Spectrum monitor system and apparatus for radio coverage testing
First Claim
1. A method for measuring and recording RF signal strengths received by a radio receiver inside a building from transmissions emitted by a radio transmitter outside the building;
- the method comprising;
at selected locations inside the building, causing the radio transmitter outside the building to transmit on a pre-selected frequency;
at selected locations inside the building, measuring and recording received RF signal strengths from transmissions emitted by the radio transmitter outside the building thereby caused on at least the pre-selected frequency; and
,for each selected location inside the building, logging at least the date, time, receive frequency, and RF signal strength received at that location inside the building.
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Abstract
A system and method for measuring and recording RF signal strengths received by a radio receiver inside a building from transmissions emitted by a radio transmitter outside the building. At selected locations inside the building, causing the radio transmitter outside the building to transmit on a pre-selected frequency; and at selected locations inside the building, measuring and recording received RF signal strengths from transmissions emitted by the radio transmitter outside the building on at least the pre-selected frequency; and, for each selected location inside the building, logging at least the date, time, receive frequency, and RF signal strength received at that location inside the building. A corresponding system and method measures RF signal strengths from in-building transmissions at the antenna site of the corresponding radio transmitter.
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1. A method for measuring and recording RF signal strengths received by a radio receiver inside a building from transmissions emitted by a radio transmitter outside the building;
- the method comprising;
at selected locations inside the building, causing the radio transmitter outside the building to transmit on a pre-selected frequency; at selected locations inside the building, measuring and recording received RF signal strengths from transmissions emitted by the radio transmitter outside the building thereby caused on at least the pre-selected frequency; and
,for each selected location inside the building, logging at least the date, time, receive frequency, and RF signal strength received at that location inside the building. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- the method comprising;
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5. A method for measuring and recording RF signal strengths received outside a building from transmissions within the building, where the location selected to receive the in-building transmissions further comprises a radio receiver capable of receiving, measuring, and recording the RF signal strengths from in-building transmissions;
- the method comprising;
starting a test run on a selected floor within the building; transiting the radio transmitter through the selected floor within the building, and, during such transiting, selectively keying the radio transmitter at regular intervals; logging, at the location selected to receive in-building transmission, at least the date, time, receive frequency, and RF signal strength received from the selectively keyed radio transmissions. - View Dependent Claims (6)
- the method comprising;
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7. A system for measuring and recording RF signal strengths received by a radio receiver inside a building from transmissions emitted by a radio transmitter outside the building;
- the system comprising;
a receiver and demodulator for RF signals; a signal-processing computer; the receiver and demodulator operatively connected to the signal-processing computer;
the signal-processing computer comprising a software-defined radio;the signal-processing computer capable of causing at least one radio transmitter remote from the building to transmit on a preselected frequency; the software-defined radio having an output representing the frequency and signal strength of signals received from the remote radio transmitter so caused to transmit; the signal-processing computer operatively connected to a remote computer server;
where the remote computer server comprises a computer program for correlating the output of the software-defined radio with the location of the signal-processing computer within the building.
- the system comprising;
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8. A system for measuring and recording RF signal strengths transmitted by one or more radio transceivers inside a respective one or more buildings;
- the system comprising;
a receiver and demodulator for RF signals; a signal-processing computer; the receiver and demodulator operatively connected to the signal-processing computer;
the signal-processing computer comprising a plurality of software-defined radios;the signal-processing computer capable of causing at least one of the one or more radio transmitters inside the one or more buildings to transmit on a preselected frequency; each of the plurality of software-defined radios having an output representing the frequency and signal strength of signals received from at least one or more of the radio transmitters inside the one or more buildings; the signal-processing computer operatively connected to a remote computer server;
where the remote computer server comprises a computer program for correlating the output of the plurality of software-defined radios with the location of the one or more radio transmitters inside the one or more buildings.
- the system comprising;
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