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

• US 20030055604A1
• Filed: 11/04/2002
• Published: 03/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Extreme Networks, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Wireless Valley Communications Incorporated (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rappaport, Theodore S., Skidmore, Roger R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,096,160 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/391 Modelling the propagation channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0847 Transmission error
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0852 Delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0888 Throughput
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/20 for indoor coverage or short range network deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

A system and method for measuring and monitoring wireless network performance in campus and indoor environments provides for embedding measured network and signal properties at one or more locations within a facility into a site specific computer model which represents the facility. The computer representation is preferably three dimensional. The system and method allows for automatic, periodic, or location specific taking of measurements, and automatic or periodic embedding of measured data. The system and method allows real time or non-real time measurement and storing of performance data, and the invention is useful for test, measurement, verification, and in-situ or remote monitoring for on-going validation and maintenance of wireless networks.

Claims

31. 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 database model; and

means for embedding said recorded network properties at each of said plurality of locations within said database model of said facility.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein said recorded network properties include recorded data as a function of time or location within said facility.

33. The system of claim 31 wherein said facility is a multi-level building, and further comprising a means for identifying a level of said multi-level building where said means for recording is located.

34. The system of claim 31 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of multi-level buildings and further comprising a means for identifying a building and a level of said plurality of multi-level buildings where said means for recording is located.

35. The system of claim 31 wherein said system includes a means for periodically determining a location of said mobile client computer within said facility.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein said means for periodically determining operates on an automated basis.

37. The system of claim 31 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

38. The system of claim 31, wherein said database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

39. The system of claim 31 wherein said server computer is mobile.

40. The system of claim 31 wherein said network properties include data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

41. The system of claim 31 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

42. The system of claim 31 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded recorded network properties.

43. The system of claim 31 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device for determining a position of said mobile client computer in said facility.

44. The system of claim 31 wherein said means for embedding operates to embed said recorded network properties as they are made.

45. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

46. The system of claim 45 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

47. The system of claim 46 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

48. The system of claim 45 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

49. The system of claim 31 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

50. The system of claim 49 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

51. The system of claim 50 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

52. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

53. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

54. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

55. The system of claim 54 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

56. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

57. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

58. The system of claim 31 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

59. The system of claim 31 further comprising means for averaging measured network properties over space or time.

60. The system of claim 31 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

61. The system of claim 31 wherein recorded network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

62. The system of claim 31 wherein said means for embedding embeds said network properties as they are measured.

63. The system of claim 31 wherein said means for embedding embeds network properties taken while said mobile client computer is moving throughout said facility.

64. The system of claim 31 wherein said means for embedding embeds recorded network properties taken while said mobile client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

65. The system of claim 31 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said mobile client computer.

66. The system of claim 31 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said mobile client computer.

67. The system of claim 31 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

68. The system of claim 31 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

161. The system of claim 31 wherein said server computer or other mobile client computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

803. The system of claim 31 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

69. A system for measuring signal or network properties, comprising:

a database model of a facility, said database model providing a computerized representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building; and

means for embedding measurements of signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information descriptive of a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

70. The system of claim 69 further comprising:

a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements;

measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement; and

means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

71. The system of claim 70 wherein said receiver or transceiver automatically makes measurements at a timed interval.

72. The system of claim 70 wherein said receiver or transceiver is equipped with a means for making measurements selectively after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

73. The system of claim 69 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

74. The system of claim 69 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal or network properties.

75. The system of claim 69 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

76. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

77. The system of claim 76 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

78. The system of claim 77 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

79. The system of claim 69 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

80. The system of claim 76 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

81. The system of claim 69 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

82. The system of claim 81 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

83. The system of claim 82 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

84. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

85. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

86. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

87. The system of claim 86 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

88. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

89. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

90. The system of claim 69 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

91. The system of claim 69 further comprising means for averaging measured signal or network properties over space or time.

92. The system of claim 69 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

93. The system of claim 69 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

94. The system of claim 69 wherein said one or more locations are identified and embedded on an automated basis in said embedding step.

95. The system of claim 69 wherein said measurements of signal or network properties are embedded on an automated basis in said embedding step.

96. The system of claim 69 further comprising a display for displaying said computerized representation of said facility with embedded measurements of signal or network properties.

97. The system of claim 69 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

98. The system of claim 69 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

99. The system of claim 69 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of a mobile receiver or transceiver.

100. The system of claim 69 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for a mobile receiver or transceiver.

101. The system of claim 69 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

102. The system of claim 69 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

103. A system for creating a three dimensional computer database model of signal or network properties, comprising:

a database model of a facility, said database model providing a computerized three dimensional representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building; and

means for embedding measurements of signal or network properties into said database model by inputting measurements of signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information corresponding to a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

104. The system of claim 103 further comprising:

a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements;

measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement; and

means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

105. The system of claim 104 wherein said receiver or transceiver makes measurements at a time or distance interval.

106. The system of claim 104 wherein said receiver or transceiver is equipped with a means for making measurements selectively after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

107. The system of claim 103 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

108. The system of claim 103 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal or network properties.

109. The system of claim 103 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

110. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

111. The system of claim 103 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

112. The system of claim 111 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

113. The system of claim 110 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

114. The system of claim 103 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

115. The system of claim 103 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

116. The system of claim 115 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

117. The system of claim 116 said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

118. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

119. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

120. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

121. The system of claim 120 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

122. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

123. The system of claim 103 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

124. The system of claim 103 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

125. The system of claim 103 further comprising means for averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

126. The system of claim 103 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

127. The system of claim 103 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

128. The system of claim 103 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

129. The system of claim 103 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

130. The system of claim 103 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of a mobile receiver or transceiver.

131. The system of claim 103 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for a mobile receiver or transceiver.

132. The system of claim 103 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

133. The system of claim 103 wherein said means for embedding embed measurements of signal or network properties as they are made.

