Generating cellsite data transmittals
AssigneeBellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
InventorEdward Love
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for setting up a new cellsite in a cellular environment by generating a data transmittal file and sending the data transmittal file to a cellsite switch. The invention includes a software application that accepts inputs and creates the data transmittal files necessary to load the data necessary to add a new cellular site to a cellular switch and thus to a cellular network. The invention also adds traffic channels to the cellular system as well. The present invention allows a service provider to write its own data transmittal files and immediately deploy new cell sites.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for creating a data transmittal file for adding a cellsite to a cellular environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of input parameters for the cellsite;
- adding the input parameters including a cellsite name, a digital voice channel range, a channel equipment range, an antenna face type for the cellsite, a mobile both way line trunk range, digital voice channel frequencies, a transmit power level, a combiner tuner controller (CTC) range, a radio frequency (RF) test loop (RFTL) range, a radio interface line terminal range, and entering a neighbor cell for the cellsite to a generic data transmittal file to create the data transmittal file;
- wherein the digital voice channel frequencies include a communications band identifier correlating to a plurality of frequency channels;
- parsing a look-up table or correlating the communications band identifier with corresponding channel frequencies;
- and
- storing the data transmittal file.
A method for creating a cellsite data transmittal file in a cellular communications system, comprising:
- selecting a cellsite for receiving data associated with preparing the cellsite for operation;
- associating the cellsite with equipment in the cellular communication system;
- entering a plurality of input parameters including a cellsite name, a digital voice channel range, a channel equipment range, an antenna face type for the cellsite, a mobile both way line trunk range, digital voice channel frequencies, a transmit power level, a combiner tuner controller (CTC) range, a radio frequency (RF) test loop (RFTL) range, a radio interface line terminal range, and entering a neighbor cell for the cellsite into a generic data transmittal file for creating the data transmittal file;
- wherein the digital voice channel frequencies include a communications band identifier correlating to a plurality of frequency channels;
- parsing a look-up table or correlating the communications band identifier with corresponding channel frequencies;
- and
- storing the data transmittal file.
A computer-readable medium having a software application for creating a data transmittal file for adding a new cellsite to a cellular communication system, the software application comprising a software program module operative:
- to receive a selection of a cellsite for receiving data associated with preparing the cellsite for operation;
- to receive an association of the cellsite with equipment in the cellular communication system;
- to receive a plurality of input parameters including a cellsite name, a digital voice channel range, a channel equipment range, an antenna face type for the cellsite, a mobile both way line trunk range, digital voice channel frequencies, a transmit power level, a combiner tuner controller (CTC) range, a radio frequency (RF) test loop (RFTL) range, a radio interface line terminal range, and entering a neighbor cell for the cellsite for entry into a generic data transmittal file for creating the data transmittal file
- the entered digital voice channel frequencies including a communications band identifier correlating to a plurality of channel frequencies;
- and
- to parse a look-up table or correlate the communications band identifier with corresponding frequency channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.