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Method and system for analyzing radio performance during over-the-air operations

  • US 9,961,578 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2017
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining characteristics of a radio, comprising:

  • associating at least one radio with a communications network, the at least one radio being mobile or portable and having;

    transmission operating parameters with respective predetermined values defined by at least one of a regulatory agency, a manufacturer of the at least one radio, a user of the communications network and a provider of the communications network, the predetermined values having respective thresholds;

    a unique identifier; and

    an over-the-air operating mode in which the at least one radio transmits radio frequency (RF) signals within the communications network, the signals comprising at least the unique identifier;

    transmitting RF signals from the at least one radio in the over-the-air operating mode, the RF signals comprising the unique identifier and having characteristics correlating with the transmission operating parameters;

    receiving the RF signals from the at least one radio with a receiver within the communications network; and

    while the RF signals are being received during the over-the-air operating mode, measuring the characteristics of the signals and determining a health of the at least one radio by analyzing whether the measured characteristics of the RF signals transmitted from the at least one radio are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values and;

    concluding that the health of the at least one radio is acceptable if the measured characteristics of the RF signals are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values; and

    concluding that the health of the at least one radio is unacceptable if at least one of the measured characteristics of the RF signals are outside at least one respective threshold of the predetermined values.

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