Wireless frequency re-use determination systems and methods
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Abstract
A method of measuring frequency interference between adjacent cell sites in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency. The method also includes activating the beacon frequency in the cell site and recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site. The method further includes determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths.
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14. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a telecommunications switch for;
selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency; and
activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; and
a computer in communication with the switch for determining a frequency interference between the cell site and another cell site based on signal strength data resident on the switch, wherein the signal strength data include a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in the other cell site. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency;
means for activating the beacon frequency in the cell site;
means for recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site; and
means for determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine a frequency interference between a cell site and another cell site based on a plurality of signal strengths, wherein the signal strengths are measured by:
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selecting a frequency in the cell site to be used as a beacon frequency;
activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; and
recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in the other cell site. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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