Tracking power levels in a wireless telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method for displaying in real time the level of the power control signal at a base station in a telecommunication network comprising a plurality of microcells controlled by the base station, and at least one mobile terminal served by the microcells, the method comprising obtaining the current level of the power control signal and displaying the current level of the power control signal to show in real time the level of the power control signal relative to a threshold level where a less than optimum operating condition can occur in the operation of the network.
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel and improved method for monitoring the real time loading condition in a CDMA wireless communication system. The level of the power control signal is obtained by monitoring, in real time, at the base station the forward link CDMA channel, comparing this measurement to the previously obtained level, and displaying the level of the power control signal as a line which can consist of two parts. The first part can be a solid line the length of which represents the level of the power control signal in real time and the second part can be a dotted line whose length increases slowly and decreases rapidly to indicate that the level of the power control signal is rising. Conversely, a rapid increase and a slow decrease of the length of the dotted line indicates that the level of the power control signal is falling. Color coding can be used to indicate that the level of the power control signal is at or outside an optimum operating range.
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1. A method for displaying in real time the level of the power control signal at a base station in a telecommunication network comprising a plurality of microcells controlled by the base station, and at least one mobile terminal served by the microcells, the method comprising
obtaining the current level of the power control signal and displaying the current level of the power control signal to show in real time the level of the power control signal relative to a threshold level where a less than optimum operating condition can occur in the operation of the network.
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7. A method of displaying in real time the level of the power control signals a base station in a telecommunication network comprising a plurality of microcells controlled by the base station and at least one mobile terminal served by the microcells, the method comprising
obtaining the current level of the power control signal, storing the obtained current level of the power control signal, obtaining at a subsequent time, a second current level of the power control signal, comparing the second current level of the power control signal with the stored level of the power control signal to determine if the level of the power control signal is increasing, decreasing or remaining unchanged, displaying the second current level of the power control signal to show the real time level of the power control signal, and indicating whether the level of the power control signal is increasing, decreasing or remaining unchanged.
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