Poor network coverage mapping
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1. A method of constructing a data representation indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station in a radiocommunications network, comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with said mobile station;
comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result;
initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event; and
constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically mapping areas of poor coverage in a cellular network uses signal quality information and mobile station location information. The system constructs a visual map that notes the locations of mobile stations when poor base station-mobile station communication signal quality is reported. The visual map can be used for identifying areas of the network that may require remediation to ensure sufficient network coverage.
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1. A method of constructing a data representation indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station in a radiocommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with said mobile station;
comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result;
initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event; and
constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for constructing a data representation indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station in a radiocommunications network, comprising:
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means for providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with said mobile station;
means for comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result;
means for initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
means for providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event; and
means for constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of constructing a map of events associated with mobile stations in a radiocommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station;
b) comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result;
c) initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
d) providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event;
e) constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values; and
f) selectively repeating steps a) through e) to construct a map of occurrences of said events throughout at least a portion of said network. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for constructing a map of events associated with mobile stations in a radiocommunications network, comprising:
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means for providing parameters indicating the occurrences of events associated with a plurality of mobile stations;
means for comparing said parameters with a plurality of threshold values to provide comparison results;
means for initiating positioning requests from said network based on said comparison results;
means for providing locations of each of said plurality of mobile station based on said positioning requests, wherein said locations are associated with said occurrences of events;
means for constructing data representations indicating said occurrences of events using said plurality of threshold values and said locations, wherein said data representations are coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values; and
means for constructing a map of said occurrences of events throughout at least a portion of said network using said constructed data representations. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of constructing a map of uplink/downlink signal degradation in a radiocommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing at least one parameter indicating signal degradation associated with a location of a mobile station;
b) comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result;
c) initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
d) providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request;
e) constructing a data representation indicating said signal degradation using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values; and
f) selectively repeating steps a) through e) to construct a map of signal degradation throughout at least a portion of said network.
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54. A system for constructing a map of uplink/downlink signal degradation in a radiocommunications network comprising:
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means for providing parameters indicating the signal degradation associated with locations of a plurality of mobile stations;
means for comparing said parameters with a plurality of threshold values to provide comparison results;
means for initiating positioning requests from said network based on said comparison results;
means for providing said locations of each of said plurality of mobile stations based on said positioning requests;
means for constructing data representations indicating said signal degradation using said plurality of threshold values and said locations, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values; and
means for constructing a map of signal degradation throughout at least a portion of said network using said data representations.
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55. A method of constructing a data representation indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station in a radiocommunications network, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with said mobile station;
comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result, wherein said plurality of threshold values are different for different portions of said network;
initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event; and
constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values.
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56. A system for constructing a data representation indicating an occurrence of an event associated with a mobile station in a radiocommunications network, comprising:
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means for providing at least one parameter indicating the occurrence of an event associated with said mobile station;
means for comparing said at least one parameter with a plurality of threshold values to provide a comparison result, wherein said plurality of threshold values are different for different portions of said network;
means for initiating a positioning request from said network based on said comparison result;
means for providing a location of said mobile station based on said positioning request, wherein said location is associated with the occurrence of said event; and
means for constructing a data representation indicating the occurrence of said event using said plurality of threshold values and said location, wherein said data representation is coded with a value associated with at least one threshold value of said plurality of threshold values.
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