Fixed wireless terminals with network management method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A wireless telecommunications network comprising:
- a plurality of wireless terminals WTs;
a plurality of base stations remotely connected to the WTs; and
a network management computer connected to the base stations;
the network management computer adapted to send and receive signals from the WTs via the base stations to test and manage the operational characteristics of the WTs without the WTs being in operation and wherein the testing of the operational characteristics of the WTs is performed by the WTs.
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Abstract
A network management method and appartus for wireless terminals. The method and apparatus comprises a new generation of wireless terminals having digital signal processors that can monitor the operating characteristics of the associated wireless terminals and report those characteristics to a network management computer. The network management computer receives communications from the wireless terminals and takes corrective action for out-of-specification conditions and updates the associated DSPs with corrections and flexible dialing instructions. The network management computer also gathers utililization statistics reported to it by the wireless terminals. The wireless terminals can be initialized by direct connection to the wireless terminal with a simple telephone instrument or can be initialized over the air by the network management computer.
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29 Claims
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1. A wireless telecommunications network comprising:
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a plurality of wireless terminals WTs; a plurality of base stations remotely connected to the WTs; and a network management computer connected to the base stations; the network management computer adapted to send and receive signals from the WTs via the base stations to test and manage the operational characteristics of the WTs without the WTs being in operation and wherein the testing of the operational characteristics of the WTs is performed by the WTs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of establishing and monitoring a wireless telecommunication network comprising:
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establishing operational characteristics of a plurality of WTs in a network, each WT having its own memory; receiving the operational characteristics in the memory of the plurality of the WTs from a network management computer; each of the plurality of WTs testing its own operational characteristics without the WTs being in operation; and monitoring the operational characteristics of the plurality of the WTs by the network management computer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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