Wireless frequency re-use determination systems
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
- a telecommunications switch for;
selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency which is transmitted from the cell site, wherein selecting a frequency includes selecting a frequency carrying the least amount of traffic across a plurality of cell sites and protecting the frequency from carrying the traffic; and
activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; and
a computer in communication with the switch for determining a frequency interference between the cell site and another cell site based on signal strength data resident on the switch, wherein the signal strength data include a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device in the other cell site.
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Abstract
A method of measuring frequency interference between adjacent cell sites in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency. The method also includes activating the beacon frequency in the cell site and recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site. The method further includes determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths.
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18 Claims
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1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a telecommunications switch for; selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency which is transmitted from the cell site, wherein selecting a frequency includes selecting a frequency carrying the least amount of traffic across a plurality of cell sites and protecting the frequency from carrying the traffic; and activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; and a computer in communication with the switch for determining a frequency interference between the cell site and another cell site based on signal strength data resident on the switch, wherein the signal strength data include a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device in the other cell site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency which is transmitted from the cell site, wherein selecting a frequency includes selecting a frequency carrying the least amount of traffic across a plurality of cell sites and protecting the frequency from carrying the traffic; means for activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; means for recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the bacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site; and means for determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine a frequency interference between a cell site and another cell site based on a plurality of signal strengths, wherein the signal strengths are measured by:
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selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency which is transmitted from the cell site, wherein selecting a frequency includes selecting a frequency carrying the least amount of traffic across a plurality of cell sites and protecting the frequency from carrying the traffic; activating the beacon frequency in the cell site; and recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the bacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in the other cell site. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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