134. A method for creating a computer database model 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 a computer database model;

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 computer database model of said facility.

135. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of displaying said computer database model of said facility with said embedded signal properties.

136. The method recited in claim 134, wherein said facility is a multilevel building, and said determining includes the step of moving said moveable receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within said multi-level building.

137. The method recited in claim 134, wherein said facility is a plurality of multi-level buildings, and said determining step includes the step of moving said mobile transceiver to a plurality of locations within different buildings of said plurality of multi-level buildings.

138. The method recited in claim 135, wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

139. The method recited in claim 134 wherein said determining step is performed on an automated basis.

140. The method recited in claim 134 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

141. The method in claim 134 wherein said determining step uses a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

142. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

143. The method of claim 142 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

144. The method of claim 142 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

145. The method of claim 144 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

146. The method of claim 134 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

147. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

148. The method of claim 147 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

149. The method of claim 148 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

150. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

151. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

152. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

153. The method of claim 152 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

154. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

155. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

156. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

157. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

158. The method of claim 134 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

159. The method of claim 134 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

160. The method of claim 134 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

162. The method of claim 134 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

163. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

164. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

165. The method of claim 134 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

166. The method of claim 134 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

167. The method of claim 166 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

168. The method of claim 134 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

169. The method of claim 134 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

170. A method for creating a computer database model 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.

171. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of displaying said database model of said facility with said embedded network properties.

172. The method of claim 170, wherein said recording step records network properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

173. The method of claim 170 wherein said recording step includes the step of moving said mobile client computer to different locations within said facility.

174. A method of claim 170 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings, each with one or more levels, and said recording step includes the step of moving said mobile client computer to different levels or different buildings within said plurality of buildings.

175. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of periodically determining a location of said mobile client computer within said facility.

176. The method of claim 171 wherein said representing and displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

177. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of moving said server computer within said facility.

178. The method of claim 170, wherein said step of embedding network properties includes embedding at least one of data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

179. The method of claim 170 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

180. The method of claim 170 wherein said recording step is performed on an automated basis.

181. The method of claim 170 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

182. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of identifying said one or more locations within said facility on an automated basis.

183. The method in claim 170 further comprising the step of determining a location of said mobile client computer using a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

184. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

185. The method of claim 184 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

186. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

187. The method of claim 186 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

188. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

189. The method of claim 170 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

190. The method of claim 189 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

192. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

193. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

194. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

195. The method of claim 194 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

196. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

197. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

198. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

199. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of averaging measured network properties over space or time.

200. The method of claim 170 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

201. The method of claim 170 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

202. The method of claim 170 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said mobile client computer is moving throughout said facility.

203. The method of claim 170 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said mobile client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

204. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said mobile client computer.

205. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said mobile client computer.

206. The method of claim 170 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

207. The method of claim 170 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

208. The method of claim 207 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

209. The method of claim 170 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

783. The method of claim 170 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

797. The method of claim 170 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

210. A method for creating a computer database model of signal or network properties, comprising the steps of:

providing a computerized representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building, said computerized representation being constructed from a database model of said facility; and

embedding measurement of signal or network properties as they are made into said database model by inputting measurements of said signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information corresponding to a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

211. The method of claim 210 wherein said embedding step is performed using a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements and a measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement, and a means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

212. The method of claim 211 wherein said embedding step includes the step of moving said receiver or transceiver to different locations within said facility.

213. The method of claim 212 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a timed interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said timed interval.

214. The method of claim 211 wherein measurements are made selectively with said receiver or transceiver after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

215. The method of claim 211 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a distance interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said distance interval.

216. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model is three dimensional and wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

217. The method recited in claim 210 wherein measurements made during said embedding step are made on an automated basis.

218. The method recited in claim 210 wherein said one or more locations are input in said embedding step on automated basis.

219. The method recited in claim 210 further comprising the step of displaying said computerized representation of said facility with embedded signal or network property measurements.

220. The method in claim 210 wherein embedding step uses data obtained from a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

221. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

222. The method of claim 221 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

223. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

224. The method of claim 223 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a signal or network property selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

225. The method of claim 210 wherein said signal or network properties are obtained from at least one of the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

226. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

227. The method of claim 226 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

228. The method of claim 227 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

229. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

230. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

231. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

232. The method of claim 231 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

233. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

234. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

235. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

236. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

237. The method of claim 210 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

238. The method of claim 210 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

239. The method of claim 210 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

240. The method of claim 210 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

241. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of a moveable receiver or transceiver.

242. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for a moveable receiver or transceiver.

