Automatic radio site survey using a robot
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, including traversing a first set of locations covering the area to perform a radio site survey;
a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of the first set of locations a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers; and
a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver at each of the first set of locations in the area.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and carrier medium carrying computer readable code. The apparatus includes a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of a plurality of locations covering the area a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers, and a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile robot arranged in operation to traverse an area, including traversing a first set of locations covering the area to perform a radio site survey; a first transceiver for a wireless network mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of the first set of locations a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers; and a location determining system at least a component of which is mounted on the robot and arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver at each of the first set of locations in the area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method operative in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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operating a first mobile robot to traverse an area, including traversing a first plurality of locations covering the area to carry out a radio site survey of the area, wherein the first mobile robot includes; a first transceiver mounted the first mobile robot, the first transceiver being for the wireless network and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of the first plurality of locations a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers; and at least a component of a first location determining system that includes the component, the first location determining system further including one or more other components not mounted on the first mobile robot, the first location determining system being arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in the area; and carrying out the radio measurement operations, including carrying out one or more of the radio measurement operations at each of the locations of the first plurality, wherein carrying out the radio site survey includes using the first location determining system to determine the location of each of the first plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus operative in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
a first mobile robot means arranged in operation to traverse an area including traversing a plurality of locations covering the area for carrying out a radio site survey, the first mobile robot means including a first transceiver mounted on the first mobile robot means arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of the plurality of locations a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers;
the first mobile robot means further including at least part of means for determining the location at each of the first set of locations of the first transceiver in the area.- View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A computer readable medium on which is encoded computer readable code that when executed by one or more processors cause carrying out of a method comprising:
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causing a first mobile robot to traverse a first plurality of locations covering an area for carrying out a radio site survey, the first mobile robot including a first transceiver mounted thereon, the first transceiver being for the wireless network and arranged in operation to communicate with a second transceiver to effect radio measurement operations for determining at each of the first plurality a measure indicative of the path loss between the first and second transceivers;
the first mobile robot further including at least a component of a location determining system arranged in operation to determine the location of the first transceiver in each of the first plurality of locations in the area,wherein the traversing of the first plurality of locations includes; at each location of the first plurality, carrying out the radio measurement operations, including using the location determining system to determine the location of each of the first plurality of locations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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