System and method for measuring and monitoring wireless network performance in campus and indoor environments

A system for measuring network properties within a facility, comprising:

• a client computer that may be moved within a facility;
• a server computer or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer;
• means for recording network properties between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer at a plurality of locations within said facility;
• means for representing said facility in a site specific drawing database;
• and
• means for embedding said recorded network properties at each of said plurality of locations within said database model of said facility.

A method for creating a site specific drawing computer database of measured signal properties within a facility, comprising at least one moveable receiver or transceiver for measuring signal properties at one or more locations within said facility, comprising the steps of:

• representing said facility in said site specific drawing computer database;
• determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;
• and
• embedding said measured signal properties as they are made at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility.

A method for creating a site specific drawing computer database for recorded network properties within a facility, comprising a mobile client computer that is moveable within a facility, and a server or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer, comprising the steps of:

• recording network properties at one or more locations within said facility between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer;
• representing said facility in a database model;
• and
• embedding said recorded network properties at one or more locations within said database model of said facility.

A method for creating a site specific drawing computer database of measured RF signal properties within a facility, comprising at least one moveable receiver or transceiver for measuring the properties of RF signals at one or a plurality of locations within said facility, comprising the steps of:

• representing said facility in said site specific drawing computer database;
• determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;
• embedding measured RF signal properties at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility, said embedding step producing embedded signal properties;
• and
• displaying said site specific drawing computer database of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.

A method for creating a site specific drawing computer database for recorded network data throughput properties within a facility, comprising a mobile client computer that is moveable within a facility, and a server computer or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer, comprising the steps of:

• recording data throughput properties between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer at a plurality of locations within said facility;
• representing said facility in said site specific drawing computer database;
• embedding said recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility;
• and
• displaying said site specific drawing computer database of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

A method for recording measurements of signal properties within a facility, comprising at least one moveable receiver or transceiver for measuring signal properties at one or more locations within said facility, comprising the steps of:

• representing said facility in a site specific drawing computer database;
• determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;
• and
• embedding said measured signal properties as they are made at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility.

A method for recording measurements of network properties within a facility, comprising a mobile client computer that may be moved within a facility, and a server computer or other mobile computer for hosting said moveable client computer, comprising the steps of:

• recording network properties between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer at one or more locations within said facility;
• representing said facility in a site specific drawing database;
• and
• embedding said recorded network properties at one or more locations within said site specific drawing database of said facility.

A method for measuring RF signal properties within a facility, comprising at least one receiver or transceiver that is moveable for measuring the properties of RF signals at a plurality of locations within said facility, comprising the steps of:

• representing said facility in a site specific drawing computer database;
• periodically determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;
• embedding measured RF signal properties at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility, said embedding step producing embedded signal properties;
• and
• displaying said site specific computer database of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.

A method for measuring network data throughput properties within a facility, comprising a mobile client computer that may be moved within a facility, and a server computer or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer, comprising the steps of:

• recording data throughput properties between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer as the moveable client computer is positioned in one location or a plurality of locations within said facility;
• representing said facility in a site specific drawing database;
• embedding said recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said site specific drawing database of said facility;
• and
• displaying said site specific drawing database of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

A system for creating a site specific drawing computer database of measured signal properties within a facility, comprising:

• at least one moveable transceiver or receiver for measuring signal properties at one or more locations within said facility;
• means for representing said facility in a said site specific drawing computer database;
• means for determining a location of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said facility;
• and
• means for embedding measured signal properties as they are made at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility, said means for determining and said means for embedding being operable at said one or more locations.

A system for creating a site specific drawing computer database for recorded network properties within a facility, comprising:

• a mobile client computer that may be moved within a facility;
• a server computer or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer;
• means for recording at a plurality of locations within a facility the network properties between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer;
• means for representing said facility in said site specific drawing computer database;
• and
• means for embedding said recorded network properties at each of said plurality of locations within said site specific drawing computer database model of said facility.

A system for measuring network data throughput properties within a facility, comprising:

• a mobile client computer that is moveable within a facility;
• a server computer or other mobile client computer for hosting said moveable client computer;
• means for recording data throughput properties at a plurality of locations within said facility between said moveable client computer and said server computer or other mobile client computer;
• means for representing said facility in a site specific drawing computer database;
• means for embedding recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility;
• and
• means for displaying said database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

A system for measuring RF signal properties within a facility using a computer, comprising:

• at least one transceiver or receiver that is moveable for measuring the properties of RF signals at one location or a plurality of locations within said facility, said at least one transceiver or receiver measuring one or more measured RF signal properties at said one location or said plurality of locations within said facility;
• means for representing said facility in a site specific drawing computer database;
• means for determining in an automatic manner a location of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said facility;
• means for embedding said measured RF signal properties at said location within said site specific drawing computer database of said facility, said means for determining and said means for embedding being operable at each of said one location or said plurality of locations, said means for embedding producing embedded signal properties;
• and
• means for displaying said site specific drawing computer database of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.