243. The method of claim 242 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

244. The method of claim 210 wherein said embedded signal or network properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

245. The method of claim 210 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

246. The method of claim 210 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a plurality of measurement runs throughout said facility.

789. The method of claim 210 wherein said signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

795. The method of claim 210 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

796. The method of claim 210 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

247. A method for creating a three dimensional computer database model of signal or network properties, comprising the steps of:

providing a computerized three dimensional representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building, said computerized three dimensional representation being constructed from a database model of said facility; and

embedding measurements of signal or network properties into said database model by inputting measurements of said signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information corresponding to a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

248. The method of claim 247 wherein said embedding step is performed using a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements and a measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement, and a means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

249. The method of claim 248 wherein said embedding step includes the step of moving said receiver or transceiver to different locations within said facility.

250. The method of claim 248 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a timed interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said timed interval.

251. The method of claim 248 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a distance interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said distance interval.

252. The method of claim 248 wherein measurements are made selectively with said receiver or transceiver after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

253. The method of claim 247 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

254. The method recited in claim 247 wherein measurements made during said embedding step are made on an automated basis.

255. The method in claim 247 wherein embedding step uses data obtained from a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

256. The method recited in claim 247 wherein said one or more locations input in said embedding step are input on an automated basis.

257. The method of claim 247 wherein said computer database model includes site-specific information.

258. The method of claim 257 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

259. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

260. The method of claim 259 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

261. The method of claim 247 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

262. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

263. The method of claim 262 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

264. The method of claim 263 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

265. The method of claim 247 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

266. The method of claim 247 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

267. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

268. The method of claim 267 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

269. The method of claim 247 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

270. The method of claim 247 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

271. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

272. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

273. The method of claim 247 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

274. The method of claim 247 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

275. The method of claim 247 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

276. The method of claim 247 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

277. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of a moveable receiver or transceiver.

278. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for a moveable receiver or transceiver.

279. The method of claim 247 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

280. The method of claim 247 wherein said embedded signal or network properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

281. The method of claim 247 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

282. The method of claim 247 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a plurality of measurement runs throughout said facility.

283. The method of claim 247 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are embedded as the measurements are made.

284. A method for creating a computer database model 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 a computer database model;

determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;

embedding measured RF signal properties at said location within said computer database model of said facility, said embedding step producing embedded signal properties; and

displaying said computer database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.

1. A system for measuring signal properties within a facility, comprising:

at least one transceiver or receiver that is moveable and able to measure signal properties at one or more locations within said facility;

means for representing said facility in a computer database model;

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 one or more locations within said computer database model of said facility, said means for determining and said means for embedding being operable at said one or more locations.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said facility is a multi-level building and said means for determining can identify a level of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said multi-level building.

3. The system claim 1 wherein said facility is a plurality of multi-level buildings and said means for determining can identify a building and a level within said building of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said plurality of multi-level buildings.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said means for determining operates on an automated basis.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal properties.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said means for determining a location is a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said measured signal properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, E_oL_o, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and in-building wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

12. The system of claim 1 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

20. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

21. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for averaging measured signal properties over space or time.

22. The system of claim 1 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

23. The system of claim 1 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

24. The system of claim 13 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

25. The system of claim 1 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

26. The system of claim 1 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

27. The system of claim 1 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

28. The system of claim 1 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

29. The system of claim 1 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

30. The system of claim 1 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

285. The method recited in claim 284 wherein said facility is a building, and said determining step includes the step of moving said moveable receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within said building.

286. The method recited in claim 284 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings, and said determining step comprises the step of moving said moveable receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within different buildings of said plurality of buildings.

287. The method recited in claim 284 wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

288. The method recited in claim 284 wherein said determining step is performed automatically.

289. The method of claim 284 wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

290. The method recited in claim 284 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

291. The method in claim 284 determining step uses a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

292. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

293. The method of claim 292 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

294. The method of claim 292 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

295. The method of claim 294 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

296. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

297. The method of claim 296 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

298. The method of claim 296 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

299. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

300. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

301. The method of claim 300 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

302. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

303. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

304. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

305. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of averaging said measured RF signal properties over space or time.

306. The method of claim 284 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

307. The method of claim 284 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

308. The method of claim 284 wherein said embedding step embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

309. The method of claim 284 wherein said embedding step embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

310. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

311. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

312. The method of claim 284 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

313. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step.

314. The method of claim 313 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

identifying one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each identification made in said identifying step; and

loading said one or more signal or network properties obtained from said identifying step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

315. The method of claim 284 wherein said embedded signal properties produced in said embedding step are obtained in random order.

316. The method of claim 284 wherein embedded signal properties produced in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

790. The method of claim 284 wherein said RF signal properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

299-1. The method of claim 284 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

317. A method for creating a computer database model 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 a database model;

embedding said recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said database model of said facility; and

displaying said database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

318. The method of claim 317 wherein said recording step records data throughput properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

319. The method of claim 317 wherein the facility is a single building and said recording step comprises the step of moving said moveable client computer to different locations within said building.

320. The method of claim 317 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings and said recording step comprises the step of moving said moveable client computer to different locations within different buildings of said plurality of buildings.

321. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of determining a location of said moveable client computer within said facility.

