmitting means and the receiving means, for monitoring the first and second information to determine whether the transmitted page was correctly received by the receiving means while maintaining the paging system on-line, and
- wherein the diagnostic means includes parametric monitoring means coupled to the transmitting means for providing thereto a test signal for transmission therefrom in response to the diagnostic means determining that the transmitted page was incorrectly received by the receiving means, and
- wherein the parametric monitoring means is coupled to the receiving means for receiving a diagnostic signal therefrom in response to the transmitted test signal for monitoring transmit parameters of the paging system.
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A paging system diagnostic controller for use in a paging system having a paging transmitting means and a paging receiving means, comprising:
- transmitter monitor means coupled to the paging transmitting means for monitoring transmitted first information including a transmitted page being transmitted into a paging channel by the paging transmitting means while maintaining the paging system on-line, the transmitted page being destined for a customer paging receiver;
- receiver monitor means coupled to the paging receiving means other than the customer paging receiver for monitoring received second information being received by the paging receiving means from the paging channel while the paging transmitting means is transmitting the first information into the paging channel, the second information corresponding to the first information including the transmitted page;
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- verifying means coupled to the transmitter monitor means and the receiver monitor means for determining whether the transmitted page was correctly received within the second information received by the paging receiving means while maintaining the paging system on-line.
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A paging system diagnostic controller for use in a paging system having a paging transmitting means and a paging receiving means, comprising:
- transmitter monitor means coupled to the paging transmitting means for monitoring transmitted first information including a transmitted page being transmitted by the paging transmitting means while maintaining the paging system on-line;
- receiver monitor means coupled to the paging receiving means for monitoring received second information being received by the paging receiving means, the second information corresponding to the first information comprising the transmitted page;
- verifying means coupled to the transmitter monitor means and the receiver monitor means for determining whether the transmitted page was correctly received within the second information received by the paging receiving means while maintaining the paging system on-line;
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- parametric monitoring means coupled to the verifying means, and coupled to the paging transmitting means for providing thereto a test signal for transmission, and coupled to the paging receiving means for receiving a diagnostic signal therefrom in response to the transmitted test signal for monitoring transmit parameters of the paging system in response to the verifying means determining that the transmitted page was incorrectly received.
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A self-diagnostic paging system, comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting a test signal into a paging coverage area of the self-diagnostic paging system;
- receiving means for receiving a diagnostic signal from the paging coverage area while the transmitting means is transmitting the test signal into the paging coverage area, the diagnostic signal corresponding to the test signal;
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- monitor means coupled to the transmitting means for providing the test signal thereto and coupled to the receiving means for monitoring the transmit parameters of the self-diagnostic paging system as determined from the diagnostic signal received by the receiving means.
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A method for diagnosing page reception failures in a paging system, the paging system comprising transmitting means for transmitting first information comprising a transmitted page and receiving means for receiving second information, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting first information comprising a transmitted page into a paging channel while maintaining the paging system on-line, the transmitted page being destined for a customer paging receiver;
- monitoring the first information at the transmitting means;
- receiving second information at the receiving means from the paging channel while transmitting the first information into the paging channel, the receiving means being other than the customer paging receiver, the second information corresponding to the first information comprising the transmitted page;
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- determining a page transmission failure has occurred when the transmitted page was monitored having been transmitted with the first information by the transmitting means and not having been received with the second information by the receiving means while maintaining the paging system on-line.
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A self-diagnostic paging system, comprising:
- paging transmitting means for transmitting first information comprising transmitted pages into a paging channel, the transmitted pages being destined for customers of the self-diagnostic paging system while maintaining the self-diagnostic paging system on-line;
- a plurality of paging receivers for receiving second information from the paging channel while the paging transmitting means is transmitting the first information into the paging channel, the second information corresponding to the first information comprising the transmitted pages;
- determining means, coupled to the paging transmitting means and one of the plurality of paging receivers, for on-line monitoring the first and second information to automatically determine whether the transmitted pages were correctly received by the one of the plurality of paging receivers while maintaining the self-diagnostic paging system on-line.
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