Display of geographic locations with correlated signal quality measurements
First Claim
1. A method comprisingdetecting a signal;
- at a first geographic location, determining, by a receiver moving at a first speed, at least one signal quality measurement of the signal;
based on the at least one signal quality measurement and the first speed, estimation a distortion of the detected signal;
producing an error mask based on the estimated distortion;
combining the error mask with an error-free audio signal yielding a corrupted audio signal;
displaying a map including the first geographic location; and
highlighting on the map the first geographic location while playing the corrupted audio signal.
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Abstract
A visual presentation of a simulated communication unit moving through a wireless communication system is combined with an audio presentation of speech that a user would hear (311) if the user were placed in the same radio environment. In addition, both audible and visual indicia of RF interference may also be provided (107, 109), with or without audio playback, to aid in designing around interference sources and their intensities. A set of error masks and corresponding audio files are created (305), wherein each file contains the same audio track, but based on speech error masks created at different vehicle speeds and signal to noise ranges. Real-time playback of the audible signal with noise is useful in planning for particular needs of a wireless communication system planner.
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14 Claims
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1. A method comprising
detecting a signal; -
at a first geographic location, determining, by a receiver moving at a first speed, at least one signal quality measurement of the signal; based on the at least one signal quality measurement and the first speed, estimation a distortion of the detected signal; producing an error mask based on the estimated distortion; combining the error mask with an error-free audio signal yielding a corrupted audio signal; displaying a map including the first geographic location; and highlighting on the map the first geographic location while playing the corrupted audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method comprising the steps of:
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at each of a plurality of geographic locations, determining a corresponding speed and a corresponding signal quality measurement from a moving receiver; storing each of the plurality of geographic locations along with its corresponding speed and its corresponding signal quality measurement, yielding a measurement table; producing an error mask from the measurement table; combining the error mask with an error-free audio signal yielding a corrupted audio signal; displaying a map including the plurality of geographic locations; and while playing the corrupted audio signal, highlighting on the map each of the plurality of geographic locations corresponding to a protion of the error mask. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising the steps of:
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from a receiver moving at a first speed, determining at least one signal quality measurement from a signal received at a first geographic location; producing a error mask from the at least one signal quality measurement and the first speed; combining the error mask with an error-free audio signal yielding a corrupted audio signal; displaying a map including the first geographic location; highlighting on the map the first geographic location while playing the corrupted audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A method comprising the steps of:
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at each of a plurality of geographic locations, determining a corresponding speed and a corresponding signal quality measurement from a moving receiver; storing each of the plurality of geographic locations along with its corresponding speed and its corresponding signal quality measurement, yielding a measurement table; producing a error mask from the measurement table; combining the error mask with an error-free audio signal yielding a corrupted audio signal; displaying a map including the plurality of geographic locations; while playing the corrupted audio signal, highlighting on the map each of the plurality of geographic locations corresponding to a portion of the error mask. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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