322. The method of claim 317 wherein said representing and displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

323. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of moving said server computer or other mobile computer within said facility.

324. The method of claim 317 wherein said step of embedding data throughput properties comprises embedding at least one of data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

325. The method of claim 321 wherein said step of determining a location is performed automatically.

326. The method of claim 317 wherein said recording step records network properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

327. The method of claim 317 wherein said recording step includes the step of moving said mobile client computer to different locations within said facility.

328. A method of claim 317 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

329. The method of claim 317 wherein said recording step is performed on an automated basis.

330. The method of claim 317 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

331. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of identifying said one or more locations within said facility on an automated basis.

332. The method in claim 317 further comprising the step of determining a location of said moveable client computer using a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

333. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

334. The method of claim 333 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

335. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio;

frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

336. The method of claim 335 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

337. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

338. The method of claim 317 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

339. The method of claim 338 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

340. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

341. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

342. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

343. The method of claim 342 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

344. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

345. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

346. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

347. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of averaging measured network properties over space or time.

348. The method of claim 317 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

349. The method of claim 317 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

350. The method of claim 317 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said moveable client computer is moving throughout said facility.

351. The method of claim 317 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said moveable client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

352. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said moveable client computer.

353. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable client computer.

354. The method of claim 317 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

355. The method of claim 317 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

356. The method of claim 355 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

357. The method of claim 317 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

784. The method of claim 317 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

798. The method of claim 317 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

358. A system for measuring signal or network properties, comprising:

a database model of a facility, said database model providing a computerized three dimensional representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building; and

means for embedding measurements of signal or network properties into said database model by inputting measurements of signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility, wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information descriptive of a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

359. The system of claim 358 further comprising:

a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements;

measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement; and

means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

360. The system of claim 359 wherein said receiver or transceiver makes measurements at a time or distance interval.

361. The system of claim 359 wherein said receiver or transceiver is equipped with a means for making measurements selectively after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

363. The system of claim 358 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

364. The system of claim 358 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal or network properties.

365. The system of claim 358 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

366. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

367. The system of claim 358 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/lo, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

368. The system of claim 367 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

369. The system of claim 366 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

370. The system of claim 358 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/lo, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

371. The system of claim 358 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

372. The system of claim 371 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

373. The system of claim 372 said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

374. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

375. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

376. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

377. The system of claim 376 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

378. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

379. The system of claim 358 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

380. The system of claim 358 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

381. The system of claim 358 further comprising means for averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

382. The system of claim 358 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

383. The system of claim 358 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

384. The system of claim 358 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

385. The system of claim 358 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a mobile receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

386. The system of claim 358 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of a mobile receiver or transceiver.

387. The system of claim 358 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for a mobile receiver or transceiver.

388. The system of claim 358 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

389. The system of claim 358 wherein said means for embedding embed measurements of signal or network properties as they are made.

390. 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 computer database model;

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 computer database model of said facility.

391. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of displaying said computer database model of said facility with said embedded signal properties.

392. The method recited in claim 390 wherein said facility is a multi-level building, and said determining includes the step of moving said moveable receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within said multi-level building.

393. The method recited in claim 390 wherein said facility is a plurality of multi-level buildings, and said determining step includes the step of moving said moveable transceiver or receiver to a plurality of locations within different buildings of said plurality of multi-level buildings.

394. The method recited in claim 393 wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

395. The method recited in claim 390 wherein said determining step is performed on an automated basis.

396. The method recited in claim 390 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

397. The method in claim 390 determining step uses a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

398. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

399. The method of claim 398 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

400. The method of claim 398 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/lo, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

401. The method of claim 400 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

402. The method of claim 390 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

403. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

404. The method of claim 403 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

405. The method of claim 404 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

406. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

407. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

408. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

409. The method of claim 408 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

410. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

411. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

412. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

413. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

414. The method of claim 390 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

415. The method of claim 390 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

416. The method of claim 390 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

417. The method of claim 390 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

418. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

419. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

420. The method of claim 390 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

421. The method of claim 390 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

422. The method of claim 421 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

423. The method of claim 390 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

424. The method of claim 390 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

425. 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 database model; and

embedding said recorded network properties at one or more locations within said database model of said facility.

426. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of displaying said database model of said facility with said embedded network properties.

427. The method of claim 425 wherein said recording step records network properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

428. The method of claim 425 wherein said recording step includes the step of moving said mobile client computer to different locations within said facility.

429. The method of claim 425 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings, each with one or more levels, and said recording step includes the step of moving said mobile client computer to different levels or different buildings within said plurality of buildings.

430. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of periodically determining a location of said mobile client computer within said facility.

431. The method of claim 426 wherein said representing and displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

432. The method of claim 431 further comprising the step of moving said server computer within said facility.

433. The method of claim 425 wherein said step of embedding network properties includes embedding at least one of data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

434. The method of claim 425 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/lo, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

435. The method of claim 425 wherein said recording step is performed on an automated basis.

436. The method of claim 425 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

437. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of identifying said one or more locations within said facility on an automated basis.

438. The method in claim 425 further comprising the step of determining a location of said mobile client computer using a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

439. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

440. The method of claim 439 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

441. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

442. The method of claim 441 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

443. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

444. The method of claim 443 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

445. The method of claim 439 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

446. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

447. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

448. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

449. The method of claim 448 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

450. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

451. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

452. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

453. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of averaging measured network properties over space or time.

