System, method, and apparatus for portable design, deployment, test, and optimization of a communication network
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Abstract
A system and method which employ one or more portable hand held computers and one or more servers, allows a field engineer to complete the entire design, deployment, test, optimization, and maintenance cycle required to implement successful communications networks. The portable hand held computer provides the user with a three-dimensional display of the physical environment in which a communications network will be deployed or optimized. The engineer may take the portable hand held computer into the field, and make alterations to the components, position of the components, orientation of the components, etc. based on on-site inspection. As these alterations to the computerized model are made, predictions for the effects these changes will have on the communications network are displayed to the engineer. Measurements may also be made using equipment connected to or contained in the portable hand held computer, and these measurements may be used to optimize performance criteria. Information can be transmitted to and from the portable hand held computer and the server to allow for complex processing to be performed using portable computer. The system allows the engineer to remain in the field while deploying the communications network, making measurements within the network, receiving optimized predictions on the performance of the network, re-configuring the communications network and associated components, and repeating the entire cycle to achieve maximum possible performance with minimal required time or effort.
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87 Claims
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51. A method for designing, deploying, optimizing, modifying or maintaining a communications network, comprising:
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providing a computer generated model representing a physical environment in which said communications network is or will be deployed, said computer generated model performs at least one of (A) providing a three-dimensional representation of locations of components within said physical environment, or (B) providing a representation of locations of components within said physical environment in either two dimensions or three dimensions, and wherein said computer generated model is used for performance prediction of said communications network based on one or more factors selected from the group consisting of choice of components to be used within said physical environment, choice ofr parameters of said components, choice of locations for said components within said physical environment, and orientation of said components at said locations;
downloading, uploading or storing data representing at least a portion of said computer generated model between server computer or computers and at least one portable computer;
measuring, with at least one measurement device associated with said at least one portable computer, performance measurements or metrics; and
communicating, from either or both said at least one portable computer or said measurement device, said performance measurements or metrics to said server computer or computers. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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