Error correlation for wireless networks
First Claim
1. An error monitoring and collection system for a mobile network, the system comprising:
- a plurality of base stations;
a plurality of mobile devices wirelessly interconnected with the base stations, each device being a member of the mobile network, each of a subset of said devices including;
an error rate monitor to monitor a reception error rate;
a message processor to form and report an error message to one of the base stations when the reception error rate rises above a preset threshold;
in which said system includes location identifying means for locating the positions of devices sending error messages;
a network manager including a database that contains records of said error messages and a network processor that maps areas of network dead zones by storing said positions of devices sending error messages.
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Abstract
Alternate methods, devices and systems are presented for providing service providers and/or end users of mobile stations to monitor and/or report regions with high error rates and/or dead zones. A protocol is provided such as to yield the error occurrence, error rate and/or the address of the end user. In some embodiments it also contains location information and time of day information. This information may be collected from the G.P.S., and/or all or a portion of users when there is a significant transmission difficulty and/or an abundance of errors. The collected data forms a database which is analyzed to generate coverage maps. This may include the dynamic aspects of the mobile network. In another aspect of this invention, each mobile station periodically compares its current location with the data base. The results of this comparison enables the mobile unit to anticipate connection problems. In still another aspect of the invention, the comparison is performed by the service provider which notifies the end user.
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17 Claims
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1. An error monitoring and collection system for a mobile network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations;
a plurality of mobile devices wirelessly interconnected with the base stations, each device being a member of the mobile network, each of a subset of said devices including;
an error rate monitor to monitor a reception error rate;
a message processor to form and report an error message to one of the base stations when the reception error rate rises above a preset threshold;
in which said system includes location identifying means for locating the positions of devices sending error messages;
a network manager including a database that contains records of said error messages and a network processor that maps areas of network dead zones by storing said positions of devices sending error messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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4. An error monitoring and collection system for a mobile network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations;
a plurality of mobile devices wirelessly interconnected with the base stations, each device being a member of the mobile network, each of a subset of said devices including;
an error rate monitor to monitor a reception error rate;
a message processor to form and report an error message to one of the base stations when the reception error rate rises above a preset threshold;
in which said system includes location identifying means for locating the positions of devices sending error messages;
a network manager including a database that contains records of all error messages and a network processor to extract records of recurring error trends;
wherein the network processor maps areas of network reception dead zones, and responds to a member request querying the data base to determine if the device is entering a dead zone. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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