454. The method of claim 425 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

456. The method of claim 425 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

457. The method of claim 425 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said mobile client computer is moving throughout said facility.

458. The method of claim 425 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said mobile client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

459. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said mobile client computer.

460. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said mobile client computer.

461. The method of claim 425 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

462. The method of claim 425 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

463. The method of claim 462 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

464. The method of claim 425 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

785. The method of claim 425 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

799. The method of claim 425 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

465. A method for recording measurements of signal or network properties, comprising the steps of:

providing a computerized representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building, said computerized representation being constructed from a database model of said facility; and

embedding measurements of signal or network properties as they are made into said database model by inputting measurements of said signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information descriptive of a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

466. The method of claim 465 wherein said embedding step is performed using a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements and a measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement, and a means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

467. The method of claim 466 wherein said embedding step includes the step of moving said receiver or transceiver to different locations within said facility.

468. The method of claim 467 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a timed interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said timed interval.

469. The method of claim 466 wherein measurements are made selectively with said receiver or transceiver after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

470. The method of claim 466 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a distance interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said distance interval.

471. The method of claim 465 wherein said computer database model is three dimensional and wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

472. The method recited in claim 465 wherein measurements made during said embedding step are made on an automated basis.

473. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said one or more locations are input in said embedding step on automated basis.

474. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of displaying said computerized representation of said facility with embedded signal or network property measurements.

475. The method recited in claim 465 wherein embedding step uses data obtained from a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

476. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

477. The method recited in claim 476 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

478. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

479. The method recited in claim 478 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a signal or network property selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

480. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

481. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

482. The method recited in claim 481 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

483. The method recited in claim 482 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

484. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

485. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

486. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

487. The method recited in claim 486 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

488. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

489. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

490. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

491. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

492. The method recited in claim 465 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

493. The method recited in claim 465 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

494. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

495. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

496. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of a moveable receiver or transceiver.

497. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for a moveable receiver or transceiver.

498. The method recited in claim 465 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

499. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

500. The method recited in claim 465 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

501. The method of claim 465 wherein said embedded signal or network properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

502. The method of claim 465 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

503. The method of claim 465 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a plurality of measurement runs throughout said facility.

791. The method of claim 465 wherein said signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

504. A method for recording measurements of signal or network properties, comprising the steps of:

providing a computerized three dimensional representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building, said computerized three dimensional representation being constructed from a database model of said facility; and

embedding measurements of signal or network properties into said database model by inputting measurements of said signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information descriptive of a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

505. The method of claim 504 wherein said embedding step is performed using a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements and a measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement, and a means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

506. The method of claim 505 wherein said embedding step includes the step of moving said receiver or transceiver to different locations within said facility.

507. The method of claim 505 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a timed interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said timed interval.

508. The method of claim 505 wherein measurements are made with said receiver or transceiver at a distance interval, each measurement being associated with said location information for said receiver or transceiver at said distance interval.

509. The method of claim 505 wherein measurements are made selectively with said receiver or transceiver after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

510. The method of claim 504 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

511. The method recited in claim 504 wherein measurements made during said embedding step are made on an automated basis.

512. The method in claim 504 wherein embedding step uses data obtained from a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

513. The method recited in claim 504 wherein said one or more locations input in said embedding step are input on an automated basis.

514. The method of claim 504 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

515. The method of claim 514 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

516. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

517. The method of claim 516 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

518. The method of claim 504 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

519. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

520. The method of claim 519 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

521. The method of claim 520 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

522. The method of claim 504 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

523. The method of claim 504 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

524. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

525. The method of claim 504 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

526. The method of claim 504 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

527. The method of claim 504 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

528. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

529. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of averaging measured signal measurements over space or time.

530. The method of claim 504 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

531. The method of claim 504 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

532. The method of claim 504 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

533. The method of claim 504 wherein said embedding step embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

534. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of a moveable receiver or transceiver.

535. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for a moveable receiver or transceiver.

536. The method of claim 504 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

537. The method of claim 504 wherein said embedded signal or network properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

538. The method of claim 504 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

539. The method of claim 504 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are obtained from a plurality of measurement runs throughout said facility.

540. The method of claim 504 wherein said measurements embedded in said embedding step are embedded as the measurements are made.

541. 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 computer database model;

periodically determining a location of said moveable receiver or transceiver within said facility;

embedding measured RF signal properties at said location within said computer database model of said facility, said embedding step producing embedded signal properties; and

displaying said computer database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.

542. The method recited in claim 541 wherein said facility is a building, and said periodically determining step includes the step of moving said mobile receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within said building.

543. The method recited in claim 541 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings, and said periodically determining step comprises the step of moving said mobile receiver or transceiver to a plurality of locations within different buildings of said plurality of buildings.

544. The method recited in claim 541 wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

545. The method recited in claim 541 wherein said periodically determining step is performed automatically.

546. The method of claim 541 wherein said representing and said displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

547. The method recited in claim 541 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

548. The method in claim 541 determining step uses a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

549. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

550. The method of claim 549 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

551. The method of claim 549 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

552. The method of claim 551 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

553. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

554. The method of claim 553 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

555. The method of claim 549 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

556. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

557. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

558. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

559. The method of claim 558 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

560. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

561. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

562. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

563. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of averaging said measured RF signal properties over space or time.

