Patent ID: 9300410
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for measuring, comprising: measuring, in a first measurement, at least one measured link property, the at least one measured link property describing at least one first signal, the first measurement resulting in at least one first measurement response from a measuring receiver, the at least one first measurement response resulting from the at least one measured link property, the at least one measured link property having at least one first measured link property value, the at least one first measured link property value being known; the knowledge of at least one first measured link property value being known approximately or exactly, the knowledge of at least one first measured link property value being known at one or more of a location where the at least one first signal enters the measuring receiver or near the location; creating a map relating the at least one first measurement response and the at least one first measured link property value that resulted in the at least one first measurement response; placing at least one source antenna at one end of an unguided path, the at least one source antenna being connected to a signal source, the signal source providing at least one second signal, the at least one second signal having the at least one measured link property, the at least one measured link property having at least one second measured link property value; placing at least one receiver antenna at the other end of the unguided path, the at least one receiver antenna being connected one and only one of directly or indirectly to the measuring receiver; transmitting the at least one second signal from the signal source to the measuring receiver via the at least one source antenna, the unguided path, and the at the least one receiver antenna; measuring, in a second measurement, the at least one measured link property, the at least one measured link property describing the at least one second signal, the second measurement resulting in at least one second measurement response from the measuring receiver, the at least one second measurement response resulting from at least one measured link property, the at least one measured link property having the at least one second measured link property value; and using the map to estimate the at least one second measured link property value that could have resulted in the at least one second measurement response.