Method and apparatus for spectrum analysis

A method for spectrum analysis, comprising:

• receiving, via a cellular telephone, configuration parameters to configure the measurement of a radio spectrum;
• providing the configuration parameters to a channel measurement device via a cellular telephone interface;
• applying the configuration parameters to the cellular telephone with the channel measurement device via the cellular telephone interface;
• measuring the radio spectrum with the cellular telephone according to the configuration parameters to produce signal measurements;
• storing the signal measurements in a memory of the channel measurement device;
• providing the stored signal measurements to the cellular telephone with the channel measurement device;
• and
• communicating the stored signal measurements to a remote processor with the cellular telephone.

A channel measurement device, comprising:

• a cellular telephone interface;
• a processor coupled to receive, via the cellular telephone interface, signal measurement configuration parameters, the processor further coupled to receive, via the cellular telephone interface, signal measurements generated by a cellular telephone;
• a memory coupled to receive the signal measurements from the processor and to store the signal measurements;
• and
• a wireless modem coupled to receive the signal measurements from the memory and adapted to convert the signal measurements to a format appropriate for transfer over a cellular telephone network, the wireless modem coupled to communicate the converted signal measurements to the cellular telephone via the cellular telephone interface.