564. The method of claim 541 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

565. The method of claim 541 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

566. The method of claim 541 wherein said embedding step embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said mobile receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

567. The method of claim 541 wherein said embedding step embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said mobile receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

568. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said mobile receiver or transceiver.

569. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said mobile receiver or transceiver.

570. The method of claim 541 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

571. The method of claim 541 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step.

572. The method of claim 571 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

identifying one or more signal or network properties;

associating location information with each identification made in said identifying step; and

loading said one or more signal properties identified in said identifying step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

573. The method of claim 541 wherein said embedded signal properties produced in said embedding step are obtained in random order.

574. The method of claim 541 wherein said embedded signal properties produced in said embedding step are obtained from a single measurement run throughout said facility.

792. The method of claim 541 wherein said RF signal properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

575. 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 database model;

embedding said recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said database model of said facility; and

displaying said database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

576. The method of claim 575 wherein said recording step records data throughput properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

577. The method of claim 575 wherein the facility is a single building and said recording step comprises the step of moving said moveable client computer to different locations within said building.

578. The method of claim 575 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of buildings and said recording step comprises the step of moving said moveable client computer to different locations within different buildings of said plurality of buildings.

579. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of periodically determining a location of said moveable client computer within said facility.

580. The method of claim 575 wherein said representing and displaying steps are performed in three dimensions.

581. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of moving said server computer or other mobile computer within said facility.

582. The method of claim 575 wherein said step of embedding data throughput properties comprises embedding at least one of data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

583. The method of claim 579 wherein said periodically determining step is performed automatically.

584. The method of claim 575 wherein said recording step records network properties as a function of time or location within said facility.

585. The method of claim 575 wherein said recording step includes the step of moving said moveable client computer to different locations within said facility.

586. A method of claim 575 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

587. The method of claim 575 wherein said recording step is performed on an automated basis.

588. The method of claim 575 wherein said embedding step is performed on an automated basis.

589. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of identifying said one or more locations within said facility on an automated basis.

590. The method in claim 575 further comprising the step of determining a location of said moveable client computer using a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

591. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

592. The method of claim 591 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

593. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

594. The method of claim 593 wherein site specific models formed in said forming step model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

595. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

596. The method of claim 575 wherein said step of manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

597. The method of claim 596 wherein said site specific content is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

598. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

599. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

600. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of identifying a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

601. The method of claim 600 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

602. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

603. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

604. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of verifying performance of communication or data networks.

605. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of averaging measured network properties over space or time.

606. The method of claim 575 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

607. The method of claim 575 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

608. The method of claim 575 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said moveable client computer is moving throughout said facility.

609. The method of claim 575 wherein said embedding step embeds measured network properties taken while said moveable client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

610. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of defining a direction of travel of said moveable client computer.

611. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable client computer.

612. The method of claim 575 further comprising the step of joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

613. The method of claim 575 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said embedding step.

614. The method of claim 613 wherein said embedding step includes the steps of:

measuring one or more network properties;

associating location information with each measurement made in said measuring step; and

loading said measurements made in said measuring step and location information obtained from said associating step into a computer which includes said database model.

615. The method of claim 575 wherein said embedded signal properties obtained from said embedding step are obtained in random order.

786. The method of claim 575 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

800. The method of claim 575 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

616. A system for creating a computer database model 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 computer database model;

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 computer database model of said facility, said means for determining and said means for embedding being operable at said one or more locations.

617. The system of claim 616 wherein said facility is a multi-level building and said means for determining can identify a level of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said multi-level building.

618. The system claim 616 wherein said facility is a plurality of multilevel buildings and said means for determining can identify a building and a level within said building of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said plurality of multi-level buildings.

619. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

620. The system of claim 616 wherein said means for determining operates on an automated basis.

621. The system of claim 616 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal properties.

622. The system of claim 616 wherein said means for determining a location is a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

623. The system of claim 616 wherein said measured signal properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

624. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

625. The system of claim 624 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

626. The system of claim 625 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and in-building wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

627. The system of claim 616 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

628. The system of claim 627 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

629. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

630. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

631. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

632. The system of claim 631 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

633. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

634. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

635. The system of claim 616 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

636. The system of claim 616 further comprising means for averaging measured signal properties over space or time.

637. The system of claim 616 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

638. The system of claim 616 wherein measured signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

639. The system of claim 628 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

640. The system of claim 616 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

641. The system of claim 616 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

642. The system of claim 616 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

643. The system of claim 616 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

644. The system of claim 616 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

645. The system of claim 616 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

646. A system for creating a computer database model 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 a database model; and

means for embedding said recorded network properties at each of said plurality of locations within said computer database model of said facility.

647. The system of claim 646 wherein said recorded network properties include recorded data as a function of time or location within said facility.

648. The system of claim 646 wherein said facility is a multi-level building, and further comprising a means for identifying a level of said multi-level building where said means for recording is located.

649. The system of claim 646 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of multi-level buildings and further comprising a means for identifying a building and a level of said plurality of multi-level buildings where said means for recording is located.

