Automatic radio site survey using a robot
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, including a first set of locations;
a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers; and
a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and carrier medium carrying computer readable code. The apparatus includes a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers, and a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, including a first set of locations;
a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers; and
a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method operative in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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providing a first mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, the first mobile robot including a first transceiver mounted thereon, the first transceiver being for the wireless network and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers;
the first mobile robot further including at least a component of a first location determining system arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area;
providing the part of the first location determining system not mounted on the first mobile robot; and
for a first plurality of locations in the area, carrying out the radio measurement operations, including using the first location determining system to determine the location of the first plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus operative in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
a first mobile robot means arranged in operation to traverse an area including a plurality of locations, the first mobile robot means including a first transceiver mounted on the first mobile robot means arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers;
the first mobile robot means further including at least part of means for determining the location of the first transceiver in the area.- View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A carrier medium carrying computer readable code to cause one or more processors to implement a method comprising:
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causing a first mobile robot to traverse a first plurality of locations in an area, the first mobile robot including a first transceiver mounted thereon, the first transceiver being for the wireless network and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations including determining a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers;
the first mobile robot further including at least a component of a location determining system arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area,wherein the traversing of the first plurality of locations includes;
at each location of the first plurality, carrying out the radio measurement operations, including using the location determining system to determine the location of the first plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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