650. The system of claim 646 wherein said system includes a means for periodically determining a location of said mobile client computer within said facility.

651. The system of claim 650 wherein said means for periodically determining operates on an automated basis.

652. The system of claim 646 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

653. The system of claim 646 wherein said database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

654. The system of claim 646 wherein said server computer is mobile.

655. The system of claim 646 wherein said network properties include data throughput rate, frame errors, packet retries, network data throughput, and network delay due to a fixed non-wireless portion of a network.

656. The system of claim 646 wherein said network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

657. The system of claim 646 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded recorded network properties.

658. The system of claim 646 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device for determining a position of said moveable client computer in said facility.

659. The system of claim 646 wherein said means for embedding operates to embed said recorded network properties as they are made.

660. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

661. The system of claim 660 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

662. The system of claim 661 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

663. The system of claim 660 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

664. The system of claim 646 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

665. The system of claim 664 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

666. The system of claim 665 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

667. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

668. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

669. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

670. The system of claim 669 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

671. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

672. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

673. The system of claim 646 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

674. The system of claim 646 further comprising means for averaging measured network properties over space or time.

675. The system of claim 646 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

676. The system of claim 646 wherein recorded network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

677. The system of claim 646 wherein said means for embedding embeds said network properties as they are measured.

678. The system of claim 646 wherein said means for embedding embeds network properties taken while said moveable client computer is moving throughout said facility.

679. The system of claim 646 wherein said means for embedding embeds recorded network properties taken while said moveable client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

680. The system of claim 646 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said moveable client computer.

681. The system of claim 646 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable client computer.

682. The system of claim 646 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

683. The system of claim 646 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

787. The system of claim 646 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

801. The system of claim 646 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

684. A system for creating a computer database model of signal or network properties, comprising:

a database model of a facility, said database model providing a computerized representation of a facility which includes at least a portion of one building; and

means for embedding measurements of signal or network properties, as they are made, into said database model by inputting measurements of signal or network properties obtained from one or more locations in said facility, wherein each of said measurements being inputted is associated with location information corresponding to a location of said one or more locations where said measurements of said signal or network properties were made within said facility.

685. The system of claim 684 further comprising:

a receiver or transceiver for making one or more measurements;

measurement location determining device or location determining system for determining a location of each measurement; and

means for either or both storing or communicating to said database model said one or more measurements and said location of each measurement.

686. The system of claim 685 wherein said receiver or transceiver automatically makes measurements at a timed interval.

687. The system of claim 685 wherein said receiver or transceiver is equipped with a means for making measurements selectively after said receiver or transceiver has been located at a desired location within said facility.

688. The system of claim 684 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

689. The system of claim 684 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded measured signal or network properties.

690. The system of claim 684 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

691. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

692. The system of claim 691 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal or network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

693. The system of claim 692 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

694. The system of claim 684 wherein said measured signal or network properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

695. The system of claim 694 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

696. The system of claim 684 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

697. The system of claim 696 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

698. The system of claim 697 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

699. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

700. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

701. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

702. The system of claim 701 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

703. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

704. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

705. The system of claim 684 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

706. The system of claim 684 further comprising means for averaging measured signal or network properties over space or time.

707. The system of claim 684 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

708. The system of claim 684 wherein measured signal or network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

709. The system of claim 684 wherein said one or more locations are identified and embedded on an automated basis in said embedding step.

710. The system of claim 684 wherein said measurements of signal or network properties are embedded on an automated basis in said embedding step.

711. The system of claim 684 further comprising a display for displaying said computerized representation of said facility with embedded measurements of signal or network properties.

712. The system of claim 684 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal or network properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

713. The system of claim 684 wherein said means for embedding embeds measured signal properties taken while a moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

714. The system of claim 684 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of a moveable receiver or transceiver.

715. The system of claim 684 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for a moveable receiver or transceiver.

716. The system of claim 684 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

717. The system of claim 684 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

718. 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 computer database model;

means for embedding recorded data throughput properties at each of said plurality of locations within said database model of said facility; and

means for displaying said database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded data throughput properties.

719. The system of claim 718 wherein said recorded data throughput properties include recorded data as a function of time or location within said facility.

720. The system of claim 718 wherein said facility is a multi-level building, and further comprising a means for identifying a level of said multi-level building where said means for recording is located.

721. The system of claim 718 wherein said facility comprises a plurality of multi-level buildings and further comprising a means for identifying a building and a level of said plurality of multi-level buildings where said means for recording is located.

722. The system of claim 718 wherein said system includes a means for periodically determining a location of said moveable client computer within said facility.

723. The system of claim 722 wherein said means for periodically determining operates on an automated basis.

724. The system of claim 718 wherein said means for embedding operates on an automated basis.

725. The system of claim 718 wherein said database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

726. The system of claim 718 wherein said server computer is mobile.

727. The system of claim 718 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with embedded recorded network properties.

728. The system of claim 718 further comprising a location tracking mechanism or positioning device for determining a position of said mobile client computer in said facility.

729. The system of claim 718 wherein said means for embedding operates to embed said recorded network properties as they are made.

730. The system of claim 719 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

731. The system of claim 730 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of network properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

732. The system of claim 731 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and inbuilding wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

733. The system of claim 730 wherein said site specific information is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

734. The system of claim 718 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

735. The system of claim 734 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

736. The system of claim 735 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

737. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

738. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

739. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

740. The system of claim 739 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

741. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

742. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

743. The system of claim 718 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

744. The system of claim 718 further comprising means for averaging measured network properties over space or time.

745. The system of claim 718 wherein measured network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

746. The system of claim 718 wherein recorded network properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

747. The system of claim 718 wherein said means for embedding embeds said network properties as they are measured.

748. The system of claim 718 wherein said means for embedding embeds network properties taken while said moveable client computer is moving throughout said facility.

749. The system of claim 718 wherein said means for embedding embeds recorded network properties taken while said moveable client computer is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

750. The system of claim 718 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said moveable client computer.

751. The system of claim 718 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable client computer.

752. The system of claim 718 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

753. The system of claim 718 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with embedded measurements obtained from said means for embedding.

788. The system of claim 718 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is not located on the premises of the facility.

793. The system of claim 718 wherein said network throughput properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

802. The system of claim 718 wherein said server computer or other mobile computer is located on the premises of the facility.

754. 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 computer database model;

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 computer database model 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 computer database model of said facility overlayed with said embedded signal properties.

755. The system of claim 754 wherein said facility is a multi-level building and said means for determining can identify a level of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said multi-level building.

756. The system claim 754 wherein said facility is a plurality of multilevel buildings and said means for determining can identify a building and a level within said building of said moveable transceiver or receiver within said plurality of multi-level buildings.

757. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model of said facility is a three-dimensional model.

758. The system of claim 754 wherein said means for determining operates on an automated basis.

759. The system of claim 754 further comprising means for displaying said computer database model of said facility with said embedded signal properties.

760. The system of claim 754 wherein said means for determining a location is a location tracking mechanism or positioning device.

761. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model includes site specific information.

762. The system of claim 761 further comprising means for forming site-specific models of measured signal properties selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.

763. The system of claim 762 wherein site specific models formed by said means for forming model a network selected from the group consisting of microcell communications systems, local area networks, wireless local area networks, wide area networks, campus and in-building wireless and wired communication networks, data networks, sensor networks, ad hoc networks and wireless communication networks.

764. The system of claim 762 further comprising a means for manipulating or modifying one or more drawings in said computer database model.

765. The system of claim 764 wherein said means for manipulating or modifying allows altering site specific content of said one or more drawings.

766. The system of claim 765 wherein said computer database model represents a three dimensional position location by specifying a point in space using an x, y coordinate pair and a height value above a floor or ground within a facility.

767. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model represents a two-dimensional location as a point on a top-plan view of a floor plan of said facility.

768. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model identifies a transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said facility.

769. The system of claim 768 wherein an identified transmitter, receiver or transceiver location within said database model of said facility is altered by movement of said transmitter, receiver or transceiver.

770. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model includes at least one floor plan of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

771. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model includes a plurality of floor plans of one or more floors of one or more buildings in said facility.

772. The system of claim 754 further comprising means for verifying performance of communication or data networks.

773. The system of claim 754 further comprising means for averaging said measured RF signal properties over space or time.

774. The system of claim 754 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic distance intervals.

775. The system of claim 754 wherein said measured RF signal properties are embedded in said computer database model using periodic time intervals.

776. The system of claim 775 wherein said site specific content of said one or more drawings is selected from the group consisting of building materials, building configuration, transceiver locations, measurement locations, modeled signal properties, modeled network properties, partition types, measured signal properties, and measured network properties.

777. The system of claim 754 wherein said means for embedding embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is moving throughout said facility.

778. The system of claim 754 wherein said means for embedding embeds said measured RF signal properties taken while said moveable receiver or transceiver is stationary at a selected location in said facility.

779. The system of claim 754 further comprising a means for defining a direction of travel of said moveable receiver or transceiver.

780. The system of claim 754 further comprising a means for defining a starting point and an ending point for said moveable receiver or transceiver.

781. The system of claim 754 further comprising means for joining separate floor measurements collected within said facility.

782. The system of claim 754 wherein said computer database model provides a three dimensional representation of said facility with said embedded signal properties obtained from said means for embedding.

794. The system of claim 754 wherein said RF signal properties are selected from the group consisting of radio signal strength intensity, network throughput, bit error rate, frame error rate, signal-to-interference ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, frame resolution per second, traffic, capacity, signal strength, throughput, error rates, packet latency, packet jitter, symbol jitter, quality of service, security, coverage area, bandwidth, server identification parameters, transmitter identification parameters, best server locations, transmitter location parameters, billing information, network performance parameters, C/I, C/N, body loss, height above floor, height above ground, noise figure, secure coverage locations, propagation loss factors, angle of arrival, multipath components, multipath parameters, antenna gains, noise level reflectivity, surface roughness, path loss models, attenuation factors, throughput performance metrics, packet error rate, round trip time, dropped packet rate, queuing delay, signal level, interference level, quality of service, bandwidth delay product, handoff delay time, signal loss, data loss, number of users serviced, user density, locations of adequate coverage, handoff locations, locations of adequate throughput, Ec/Io, system performance parameters, equipment price, maintenance and cost information, all in either absolute or relative terms.